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Originally Posted by Princess_In_KS Being a very recently diagnosed member of this "epidemic" I feel the need to mount my soapbox....
Had I read this 3 weeks ago, right after my dx, I probably would have jumped off of a bridge. What this article is NOT mentioning is the fact that the majority of New York areas are not wealthy, upper-class citizens. They are middle to lower income families with little or no insurance coverage. They can't afford the foods that are good for them, they can't afford to take care of themselves in the proper manner.
I happen to be presently unemployed, so since my diagnosis I have forked out right around $1000 or more in supplies, testing, & prescriptions. Thank God my husband has a very well paying job.... if I was still a single mom on my own - I would have wound up in a coma because I couldn't afford to go to the doctor WITH or WITHOUT insurance.
This is the most irritating factor of the disease - it is by far one of the more expensive diseases with the financial longevity of George Burns!!!!!! The media & government needs to pay more attention to finding & fighting for a cure for this, instead of inventing new & more expensive ways of prolonging the disease so that they can line their pocketbooks with our "sick" money. More money in the disease than the cure, donchaknow?!?! 
Okay, dismounting now - just needed to vent, I feel much better now.  Thanks for bringing the article to our attention. |
Rants on soapboxes are good. Welcome to the wonderful of diabetes.
I think more effort needs to be focused on how to help diabetics with the financial end of the disease. There are diabetics that don't manage because the can't afford it. Not all diabetics are lazy about managing. While it's important to educate people how life choices could have an effect on when they would acquire this lovely disease, I think the people that are already suffering from it need more help.
Having the means to treat the disease at the start, can slow or stop the complications. These complications are the HUGE expenses that is associated with diabetes. Give the people the financial means to avoid the complications.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Okay rant over, dismounting soapbox. Next.
