| Is this a New York thing? Why go to an endo in Jersey rather than New York? I don't understand?
I wasn't being sarcastic about the Patriot Act. I knew it gave many powers. How many, obviously I wasn't aware of that...
As far as food and eating better, I truly believe that anyone can do that. Whether you live in a middle class, lower class, or upper class neighborhood. All neighborhoods have grocery stores that sell fresh vegatables, fruits and meats. It is your duty, as a responsible person, to learn how to deal with your diabetes. Part of that includes learning how to take these raw ingredients from the store that you buy and put them together into healthy diabetic meals and eat them in the appropriate portions at the correct times. Your race or nationality does not come into play with this respect.
Medicine costs are extremely prohibitive to many people, including those on very good insurance companies with good incomes. I can't imagine what it's like for diabetics that are living day to day making minimum wage with no insurance. It is a terrible shame. I hope our Canadian friends have a better situation. I do hear stories of companies offering free medications to people with diabetes that cannot afford them so perhaps there is some truth there. I truley wish that our government would do more to help.  | 
