Post by peppy on Jan 25, 2018 15:27:03 GMT -5
Beyond the diet is digestive care. My a1c climbed to 6.8 while my blood glucose average was at 160.
I took myself off Metformin which was creating havoc with my liver enzymes. I take no meds.. but trying to change the diagnostic from Pre-diabetic to Diabetic.
The insurance company wants to pay for ONE test strip a day. What can you learn from that? I pay out of pocket to get 3 test strips a day for biofeedback. With this many strips I can judge if my Pancreas is creating insulin. Going back to the endocrinologist in a couple of weeks. For the last 5 months I have been able to maintain my daily blood sugar average @ 128 . 100% within range. Couldn't have done it without test strips. I asked for a larger quantity from my doctor who contacted Blue Shield of California PPO 90% . who Declined the request because I am now in a healthy range.
The Insurance companies are extremely short sighted especially with consideration as to how Diabetes affects other health abnormalities like Heart, Memory & Depression. I guess the Insurance companies don't consider or won't consider the idea that one medication or disease affects another. With my success of reversing diabetes; what does the insurance company want to do?: eliminate the tools I used to reverse the disease at an early stage. I know for sure that had I let things go further down the line I wouldn't have been able to get to the point when my pancreas started functioning again.
reply, this is seemly absurd.
It would seem there is no backing by the government,
"Mick Mulvaney, the Trump administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, said last year that the government should “provide that safety net so that if you get cancer you don’t end up broke,” but later added, “That doesn’t mean we should take care of the person who sits at home, eats poorly, and gets diabetes.” This narrative is one of the main reasons why diabetes advocacy cannot get off the ground, while price increases for drugs like the EpiPen were met with wide public outrage."
harvardpolitics.com/united-states/how-insulin-became-unaffordable/
Perhaps #239 pds will develop type two diabetes.