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This makes my blood boil.
As a Type One Diabetic, I know first hand how expensive living with this disease is. It's takes away all of my money. But guess what? I have to do it. I have no choice in the matter because without insulin, I will literally die. The time frame I could go without any insulin before dying is maybe a week to two weeks. ONE TO TWO WEEKS. Insulin is the hormone secreted by the body to lower the blood sugar levels when they become too high. Diabetes is the disease resulting from the inability of the body to produce or respond properly to insulin, required by the body to convert glucose to energy. So this isn't just an optional drug to make you feel a little better, it's literally liquid magic that keeps my organs from failing on me and keeps me from shriveling up into nothing.
Lack of insulin has got to be one of the most excruciating and painful deaths.. having a blood sugar too high is painful enough. (Which btw happens daily) When your blood sugar has been too high for a bit of time, you go into something called DKA and DKA is awful. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. DKA is Diabetic ketoacidosis and it is a dangerous complication of Diabetes in which the chemical balance of the body becomes far too acidic. I was in DKA earlier this week so I know the pain that comes from it and it has got to be the most painful thing I get to experience and it's not that uncommon to happen to diabetics. Certain medications can put you into DKA, having the flu or any kind of infection can put you into DKA, stress and anxiety can cause you to go into DKA. The quickest way to go into DKA is a lack of insulin. It's a pain I don't even know how to explain.
I am in fear everyday at the thought of the day that I turn 26. The day I'm off my parents insurance and have to have my own. Now what if I lose my job for whatever reason and I am now stuck without insurance until I find another job with good enough insurance that I am not paying a buttload of money for? What happened to this guy will be exactly what happens to me.
Start a savings you say? How many of you have a real savings with enough money to help pay up to 2,000 a month for insulin until you find yourself a job? Not many of you, right? Now imagine me or my friends who are Diabetic. We don't get the pleasure of having a savings because all the money we would put in there, goes towards our medications... the cost that insurance does not cover.
This isn't okay and something needs to change.
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