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Throughout the years, I've met dozens of diabetics. We're all different. We each have our own stories to tell. Some of us were diagnosed at such a young age that we don't even remember what being "normal" is. Some of us made it into high school or college before receiving the diagnosis.

 

Some are well controlled and some are not. Some of us struggle with getting our numbers down, while others seem to wish it into place. Some follow every rule, some don't follow any.

 

Each of our stories and our unique personalities make us into the kind of diabetic that we are. Each of our bodies takes on a different role in our management from one person to the next. Each of us reacts differently to the world.

 

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I have to be honest in that I had no clue that there was a Diabetes Alert Day until hearing about it over the weekend. So for 20 years (18 in which I actually had diabetes) the American Diabetes Association has made this a day to alert people about the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Now it all makes sense. It is about type 2 and I am a type 1.
I do recognize that the diabetes epidemic is truly a type 2 issue but all of us are affected and now people that type 2 diabetes affects. This day should matter and be on the minds of everyone. I will say that for many years, just hearing "type 2" instantly made me check out of the conversation. (READ MORE)

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What the hell just happened?

 

Remember me blabbing away about being so fortunate and grateful to the school for providing classroom aides for Charlie? Aides, who would blend into the background and seamlessly check Charlie's blood sugar, count out carbs and give him insulin? Remember how Susanne spent the first day of school training the aides in how to use the pump? Remember how we met with the school officials and how they all signed off on the 504 plan? Remember how it was the school's idea in the first place to hire these aides for the very purpose of testing blood sugar and administrating insulin?

Well, forget all that.

Oh, and remember the morning aide who has type 2 diabetes? She has really been working out great.

She's leaving. Found another job apparently. Leaving the glamorous life of pricking fingers and counting crackers.

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I've always been blessed with fairly amazing insurance. My dad worked for the city of Houston for several decades, so our family has always had the group policy with a large subscriber base and it's stayed the same since I was born.

 

After he retired, we kept the same insurance as part of his pension plan. Our co-pays rarely change for either doctors or prescriptions. They pay roughly eighty percent of most procedures and devices. And since I was blessed with a stable income family, I'm able to afford the $45 copays and twenty percent of the pump.

 

But in the last few years and with the new health issues, my health bills seem to be piling up. And with the economy the way it is, I'm starting to stress about how to pay for some of the necessary (and probably not so necessary) items.

 

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I've never been a trendy person. In junior high when Bass loafers were all the rage, I didn't get a pair until they were almost out of style. There's a lot of that in my life. (READ MORE)

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To the families of special-needs children all across the country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters.

I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House.

Gov. Palin, I can't tell you how much this means to me and my family. For eight long years it felt as if we didn't have a friend in the White House. Phew! Thank you for being my friend. What a relief. I have to be honest, I wasn't expecting that. I too am a parent of a special-needs child. My 6-year-old son Charlie has been living with type 1 diabetes since he was a baby. 

As my friend, I'm sure you and Senator McCain will lift the restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research the moment you take office. That's what friends do, right? Friends are there for you when you need them most.

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National Diabetes Awareness Month is here! Yep, it's November already. My birthday is right around the corner, along with Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving. November is a busy, busy month.

 

But most importantly, it is Diabetes Awareness Month. Fall Walks are happening every weekend. World Diabetes Day takes place. And people advocate our disease.

 

On Saturday, I'll be participating in the local JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes with several friends. We raised over $450 for the walk. It's my first walk so I'm very excited to see how it works and meet all the people there.

 

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I really hate to say this, but I've got to start over again. Searching for a doctor, this is.
 

It started when I got my bill from Mayo for Dr. A's appointment. I nearly flipped when I saw the $400 tab. I seriously didn't think that out-of-network costs were that much. I was prepared to pay $100; maybe $200 max. It got worse when I got the bill for M1 and M2… another $400. This all came in the mail around the same time I got my notice for a follow up appointment with M1. I'm going to have to cancel.
 

I've learned two things recently that will hopefully help with this out-of-control billing. My employer has a health advocate, that, among other things, can help with fee negotiation. Add to that, out of network charges can be applied to my deductible. So, although I'll be in debt to Mayo indefinitely, hopefully the fees won't be so high.
 

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As a person with diabetes, I find myself constantly informing others.
As a person with diabetes, who also has a 90-year-old grandmother with type 2 diabetes, I find that I am a springboard for "real world" information for my mom and aunts who have to sift through what Bami's doctors tell them, what they hear on the news and what they read. It wasn't long after the oral diabetes drug Avandia made headlines in regard to worsening heart conditions that I got calls and emails from Mom and my two aunts. Bami has a history of heart trouble (runs in the family) and had a severe heart attack roughly 20 years ago. They wanted to know if she should stay on the drug. (READ MORE)

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When I was in the third trimester of pregnancy last spring, I began asking about breastfeeding and my various medications. Thyroid was a no brainer, since it's just replacing what my body doesn't make itself. If I had needed insulin after delivery, that was no problem for the same reason. The big issue was taking metformin.
My Ob/Gyn said "Ask your Endocrinologist." My pharmacist said "OH NO, NOT metformin!" My endo said "No, you can't take metformin while breastfeeding." His Physician's Assistant later said "Sure, you can take metformin and nurse, but Dr. Endo isn't comfortable with our office telling you that officially; so do your own research and make up your own mind." (READ MORE)

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