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      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I’m almost always more informed of the reported advancements in T1 treatments than my doc. So I usually bounce ideas off the doc for his input.
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      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I am my own advocate. I read about new devices and always investigate side effects of any new medication before starting. I usually bring up but then have good discussion with Endo before making decisions.
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      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      With my endo, I usually have to ask. With the Diabetes Educator, she'll make the suggestion first. They're both very aware that I'm dependent on insurance covering the majority of the cost.
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      Trina Blake likes your comment at
      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      No, I was the one who had diabetes
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I fell in love with an insulin-dependent Type 2 20 years ago. There’s something terribly romantic about taking Lantus together at the end of the day.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      Already married over forty years when I was diagnosed.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I never knew of anyone who had diabetes, type 1 or 2 before I was married. I became a T1D after I was married.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I answered “no.” I don’t think my girlfriend at diabetes children’s camp when I was 13 counts. While I think there would be a lot I would have in common with a partner with T1D, I wouldn’t want that to be what brought us together, and I don’t think it would keep us together.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      went on one date with a T1D. she had been dx'd as a child (I was dx'd at 43) so she was very old school. she ragged on me during the entire date about my menu choices, my carbs estimation for my shot and she lost her mind when I ordered a Corona! punchline is that my sugar was less than 150 when I went to sleep.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      When I was married, diabetes was not in the picture at all. All I knew was an uncle who died in 1929 because he refused injections. I developed LADA in my 40's, followed by my husband with Type 2, then my two daughters who had PCOS and Type 2, then my son with Type 2. Enough.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I am married to someone with Type 2.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I have been married since 1985. My wife Susan does not have either type 1 or 2 diabetes, but rather type 3 diabetes- spouse or mate of someone with T1D...:) She has been my guardian for night lows, though she has rarely had to intervene since I started CGM in 8-2006.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I dated someone, but I was/am not out of the closet about having T1 so he didn’t know that I have T1
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I think my healthcare providers learn about new medications and devices at about the same time that I do. This wasn't the case when I was first diagnosed, pre-internet. Back then, I always looked forward to seeing my CDE because I knew I'd come away with something to make my life easier/better.
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      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I have been married since 1985. My wife Susan does not have either type 1 or 2 diabetes, but rather type 3 diabetes- spouse or mate of someone with T1D...:) She has been my guardian for night lows, though she has rarely had to intervene since I started CGM in 8-2006.
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      I may already be on the best medications and devices available to me.
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      I wouldn't say that my T1D healthcare provider OFTEN suggests medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to my diabetes management, but they do SOMETIMES suggest options available to me. (I was privileged to be the first person, in the area that I live, to be offered CSII (Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion, or pump technology) to help control my diabetes. This was after my endocrinologist attended a diabetes conference in the United States where a former Miss America, Nicole Johnson, was demonstrating a Medtronic/MiniMed insulin pump. He asked her for more information on how these pumps work, mentioning that I had extreme difficulty in controlling my diabetes, with me spending as much time in hospital as I was at home when I was taking multiple daily injections (MDI). On his return to the UK, he offered me the opportunity to 'trial' the pump, which I accepted. This was in 1989.)
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I think my healthcare providers learn about new medications and devices at about the same time that I do. This wasn't the case when I was first diagnosed, pre-internet. Back then, I always looked forward to seeing my CDE because I knew I'd come away with something to make my life easier/better.
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      I had to answer “other” because I just got a new endo after my other one retired so I’ve only met with him once. Too early to discuss new technology or medications.
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      Generally, no, my healthcare provider does not suggest new medications or devices. However, it is not often that new meds/devices become available. Most things are dependent upon my quarterly blood tests. Recently, my Endo put me on statin drugs when my bloodwork showed high cholesterol over a six month period. Otherwise, I am usually the one who asks about new devices about which I have heard or read.
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      Does your T1D healthcare provider suggest new medications or devices that they think would be beneficial to your T1D management during your appointments?
      I’m almost always more informed of the reported advancements in T1 treatments than my doc. So I usually bounce ideas off the doc for his input.
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      I am on the Dexcom, I’m not on a pump though. I am LADA so I have very high insulin resistance, so I use a lot of insulin & there’s just not a pump that would be efficient for my amount of insulin. I’ve tried to get Afrezza, but every Endoc I bring it up to won’t prescribe it. Even though I bring them evidence that it doesn’t cause lung cancer when you’re not a smoker. So frustrating that we can’t agree on that course of treatment.
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    46 Comments

    1. Steve Rumble

      My insurance does not cover the cost of CGM equipment, so I am responsible for those costs.

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    2. Rob Smith

      I answered “other” because none of the other listings applied to me. My biggest/only barrier is finding a healthcare provider that supports/encourages my lifestyle/diet choices that have made managing my T1D easier and better.

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    3. Liz Avery

      I feel that lack of interest by the medical community, and availability of endocrine specialties have caused knowledge to be lost. Treating T1D should be taught for all general practitioners. Recognizing symptoms, and diagnosis has taken a step back IMO.

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    4. Mary Dexter

      The refusal of doctors, including endocrinologists, to believe that adults can develop autoimmune diabetes. Despite the research, they are doubling down on their chosen ignorance.

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    5. Abigail Elias

      Maybe I’ve been lucky, but I don’t feel as though I’ve experienced barriers. However, Medicare imposed certain requirements for eligibility for supplies that add costs and effort.

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    6. mojoseje

      I have spent 8 out of the last 12 months proving that I need CGM and insulin pump therapy to two insurances companies. Because my bg is well controlled by CGM/pump therapy, they insist I don’t need them! Maddening. They don’t look at my A1c before I started the therapy.

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    7. Kevin McCue

      Diabetes cost of time and money. People in general, and work just don’t get that the invest a T1d has to maintain for daily activities is so high. The same activities from day to day may require different treatment or no treatment. I don’t know how anyone outside of the T1d community could get it. I have it and don’t get it. Patience and understanding are at a premium.

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    8. pru barry

      The complexities with insurance make getting pump supplies such a challenge that it becomes the hardest part of having diabetes. I recently ordered a new pump because of the out of warranty date, and also ordered the next batch of pump supplies at the same time. The new pump has been held up for weeks because, I’ve been told, Medicare has a 5 year instead of 4 year warranty. Why in the world would the supply company just assume that the pump supplies should also be held up? Beats me, but no one seems to realize that the supplies are needed, whether or not I qualify for a new pump. Sorry, but it seems as if we have to contend with a lot of dumbing down in the people who are there to provide us with the things we depend on. Supply companies talk a good game when you first become established with them, but the ability to provide simple reliable service is way down on their list of priorities.

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    9. KCR

      I also chose “other” since I currently am not experiencing any barriers to care, for which I am very grateful. In hindsight, after diagnosis following DKA, I do think I did not get the right kind of diabetes education services I needed as a T1 at the hospital where the CDEs were used to working with T2 adults.

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    10. Kathleen Juzenas

      I marked other because I don’t think I have barriers. I’m fortunate to live in a large metropolitan area with good doctors and facilities. Medicare covers costs. I’m retired so my time is flexible.

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    11. Ernie Richmann

      Not the whole story but lack of knowledge is a choice. There are many resources including books, free online presentations, camps for diabetic children that offer scholarships, Lions Clubs offer assistance, there are support groups offered by many hospitals, the YMCA has a program for prediabetic individuals- just to mention a few resources. A barrier is one’s own lack of information and/or the willingness to find help.

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    12. Joan McGinnis

      I am a type 1 retired CDE and in my experience the physician has to make the patient understand how important education is and make it available. Patients frequently are not ready to accept the need for education until a significant problem occurs. The realayionship with the physician and team are very important respect on both sides, understanding of when to push and when to give lots of positive reinforcement is very significant.

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    13. Mary Ann Sayers

      I chose “other” because, at 7yrs old, my parents chose my health care and it continued even when I went to Joslin Clinic at 7yrs old. The same medical coverage stayed with me through marriage and child births.
      The only trouble I had was after the divorce when I got a job AND I HAD A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION that I lost health insurance and I had to work for a year to be covered by the company (sounds crazy, doesn’t it)
      I fought that, but a lot of things happened after that and I stopped working there.
      Anyway, today I’m 75 and live in a rest home and have my medical care through social security. So far, the only sticking point is the timing of medical supplies. I see my daughters and their families when it’s possible (covid-19 has been here 2 years!) since 1 is in Florida and the other is 100 miles away. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

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    14. Marla Peaslee

      Medical specialist are not in the area in which I live.

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    15. Judith Marged

      The lack of qualified endocrinologist in the area.

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    16. Annie Wall

      I honestly don’t have barriers to my diabetes care. I am grateful for what I have.

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    17. Amanda Barras

      Used to be lack of insurance. Luckily that’s not an issue anymore.

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    18. TomH

      There is no one answer to this question. First, finding an Endo or PCP with the requisite knowledge and “fit” borders on the impossible. Some docs don’t stay current or are slaves to what they learned in med school. There is NO rating system, leaving it to word-of-mouth. Some resort to their doc being their “pusher” for drugs, vice the advisor/participant needed. Next, any you find need accept whatever insurance you have or money you can afford.

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    19. Marty

      All healthcare providers are in high demand in my area and it’s hard to fill vacant positions. Medicare rules require me to see my endo every 3 months in order to get insulin and supplies so I have to book appts at least 4 months out. Before I was on Medicare, I saw my endo once per year and did very on that schedule. I’m sorry Medicare rules require me to waste so much of my endo’s time when others need her attention more.

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      1. kristina blake

        I agree that the Medicare rules work against good care. I am not eligible for Medicare – and never will be, but with the average appt being about 15 minutes, there isn’t a lot that can be accomplished in that time period. T!D people who are managing well (that can be shown with quarterly labs and uploads from our pumps/CGMs) don’t need those in person appts. Imagine if 4 people who are doing well didn’t take their quarterly appts, that would free up an hour for those patients who do need the time. It’s not as though people would be “faking” that they still have T1D!

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    20. Bea Anderson

      I said insurance and cost. But I think my fear/exasperation is at the barriers insurance place between me and my provider, supply provider, pharmacy,etc. So my biggest barrier is trusting rules that rule t1d care and provisions. I feel I’m treated like a child being ordered to 90 day appointments (Medicare)or I get no insulin and supplies. If my providers are off by a day they too have consequences. This rule needs wiggle room. The workarounds take time and energy.

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    21. Don P

      presently all issues are related to Covid, haven’t been able to see an endo in over three years & or any other health care provider.

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    22. Linda Zottoli

      Am currently frustrated by Medicare 90 day rule and endo balking at it, with which I actually sympathize. And, I have some other issues with this endo — well, a lot, actually, but I have been seeing him for over 20 years now, and we actually have a bond now, and he understands that I make the final decisions. Gosh, it would be nice if everyone were perfect (grin).

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    23. kristina blake

      Let’s see insurance provider networks and formularies that change at a moment’s notice, the (still) widespread belief that T1D is a childhood onset disease so adults are initially Dx’d with T2D and have to get to DKA for the correct Dx (and then lectured because they obviously are in hospital because they didn’t take care of their T1D – you know, T1D being a childhood onset and they are adults, the HCP’s do the mis-guided math).
      I had to groan at the comment above where an insurance company denied the pump and CGM because the patient (who already had pump/CGM) was doing well even though those devices made it possible for the patient to do well.

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    24. TEH

      The two issues I checked were distance and scheduling. My Endo/PA are 35 miles from home, in the biger town to the west. My little town only has GPs. I had trouble with a GP managing my T1d in the past. Not letting that hapen again. I ususally do other erands when I go. No a big deal. The second is with scheduling. If I schedule a visit at the end of my appointment then I can get my pick of times and dates. If I have to change an appointment then I will be delayed two to three weeks. This can have a domino effect with sensor and pump supply prescriptions and Medicare.

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    25. Janis Senungetuk

      Cost is the biggest barrier in the United States.

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    26. Chrisanda

      I have been blessed that at this time, I have no barriers to diabetes care. Appointments, medication and supplies are timely and I can afford them. I am going on Medicare in a couple of months, so we will see if anything changes.

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      1. dave hedeen

        anyone initiating Medicare (excl any Advantage plans), plan to order sensors, test strips on 1st Medicare day. There are too many hoops, as explained not to prepare before item needs.
        In addition, if private insurance provided good coverage, order up before Medicare. It may take 1 – 2 month to understand all the barriers Medicare has planned for you

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    27. Louise Robinson

      After several years on Medicare, I’ve discovered that Medicare is “penny-wise and pound-foolish”. Prior to Medicare, I would see my endo every 6 months because I have been well-controlled for about the last 20 years of my 46 years as a Type 1. Because of Medicare, I am forced to see me endo every 90 days IF I want Medicare to pay for my pump, the insulin used in it. It’s both a waste of valuable physician time and money. I’ve also appealed several Medicare claim denials myself because allowing the providers to appeal them were getting nowhere or the providers just “ate” the cost. In both cases, (one a denial of my insulin and the other, a denial of the test strips I needed before I began using a CGM, took repeated appeals and multiple resubmissions prior to obtaining a “redetermination” of the originally denied claims. I’m happy to have Medicare but also extremely frustrated by the Medicare bean-counters.

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      1. KSannie

        I have had the exact same experience with Medicare. And seeing the doctor every 90 days interferes with taking lengthy vacations. But my doctor also is lacking time in his schedule to see everyone every 90 days, especially at Christmas time.

        When my pharmacy did not bill the insulin correctly – they did not prove I had a pump – I tried to offer them a copy of the pump receipt, but they turned it down and just asked for the date of purchase. They were turned down by Medicare and I did a successful appeal myself. I queried them as to whether they were going to charge me for the insulin when their appeal was denied, but they said “no.” So they were willing to eat the cost for the next 30 years, I guess.

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    28. RegMunro

      So far I’ve never had any problems

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    29. Angela Naccari

      I would also say that since I am long time type 1 (60 1/2 years) my endo does not think I do not need much his help anymore because A1C has been in mid 6’s and TIR in 80 to 90%. I still have some highs which I would lot to stop. He says I cannot be content!

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    30. Steven Gill

      Checked costs because even with insurance the costs for my CGM is $170ish a month. Fortunately I think I can figure this out, than it’s education. Most in this site/link are better and self educated

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    31. Jim Cobbe

      For me personally, since I’ve been in my current HMO, no problems at all, they not only allow but encourage me to see my endocrinologist at least every quarter — and essentially insist on it to continue CGM coverage and exceptions to their formulary for Fiasp as opposed to other fast acting insulins.

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    32. Sherrie Johnson

      Catch 22 jumping through hoops welcome to Medicare and their screwball schedules. Keep a calendar have all your faculties to keep track of when your last A1c was when your last doctor appointment was when you last got your CGM material if it’s one day off you’re done

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    33. Patricia Maddix

      Insurance is the major frustration with getting the things I need easily and in a timely manner. Another item not mentioned in the list of choices is that endocrinologist do not have the ability to have long appointments with patients. I have had diabetes for 61 years and in the beginning I always spent 45 minutes to an hour at every visit with my endocrinologist and this exchange of ideas and learning is crucial. I am glad that I am a seasoned diabetic with much knowledge but don’t know how I would manage if I were just newly diagnosed at this point in time and had such limitations to deal with.

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    34. kflying1@yahoo.com

      The blind willingness of supposed professionals to adhere to a simplistic “one approach serves all” medicine. Rather than understand how incredibly complex our disease is, it seems most “professionals” take the approach of “take 2 aspirins and call me in the morning, now just go away.”

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      1. Ahh Life

        LOL ꉂ (´∀`)ʱªʱªʱª Doesn’t 2 aspirin work for everybody for everything? Cures gout, snake bites, and whatever ails you.

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      2. Mary Dexter

        They never speak of aspirin, Tylenol only. Pain doesn’t exist.

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    35. Jan Masty

      Having spent 17 days in the hospital and 8 more in a care center due to spinal surgery for a major infection, I found almost no one in either place knew much at all about type 1. At first I was unable to make my own decisions or take care of myself, leading to a severe hypoglycemic event. I had always thought it would be a nursing home that would kill me and they almost did. There absolutely needs to be more type 1 education for the medical community. We cannot be treated like type 2’s

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    36. Sasha Wooldridge

      Insurance issues, cost, distance from home/work, and other: THE RUNAROUND. This might fall under “insurance issues” but I just felt like this needed to be called out. The hoops we have to go through to get what we need is mind-numbing and ridiculously time-consuming. I might have to see two doctors, make 4 phone calls, then monitor the outcome for days or weeks, then follow up with multiple phone calls again, by which time they tell me my office visit or labs or whatever wasn’t recent enough so it’s back to the doctor again. After that you have to monitor the insurance claim and probably follow up on that too. I even had an issue that came about almost a year after the claims were settled because the insurance company did something to my account by accident and reversed all the payouts. My doctor’s office ended up sending the balance to collections because my insurance company couldn’t figure out how to fix it in time and my credit score took a hit. It’s plain stupid. And they wonder why healthcare is so expensive in the US. 🤦‍♀️

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    37. pamelacasner

      No educators or dieticians in my area. The local hospital eliminated the diabetes care center that had the resources for type1 diabetics. 😞 they did retain Sweet Success for the pregnant women 👍

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    38. Kelly Wilhelm

      I currently don’t have barriers to accessing care. I’m one of the lucky ones with good insurance (expensive since I’m on COBRA, but I thankfully have the means to provide for myself.) So currently I none of the categories fit for me.

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    39. PamK

      I chose both “insurance issues” and “feeling dissatisfied…” because for me, the two seem to go hand in hand. My insurance limits who I can see in network and the choices I have in my area have turned out to not be the best endos. I question the effectiveness of limiting our choices of who to get care from. I know that my control was much better before the insurance companies limited my choices.

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    40. Elle Hamann

      Other – lack of knowledge and understanding in certain areas of the world

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    41. NAK Marshall

      After needing my own medical insurance as costs went up and up for both insulin and supplies and the cost of the insurance itself, , I eventually quit a non-profit teaching/social work job and went to a school district to have better coverage. I’m now retired & on a Medicare Advantage plan and it is WONDERFUL !! I pray it doesn’t change, so much is covered.

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