Apologies, the line goes so far up you have to actually click on the photo to see the full information.
And this is even after I added black bars to the side so you can see more vertically.
For those curious, this is a graph on price changes (not overall cost, so you can see just how much type 1s and insulin dependent type 2s are getting ungodly fucked.
Edit: Hot damn it makes me happy to see this getting popular and I'm sure the type 1 community would as well, because it's always nice to see people at least aware of the issues we have to face (particularly in the US) on a regular basis. Just going to use this post to answer a few questions brought up frequently in this tread.
No, type 1 diabetes is not caused by being 'fat.' Type 1 (also known as 'juvenile diabetes' for how frequently it is first seen in children) is an auto-immune disease that effects your pancreas, and how it produces insulin to break down carbohydrates and sugars. There is nothing you can do to stop it, and when it hits it hits hard. For me I lost 30 pounds in nearly a month, was dehydrated to the point I physically couldn't produce saliva, my blood turned quite literally acidic, and I was hospitalized in the ICU for just under a week to recover from the damage, then a few more days in recovery for EKG's. If your child begins to become frequently dehydrated or has exceptionally frequent urination or weightless (or if you do, frankly, as it can hit you fairly late in life) get them checked up soon. Also just adding to that first note, a lot of people on here seem confused on the difference between type 1 and type 2. In insanely simplified terms: if you consume enough carbohydrates and your body has to produce an incredible amount of insulin to counter it, you can actually build up a resistance to it, which can get worse over time. That's type two. Type one: my body does not produce insulin. I'm a grown ass man who can be felled by cotton candy. It can literally put me into a seizure, coma, or seizure then coma in a shockingly short amount of time. Very importantly though, many, many type 2's do not actually have to take insulin; they take a pill called metformin and have to diet. Type 1's have to take insulin. If we do not, in a matter of days (or even hours) we can die. Also, if we overestimate how much insulin we need to eat something, we will go into a coma and die. It's not exactly the most fun I've had, but it does make a cool icebreaker. It's not at all easy (or in some cases, possible) for many type ones to just take the cheap alternative 70/30. There's four different types of insulins: rapid acting, fast acting, intermediate acting (70/30) and long acting. The fundamental problem many type ones I know have with 70/30 is its a set amount of mixture, whereas our endocrinologists give us a very exact dose of insulin based on either our daily needs or our carb intake. For example, I inject one unit of insulin lispro for every ten carbohydrates I consume, with my long acting varying wildly depending on my daily physical activity. Having a set and mixed amount very much screws with said routine, and would make me substantially more physically ill in the long run. I actually can't answer questions on the insulin black market as I've never tried, but I've seen a few questions floating around r/diabetes about it. Also, overseas shipping is not easy as not only does insulin have a fairly short shelf life, but it actually fucks with the mixture taking it at high altitudes. I found this out the hard way when I flew to visit my grandmother in Tuscany. For a more direct reference, insulin lispro is roughly 13x more expensive in the states as it is in the UK. One last thing: if you see a person injecting themselves at a restaurant before they eat, I recommend you don't try to call them out for 'using drugs!' And if you do know a diabetic that's experiencing symptoms that make them 'look drunk,' if they are going low give them something sugary before taking them to urgent care. When we go low, we need carbs to bring us back up. Horribly enough I've heard a few stories of type 1s and type 2's getting picked up by cops thinking they're just public drunks, and then dying because the cops werent aware they were diabetics slipping into a coma.
trash5652 on April 14th, 2019 at 14:27 UTC »
People need that to LIVE.
good luck
YourDailyDevil on April 14th, 2019 at 14:28 UTC »
Apologies, the line goes so far up you have to actually click on the photo to see the full information.
And this is even after I added black bars to the side so you can see more vertically.
For those curious, this is a graph on price changes (not overall cost, so you can see just how much type 1s and insulin dependent type 2s are getting ungodly fucked.
Edit: Hot damn it makes me happy to see this getting popular and I'm sure the type 1 community would as well, because it's always nice to see people at least aware of the issues we have to face (particularly in the US) on a regular basis. Just going to use this post to answer a few questions brought up frequently in this tread.
No, type 1 diabetes is not caused by being 'fat.' Type 1 (also known as 'juvenile diabetes' for how frequently it is first seen in children) is an auto-immune disease that effects your pancreas, and how it produces insulin to break down carbohydrates and sugars. There is nothing you can do to stop it, and when it hits it hits hard. For me I lost 30 pounds in nearly a month, was dehydrated to the point I physically couldn't produce saliva, my blood turned quite literally acidic, and I was hospitalized in the ICU for just under a week to recover from the damage, then a few more days in recovery for EKG's. If your child begins to become frequently dehydrated or has exceptionally frequent urination or weightless (or if you do, frankly, as it can hit you fairly late in life) get them checked up soon. Also just adding to that first note, a lot of people on here seem confused on the difference between type 1 and type 2. In insanely simplified terms: if you consume enough carbohydrates and your body has to produce an incredible amount of insulin to counter it, you can actually build up a resistance to it, which can get worse over time. That's type two. Type one: my body does not produce insulin. I'm a grown ass man who can be felled by cotton candy. It can literally put me into a seizure, coma, or seizure then coma in a shockingly short amount of time. Very importantly though, many, many type 2's do not actually have to take insulin; they take a pill called metformin and have to diet. Type 1's have to take insulin. If we do not, in a matter of days (or even hours) we can die. Also, if we overestimate how much insulin we need to eat something, we will go into a coma and die. It's not exactly the most fun I've had, but it does make a cool icebreaker. It's not at all easy (or in some cases, possible) for many type ones to just take the cheap alternative 70/30. There's four different types of insulins: rapid acting, fast acting, intermediate acting (70/30) and long acting. The fundamental problem many type ones I know have with 70/30 is its a set amount of mixture, whereas our endocrinologists give us a very exact dose of insulin based on either our daily needs or our carb intake. For example, I inject one unit of insulin lispro for every ten carbohydrates I consume, with my long acting varying wildly depending on my daily physical activity. Having a set and mixed amount very much screws with said routine, and would make me substantially more physically ill in the long run. I actually can't answer questions on the insulin black market as I've never tried, but I've seen a few questions floating around r/diabetes about it. Also, overseas shipping is not easy as not only does insulin have a fairly short shelf life, but it actually fucks with the mixture taking it at high altitudes. I found this out the hard way when I flew to visit my grandmother in Tuscany. For a more direct reference, insulin lispro is roughly 13x more expensive in the states as it is in the UK. One last thing: if you see a person injecting themselves at a restaurant before they eat, I recommend you don't try to call them out for 'using drugs!' And if you do know a diabetic that's experiencing symptoms that make them 'look drunk,' if they are going low give them something sugary before taking them to urgent care. When we go low, we need carbs to bring us back up. Horribly enough I've heard a few stories of type 1s and type 2's getting picked up by cops thinking they're just public drunks, and then dying because the cops werent aware they were diabetics slipping into a coma.defmutant on April 14th, 2019 at 14:30 UTC »
This is beyond mildly. This is unconscionable. It’s why the American Diabetes Association is pushing for hearings in Congress. This has to change.