Dilemma
September 05, 2014
The only type of work left to you is a stressful, working at a desk job.
Your arthritis means that you cannot do any job involving a lot of standing or walking.
You need the Continuous Glucose sensors because you are hypoglycemic unaware.
Insurance won't cover because you are overweight, thus you have to be Type 2.
You have been pumping insulin because that is the only way you even maintain weight. Multiple daily injections and basal insulin made you roller coaster.
The good news, they will pay for the supplies but Medtronics doesn't want to go for the overide.
You could do the sensors out of pocket but it is somewhere around $500 a month, about a fourth of your take home.
Another option is disability, about 2/3 of your old take home. It would be ironic if that company would cover the sensors.
Of course, I am lucky, I have Dulce. She is back working part time, getting ready to go full time. But that is a lot of work.
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