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TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 22, 2007
Why is it that people with diabetes (PWD) have a hard time getting
enough glucose test strips per month covered by their medical
insurance? Or insulin pens? Or Byetta? Or Symlin? And why is it next to
impossible to get insurance coverage for a continuous glucose monitor
(CGM)? Why is it that we have to beg, plead, appeal and fight for the
FDA approved, and clinically proven drugs and devices, that will help
us deal most effectively with this chronic condition and reduce, or
eliminate our chances for end-stage, expensive and life threatening
complications? Why is it that trying to get approval to see a
dietitian, an exercise physiologist or a CDE is so difficult? I hate to
be so cynical, but the answer is that insurance companies do not want
to pay for these therapies because they take away from their bottom
line.
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TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 20, 2007
Announcing the 3rd Edition of The TCOYD Book
It dawned on me recently while thinking about my favorite pro football team, the San Diego Chargers, that with all the new advances in diabetes screening, diagnosis and treatment strategies, those of us living with diabetes can now be on the offensive in terms of our health care, instead of just defending against what seemed to be the inevitable dreaded complications of the disease. We can now aggressively tackle diabetes in a more pro-active, more effective and safer manner than we have ever been able to do before. However, the big problem, as I see it, is that there is a lack of education, for both the caregivers in this country and the people living with diabetes, about these new advances and there is lack of access to these new drugs and devices.
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TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 17, 2006
Technology that will change the lives of people with diabetes.
The goals for glycemic control have changed dramatically since the results of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) were announced in 1993. Since that time, caregivers have stressed that getting glucose values to as close to normal as possible is urgently needed to avoid blindness, nerve disease, amputations and dialysis-those dreaded complications all of us with diabetes and our loved ones fear. However, this puts people with diabetes at serious risk for hypoglycemia. This is especially true as the goals for glycemic control become tighter and tighter with the ultimate goal of normalizing the A1c to below 6.5%.
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TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 16, 2006
Please don't get me wrong. I am not against all vitamins and other non-prescrip- tion alternative therapies. I have an open mind to any product that has been proven to help people with diabetes live healthier lives. I do, however, have a serious problem with the fact that the herbal and vitamin industry is an unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that takes advantage of the health conscious lay public looking for remedies to various conditions, including diabetes.
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