Diabetes Rears Its Ugly Head

Sometimes in the day-to-day of living life, tending to the routine of diabetes care, and so forth, one becomes somewhat complacent. Suddenly a speed bump or two rear up and shake things up a bit.

Last week a couple of those speed bumps came along.

First of all, the son of a friend of mine from where we lived in the northwest US, who had died nearly a year ago, I found out last Thursday he'd died from undiagnosed diabetes. He and my oldest son had been really good friends when they were very, very young.

The following day, when Jen went to get a refill of her insulin, she discovered that she no longer has insurance, because last month was her 26th birthday. Here she stands at the pharmacy, with one dose left at home, and finds out she simply can't afford to get more! It does freak us both out!

So prayers would be appreciated as we figure out how to process all of this: finding affordable insurance for her, that the other long-acting insulin she has on hand will stretch, etc.

Stay tuned for the next installment of the "saga."

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