We continue with our new series on life around the globe with diabetes! Our first feature was an English PWD living in Spain. Today, we introduce you to Anke, a kindred spirit from Germany who has some pretty unexpected revelations about diabetes in her country.
A Guest Post by Anke Troeder
I’m a college lecturer for public speaking and presentation skills at a small college in northern Germany. I was diagnosed in 2005 at the…
Personally, I feel that mail-order prescription services have saved my life, so I almost choked on my breakfast bar the other morning reading this Philadelphia Inquirer headliner: “Pharmacists Take On Mail Order.”
You. Are. Kidding. Me. Now the powers that be are trying to take away the ability for us to have 90-days’ supply of our meds and equipment delivered to our doorstep? Don’t they know what a boon that is to people who depend…
In the years since my diagnosis, I’ve often wondered why I needed a primary care physician. Since my health is all about controlling blood sugars and staving off D-complications these days, I literally have only seen our family doctor two or three times in the past six years. And then recently, we got a letter informing us that’s she’s retiring… No big deal, right? Wrong!
A couple of things happened:
Coincidentally, right around the time…
We switched health insurance providers again a few months ago, because of a new position my husband took on. I braced myself for the fallout. Despite the fact that I got an early start on informing our various physicians and pharmacies that we’d be switching, it’s once again been an extremely bumpy road — er, more of ridiculous time-suck, if you want to get particular about it.
1) Various doctor’s offices insisted that were “still…
A few weeks ago, our community was shocked to learn that one of the most respected D-bloggers, Scott Johnson, was let go from his company. Although losing a job for anyone in this economy is a hard blow, it is especially worrisome for those of us with a serious, chronic medical condition like diabetes — which requires expensive constant monitoring, daily medications and regular visits with the doctor.
So how are Scott and others effected…