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NEWSBREAK: Lilly Fires First Shot in Lowering Insulin Cost……Now We Need a War!

Today, Lilly Diabetes released an announcement that they are reducing insulin up to 40% for some users in the retail market.  You can read the announcement here: https://investor.lilly.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1003887 Now this very well may not be for everyone and clearly will not work in all cases, maybe not even in a whole bunch of cases.  But […]

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When Did Insulin Enter the Oil Market? Rising Costs Seems that Way.

Have you ever seen a story in the news about the rising cost of oil prices?  Usually a photo of men hovering together as if to show that they control the price per barrel and the rest of the world can only watch and wait…..and bear the brunt of whatever decision is made.  You’ve seen […]

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Tried CGM? Pump?…and Went Off…..YOU FAILED!!!!!……..Hmmmmm Really?

I have a friend; let’s call her K.  K has a son, let’s call him Z.  I have known K for a very long time and she was an incredible actress.  I thought nothing could ever surpass her talent, but it did, it was K’s incredible and wonderful heart.  She is an incredible mom and her […]

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Insulin Pump? CGM? One Choice……What Do You Choose? A Needed Dialogue.

So, say you are speaking to a newly diagnosed parent.  They are slowly coming around to understanding this new thing called diabetes and the doctor starts to inform them that it’s time to start thinking of having their child consider an insulin pump.  The conversation and the plans begin. But is that an error? Well not […]

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This Man Saved Your (Your Child’s) Life…..What Do You Know About Him?

November 14th, as World Diabetes Day, was not a random day.  It’s the birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting.  Dr. Banting was the lead scientist in the discovery of Insulin in 1921.  The amount of lives that have been saved since that tome could probably never be counted.  There is a movie floating around out there, ‘Glory […]

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There Was a ‘Back Then’, Before……..Who Would Live Like That????????

Before. Heavens; what did we do ‘before’? When I was at dLife, Richard found his way into our forums and chats and once I became a regular in the online community Richard would always ‘pop in’ here and there adding his golden nuggets of incredible information.  You see Richard has been living with diabetes for […]