Steve
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Post by Steve on Nov 12, 2017 15:00:57 GMT -8
It all seems so clear now. After readng about the several ways we are all treating diabetes, and digging in to find out how these meds do their work, I ended up on GoodRX and saw the prices these things get! I was stunned. If you take one of these, you are asking why am I so stunned? Well, I am covered by Medi-Cal. To qualify for Medi-Cal, you get rid of any money or assets. You have to be broke. I am. So my benefit is that my insurance covers everything. I get my meds at either zero or maybe $3 for a specialty drug (Jardiance) for a 90-day supply. So even if you have good insurance, you must still have a co-pay. And seeing the cost you still are hit with, it came to mind to think of food as the escape route. Think about your meds. You don't take just anything, you have a list of prescribed products. And you don't just swallow a few or a handful on a whim, you take the dose proscribed. So if meals were treated as specific meds, then the serving sizes are the portions, the doses you should stick to. I am good at choosing the right foods (with a treat at times) and I confess, my portions are more guessed at than measured, but I try. My A1c is way down, my doc has taken two of my meds off the list (four remain) and I thought maybe I could promote the idea of backing away from spending hundreds of dollars a month for meds? Even if an insurance plan is paying, Big Pharma could do okay without your money.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2017 18:01:09 GMT -8
If my next lab A1c is still under 6, I am going to be asking the Dr if I can stop taking the Metformin. I'll see what he says. I am not putting hope in him impressing me.
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Post by Steve on Nov 21, 2017 10:00:45 GMT -8
I am not putting hope in that. Gotta say, the little you have mentioned about his blasé approach to your introductory diagnosis, it would be worth looking for a second opinion...from another doctor, not me or any other friends. I have asked my own doctor about something like this (a lower A1c maybe releasing one from some or all meds) and while she said yes, it can happen, she also cautions that a first A1c with a high number (as mine was also high) is likely an indication that the diabetes has been going on for longer than one would think. Sorry to mention this, but there is a chance that even as well as you are doing, there could be a surprise yet to come? And it might be worth reading about metformin to realize it has little to make you worry, so keeping it going for awhile longer could be beneficial. My doctor also suggested that I get an appointment with an endocrinologist! Great idea. I don't have quite enough doctors. But the endo is the doctor to advise on diabetes and meds. The primary is too general and can (and will) miss things that are outside their general training. Even as I ask questions about my meds and why, the answer from a trauma specialist is to go to the endocrinologist! They know this stuff inside and out.
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