Hi! ok i’m not used to posting on anything so this is new to me! I am a type 1 diabetic and i’ve been doing this for 36 years. not doing so bad but my main concern now is insurance or lack thereof. i haven’t had insurance for quite some many years now. at first it was out of pocket then thru county hospital(eeh gads, never again, horrifying experience) and now thru charity care programs within the city of chicago. tho these programs have helped a great deal they are getting worse. apparently the one i am currently enrolled in stopped covering medications and teststrips. now on to applying to pharmacutical companies for assistance….ok it’s frustrating. i have been a freelance photographer for over 5 years after being laid off and i just started a custom framing business in a community center. freelance is horrible at the moment and i wait tables to make ends meet. would love to talk to someone else about how they manage to make all this work! i have lots of jobs and make a lot of art about diabetes (go figure). now to try to keep my health strong and steady. not to be a downer, i am a pretty postive person! ok enough ranting! hope to talk with someone! thanks!