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I have a goal: To raise $1,000 by Wednesday, Dec. 30.
As many of you may know, I’ve been a type 1 diabetic since I was 3. 27 years of poking, shots, and swearing (the latter being during the past 10 years or so). I went on an insulin pump last August, and was fortunate enough to have full insurance coverage. To complete my biomechanical “pancreas”, though, there is a second device. This device checks my glucose level every five minutes.
Just think! No more unexpected lows while knitting, during, um, “relations,” or after a night out with friends. No more wondering if I’m hungry because I’m low, or if I’m hungry because I’m hungry. No more wondering if it’s safe to take a nap, or if I’m tired because I’m low.
My insurance provider does not feel that it is necessary to cover this device because I am not pregnant. But, there is hope: Through Dec. 31, Dexcom, the maker of the device that I would like, is offering a special price of $1,000 for the receiver, the transmitter, and a month’s worth of sensors. After that, sensors run about $300 a month, but I'm hoping by then that my insurance provider will see the light and cover those.
Sadly, I do not have $1,000. So I turn to you. Can you help me get the rest of my pancreas for Christmas? In an ideal world, I could repay over time - and I’ll repay everything if my insurance company decides to get with the program and tell me by then that they’ll cover the shiny thing. I'll also repay everything if I get a partial amount, and I can't cover the rest of the costs.
I know it’s a long shot, and I wouldn’t be surprised if no one can donate, but I figure if that floozy Karyn can get people to give her money to pay off her self-inflected credit card debt, it’s worth a shot.
Edit: On the advice of a well-meaning co-worker, the cliched "thermometer":
As many of you may know, I’ve been a type 1 diabetic since I was 3. 27 years of poking, shots, and swearing (the latter being during the past 10 years or so). I went on an insulin pump last August, and was fortunate enough to have full insurance coverage. To complete my biomechanical “pancreas”, though, there is a second device. This device checks my glucose level every five minutes.
Just think! No more unexpected lows while knitting, during, um, “relations,” or after a night out with friends. No more wondering if I’m hungry because I’m low, or if I’m hungry because I’m hungry. No more wondering if it’s safe to take a nap, or if I’m tired because I’m low.
My insurance provider does not feel that it is necessary to cover this device because I am not pregnant. But, there is hope: Through Dec. 31, Dexcom, the maker of the device that I would like, is offering a special price of $1,000 for the receiver, the transmitter, and a month’s worth of sensors. After that, sensors run about $300 a month, but I'm hoping by then that my insurance provider will see the light and cover those.
Sadly, I do not have $1,000. So I turn to you. Can you help me get the rest of my pancreas for Christmas? In an ideal world, I could repay over time - and I’ll repay everything if my insurance company decides to get with the program and tell me by then that they’ll cover the shiny thing. I'll also repay everything if I get a partial amount, and I can't cover the rest of the costs.
I know it’s a long shot, and I wouldn’t be surprised if no one can donate, but I figure if that floozy Karyn can get people to give her money to pay off her self-inflected credit card debt, it’s worth a shot.
Edit: On the advice of a well-meaning co-worker, the cliched "thermometer":