I just can’t afford it…
We don’t live paycheck to paycheck anymore and things have been going amazingly for us, we haven’t had assistance for years or even qualified by income, the beginning was hard but we made it. We were surprised with our fourth baby now coming in June and the strips and medications and food bills keep adding up. They say get protein powder, I can’t have whey so the other ones are too expensive, I tried premier protein and it still upsets my stomach and is still unaffordable. Our grocery bill went from 850/month to over $1K, my husband hasn’t been able to work as much because I need him and his side job is basically the only thing that pays for groceries while main job covers main bills. I cannot afford the cheaper options of meat sticks and canned chicken, I cannot have cheese. I eat GF pasta because it’s cheaper and they say stay away from pasta. I used to eat oatmeal and switched to special k protein for breakfast and they said avoid cereal. I tried Greek yogurt but it upsets my stomach but I still eat it. Lately I’ve just been skipping meals because there is nothing that won’t raise me And they say you can’t skip meals! I ran out of glucose test strips and insurance says they only cover a certain amount per month and in can’t get more until 10 days out. I cannot afford them over the counter, I have a second monitoring system that I’ve been using and even those are too expensive. All in all I’ve got $30 left this month after bills and strips at minimum are about $50. We cannot afford more groceries so all we have left is set aside for the kids. All of our savings went in a snap. 3 emergency room bills, $250 each time for MFM ultrasounds, $200+ on the pharmacy for diabetes supplies per month, $4K in car repairs. I’m thankful regular prenatal care is covered in full, but how do diabetics or anyone with a chronic condition survive in America??? Sorry for any spelling mistakes, I’ve been crying for 2-3 days straight because in feel so dismissed by my MFM but insurance won’t cover anyone else, I’ve asked for a CGM multiple times and been completely ignored. How do you survive depression from a lack of affordable healthcare? Literally if things were affordable we wouldn’t be in this situation… I don’t want to leave my 3 kids motherless…