i dont think ive ever really explained this enough for the average joe to grasp this so i wanted to place this here.

As a type 1 diabetic, you need two types of insulin if you aren't on a pump. One month of bolus insulin (Humalog, Novolog) plus a month of basal insulin (Lantus, Levemir) runs about $1200-1500 a month without health insurance to kick it down with a copay. $1200-1500 just for the insulin.

Every month.

Until you die.

this is the cheapest way to manage diabetes as well.

pumps cost tens of thousands and are inaccessible without insurance. continuous glucose monitors are additional hundreds of dollars per month.