Ok, i've been out of work for over a year, cobra was out of the question as I could not come up with the $350/month they wanted, and I have been off the large battery of medications I was taking for most of the previous years. Going to the county health department was no bargain either, as they prescribed the same stuff, and I would have to pay the retail price for metformin ($1.00 a pill), and other medications.

At church today, a guy who also has diabetes and is in the health billing industry tells me that there are programs with the various medication manufacturers to subsidize the cost of medications. I am unfamiliar with any of this, and what little I know about such programs, they take 90-120 days to kick in. I know of no one who wants to forecast destitution 120 days in the future, and find little help in such adivse.

Can anyone advise me on what I should be looking for? The neuropathy in my fingers tingles all day long, and in the toes at night. Losing almost 20% of my body weight in the past year has helped a tad, but we all know what is developing within.