# RIP Shane Boyle DKA -- could not afford insulin
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985
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**Tags:** community, insulin, hope, insurance, diabetes-deaths
**Created:** [May 20, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985 "2017-05-20T04:53:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/1 "2017-05-20T04:53:40Z")
I am just horrified to read this story
> **[The High Costs of Diabetes Kills: RIP, Shane Patrick Boyle](http://diabetesaliciousness.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-high-costs-of-diabetes-kills-rip.html)**
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> Shane Patrick Boyle has been on my mind and in my heart since last Thursday. I've reached out to Shane's cousin on Facebook, but haven't ...
> “Because he moved, Shane lost his Rx benefits, was between doctors and needed insulin for his type 1 diabetes. Shane was waiting for his ACA status to be approved and was stretching out his insulin until he had enough money to pay for his insulin”
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### Author:  [@DuckFiabetes](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DuckFiabetes)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/2 "2017-05-20T05:32:26Z")
It’s a shame that anyone has to be without insulin. Most people never want to ask for help. I wish in this case Shane did. How many of us have excess supplies that we would be happy to part with when someone needed it? I am a firm believer in Pay It Forward. I hope if anyone reading this is ever in need of anything please don’t hesitate to reach out to your tribe. RIP Shane Patrick Boyle
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/3 "2017-05-20T12:22:48Z")
> [@DuckFiabetes](#):
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> I hope if anyone reading this is ever in need of anything please don’t hesitate to reach out to your tribe.
I sure hope this is true in this forum. It’s heart-breaking to read this story.
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### Author:  [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/4 "2017-05-20T15:38:27Z")
😢
I real threat… And prices just keep rising. I will be homeless before my son can’t get the insulin he needs… Even when he’s his own man.
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### Author:  [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/5 "2017-05-20T16:49:20Z")
If anyone ever hears about a situation like this, or if anyone on the forum needs anything, please let me know before it is too late. I have enough of everything to share (except test strips, which I can never stockpile because I burn through them too quick).
Two things that would help the DC a lot:
- The realization that the expiration date is not valid, insulin lasts practically forever
- The idea that getting a prescription for a bit more insulin than you actually use is helpful
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### Author:  [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/6 "2017-05-20T21:53:43Z")
This is beyond sad, this is infuriating. Our healthcare system was in need of tweaking eight years ago, and instead of a fix we are witness to it’s deprecation to unfathomable levels.
This should have never happened in a country with as big a heart and as wealthy as we are.
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### Author:  [@Shelby](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Shelby)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/7 "2017-05-21T18:48:13Z")
Amen…when are we going to become the country WE CAN BE? So so tragic about Shane,what a sad waste that didn’t have to happen.
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### Author:  [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/8 "2017-05-23T01:12:46Z")
I can’t imagine the stress, anxiety and fear he must have been enduring. It hurts just thinking about it now. 😪
Feeling grateful for the insurance coverage my family has today, for my family and this forum. 🌻
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### Author:  [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/9 "2017-05-23T02:45:48Z")
Maybe we should create a wiki about emergency insulin access… there’s a lot of people out there that don’t even know they can get R and NPH at Walmart (and now cvs I hear) for $25
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/10 "2017-05-23T02:50:12Z")
> [@Sam](#):
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> we should create a wiki about emergency insulin access… there’s a lot of people out there that don’t even know they can get R and NPH at Walmart (and now cvs I hear) for $25
I think that is a GREAT IDEA
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/11 "2017-05-26T07:22:11Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [“It does not have to be that way:” Shane Boyle, in memoriam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/it-does-not-have-to-be-that-way-shane-boyle-in-memoriam/1059)
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### Author:  [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/rip-shane-boyle-dka-could-not-afford-insulin/985/12 "2017-05-25T20:11:23Z")
> [@Sam](#):
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> we should create a wiki about emergency insulin access
I renamed the [cheap insulin post and made it a wiki](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/emergency-cheapest-insulin-and-diabetes-supplies/989).
I put it in Tips, Tech & Gear" wiki though. Should it go in Medicines wiki instead? And should we make another post pointing to it in the Type 1 and the Type 2 wikis?