The Box in the Closet: What Happens to Unused Diabetic Supplies?
The cardboard box had been sitting on the same shelf for nearly eight months. Inside, perfectly sealed packages of test strips, still in their factory wrapping, alongside unopened boxes of lancets and a backup glucose meter that had never even been removed from its plastic casing. Life had changed. Treatment plans had shifted. What was once essential medical equipment had become nothing more than clutter collecting dust.