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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 In the News
Tags: selling defective test strips
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This story caught my eye.
A recycling company owner plead guilty in federal court in South Bend, Indiana, yesterday for selling defective test strips.
Bayer paid the recycling company $8,000 to dispose of the test strips, which were part of a 2007 recall. Dispose of the test strips he did; On the Internet. Well, he attempted to. I guess the eight grand wasn't enough. I'm not sure if any of the test strips were purchased before they were removed from the Internet, but think of the harm he could have caused. What a scumbag!
I don't know the avenue in which one takes to sell defective test strips on the Internet (shocking as that may be), but I might be a little leery if I came across Crazy Kenny's Recycling, Pool Cleaning and Test Strip Hut while on the Internet. Maybe I'm just naïve. Perhaps it's a much more sophisticated racket than that.
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Categories: Type 1 Children Real Life
Tags: No Insurance Test Strips
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It seems like we're going to be without insurance for a couple of months. The cost of going on now is astronomical but if we wait three months, the company starts to pick up half. I have an application in for MassHealth for Olivia, but it's going to take a few weeks to kick in, provided they approve it. Of course, in that time, we're going to need test strips again. (I have some extra insulin, thanks to Heidi, over at the D-Log Cabin - thank you, Heidi!!)
I've been checking around and it seems that Wal-Mart carries something called Reli-On strips and meters. Do any of you use these? They are far less expensive than the One Touch Olivia currently uses, which will be a big help as far as costs go. Â
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First of all, I would like to give a huge thank you to everyone who offered to send test strips and insulin to Olivia. The support that the diabetes community gives is just amazing to me sometimes and I find myself overwhelmed and a bit teary-eyed at all the kindness. Heidi, over at The D-Log Cabin sent us some Novolog and Scott sent a box full of test strips. I also bought the Reli-On meter and strips at Wal-Mart and so far, we've had no issues with them. I think we're going to be OK for now. We get health insurance in another 60 days and I have an application in for MassHealth - if Olivia is approved for that, she'll be able to continue going to Joslin. If she's not approved, well, we'll have to switch endo groups - unless I can convince the insurance comapny to allow her to keep going, something I'm told they never do. But I'll try. I'm a persistent pain in the arse when I need to be.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds Emotions In the News
Tags: blood sugar testing medical news
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As a member of the media, you might think that I would get riled up about news stories all the time. Strangely, though, I don't find that to be true. So I guess it's no surprise that when I do get moved by a story, I get really moved.
There's not often much information in the e-newsletter from Diabetes Health magazine that pertains to me, but I look forward to reading it nonetheless. I usually scan the headlines and teasers, and maybe read a story or two. I sometimes forward it on to my mom and two aunts who help their 90-year-old type 2 mom with her diabetes management.
Today's newsletter, though, had a story that I read several times. The headline, Psychologically Dependent Type 2s Use Too Many Test Strips?, intrigued me; the story, on the other hand, made the fire rage. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Emotions Real Life
Tags: Test Strips
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Olivia told me the other day that she was nearly out of test strips. I dutifully called in the refill and went to pick them up today.
When I got to the pharmacy, I gave him Olivia's insurance card. O is on her father's soon-to-be-ex-wife's insurance.
I know, it's confusing, but I don't really want to get into all of that garbage on here. Suffice it to say, her dad's not really, uh, involved in Olivia's life. It's been a year and a half since he's seen her. He lives an hour away. Somehow, there's always something more important. It's beyond infuriating. But I digress.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Children Complications Real Life
Tags: diabetes complications Test Strips
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Uncle P. watched the kids for us last weekend so that we wouldn’t have to drag the kids to a funeral service.
The service was pretty horrible. On the faces of the family was grief in the rawest form. The faces were the definition of grief. Though often a cliché, a piece of them was clearly missing. They were empty.
We got into the car and drove home, exhaling and shaking our heads. I loosened my tie.
"It’s different though," I said, in response to Susanne.
"We’ll keep Charlie healthy. We’ll keep his A1c under control. He’ll always be active."
"It’s still diabetes," Susanne said soberly.
"Type 2," I said.
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Categories: Type 1
Tags: diagnosis Metformin miscarriage
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When I wrapped my last entry, I had just received my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, in a non-standard manner.
In hindsight, I'm sure she was just trying to scare me straight. Maybe I'm not really a type 2, but that's what the paperwork says and as you'll see; if it's not 1000% correct today, chances are very high that it will be within the next 10 years.
Gosh, definitely don't tell my insurance company, or I'll be scrounging for strips like my friend Julia. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management Health Insurance Test Strips
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When I have checkups with my endo I typically don't have questions. Usually it's more or less an in-and-out-how-are-your-blood-sugars type appointment.
But things are chaning in the world of health insurance and I have tons of questions for my apointment next week. (Which is a follow up from barely two months ago when bloodwork showed that my thyroid had decided to take a vacation. We increased my thyroid meds; bloodwork this Wednesday; actual appointment next week.) I have received three letters in the last month or so from my insurance company telling me that the Novolog I use is now going to be a Tier 3 prescription (i.e, the highest co-pay) and that the number of test strips I can get will now be limited.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 In the News Real Life
Tags: blood glucose testing Cost of diabetes care Health Insurance money Test Strips
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There has been much heat in the diabetes online community concerning the new Medicaid/Medicare restrictions on paying for blood glucose testing supplies for people with diabetes, including the belief that these limitations will quickly replace current private-insurance coverage policies. We're seeing some of those repercussions here as The Other Half has just been informed that instead of covering testing supplies ad libitum (as many as his doctor writes for, for whichever brand she writes for), they will only cover OneTouch or Accu-Chek strips, to a maximum of 51 strips per month for people with diabetes who do not require injectable insulin, and 204 strips per month for those who do require it. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Children Real Life
Tags: access to care advocacy cure friends fundraising insulin JDRF poverty priorities Test Strips
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A few days ago, I posted about how we end up being each others' emergency support systems in real life (and occasionally by posting links to resources such as iPump and the Partnership for Prescription Assistance online), and how this made us each to some degree our brothers' keepers.
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