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I want to be healthy. I want to live as long as I can. I want to be complication free. I want to not have diabetes.

 

3 of those 4 statements above I can actually do something about. I can watch what I eat, exercise, and check my blood sugar all the time. I cannot cure myself but if I can take care of the other three then I would be doing pretty good in my book.

 

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In my last post, I mentioned that I would be wearing some Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGMS) and deciding if any were right for me. 

 

I tried both the DexCom and the Navigator.  My decision was this: there is simply no way a separate device is going to work for me.  This was proven by the HOURS worth of dead zones - where I'd accidentally left the device behind.  Further evidence, the fact that I regularly leave my cellphone behind when I leave my house in the morning - and that since childhood I've been known as someone who "would lose their head if it weren't tied on."  Really, I think I'd lose my pump if that weren't tied on!  

 

So, I am starting the process of trying to get a Minimed Real-Time System.  I've got new insurance with my new job- so the pump part shouldn't be too great a struggle.  But the CGM to go along with it is a different story. 

 

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By Charles William Potash 

 

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It's strange sometimes how the tide can shift so quickly. Where I was this time last week is not where I am today. I've gone from thinking my endo was off his rocker to even consider me as a candidate for the pump, to going full-tilt toward pump therapy.
When B. first told me about MiniMed's pump with the integrated CGMS I really poo-pooed the idea, telling him that although I have high and low swings, I didn't feel like I was "bad enough" to warrant having a CGMS. I pay attention to my body, I test when I'm feeling low, etc. (It's that "I'm 'only' type 2" mentality.) (READ MORE)

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I must be more than just playing around with the idea of a pump because I actually emailed my endo about it today.
I don't know why I feel funny about this, why I feel like me having a pump is overkill. Maybe because I'm "only" type 2, maybe because I'm not even three years into my diagnosis.
I shouldn't feel funny about it. I am reading more and more that insulin therapy for people with type 2 diabetes is being introduced earlier. Yes, I'm already on insulin and have been so since roughly three months after I was diagnosed. So what's the difference if I'm taking my insulin from shots or from a pump? (READ MORE)

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I happened to mention to my pump rep, B., one day on the phone that I needed to check my overnight basals, but that getting up several times a night just didn't seem all that appealing.
"Well, do you want to do something fun?" he asked.
"Um," I chuckled, "sure."
"I know... you're thinking how can we talk about fun and diabetes at the same time, right?"
He read my mind. Turns out he had a loaner CGMS sensor that he could let me use for a few days. That would allow me to get a feel for the system, give me some real-time data--including overnight!--and perhaps even offer fuel to our push to get my insurance company to approve the sensors.
When B. showed up in my office this morning to give me a little training and insert the device, I was ready to go. "Where do we put it? What do I do?" I may have overwhelmed him with my questions. The light on the sensor made me feel so...connected. (READ MORE)

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A month ago or so I called and spoke to a representative from Minimed. Minimed is the company that makes the insulin pump that I use. The model I have, the 722, has the ability to read and work with Minimed’s continuous glucose monitoring system.

When I spoke to the representative, she said that her company has been successful at getting my insurance company to cover the cost of the system 100%! I told her I wanted to start the process to which she said that she would get back to me.

She didn’t.

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A presidential promise. A statement to advance us into a more lucrative future of healthcare. A hope that technology in healthcare can further help fulfill patient’s needs.

"We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost….. All this we can do. And all this we will do."

This quote came from President Barack Obama's Inaugural Address on January 20, 2009. It is a bold statement on his desire to make improvements in todays healthcare system and expand on the successes of technology for everyone.

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There is a box sitting in my mud room from Medtronic. It’s a box that contains something really exciting and slightly terrifying. Charlie has seen the box and its contents. He’s seen the size of the needle and he wants to go ahead with it anyway. He asks me every day if I’ve called to set up some sort of training in how to hook this baby up.

 

There have been too many times in the past six months when we shook our heads in frustration and said "we can’t go on like this." Too many times when we’ve said, "something needs to change."

 

So, now there’s a box in the mud room.

 

I wonder if the restrictions are easing now that insurance companies are seeing how beneficial continuous glucose monitoring can be. I remember reading in the blogosphere not too long ago about the flaming hoops that needed to be jumped through in order to get coverage.

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