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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: glucometers measurement accuracy Test Strips
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My relationship has changed, and I'm not happy. Over the past three weeks, I've lost so much trust in what I'm being told that I'm looking at "playing the field" again.
The relationship I'm talking about is the one with my glucometer.
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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 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Real Life
Tags: co-pay discounts freestyle promise pharmacy
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The vibration of my cell phone stirred me in my seat during a less than interactive physics class. Taking a look, I see it is my go-to pharmacy calling me up. This is not a surprise to me since they call to inform me I am out of refills every now and then or that it is too soon to place a refill on a script. I let it buzz away back in my pocket and waited for class to end. Working my way into the sunshine of the outside walkway, I dialed in to listen to the pharmacy’s voicemail. This was not the message I was expecting.
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Categories: Fitness Real Life
Tags: bicycling freestyle promise Health Insurance resolution Tour de Cure
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For many of us, our sense of self is tied to our glucometers, our pumps, and/or our CGMs. "Sad, but true," you may say. The truth is, we tether ourselves to these devices to maintain and/or improve our lives. In addition, most jurisdictions require us to carry at all times some form of government-issued identification -- and of course, we dare not go anywhere without our health insurance cards and our cell phones.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Children Emotions Real Life
Tags: Logging
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Blah, blah, blah, here she goes again, pissing and moaning about logging.
Back when the year was shiny and new, as opposed to snow-covered and grubby (and enough with the snow already, ok? I'm SICK of it. Sick.) I resolved to be more diligent about logging Olivia's blood sugars. And for a few weeks I was. And then I forgot for a couple of days. And then it was Thursday and I thought, well, I'll just start over on Monday. And I forgot again.
I've logged in fits and starts over the last 2 months, but mostly, I haven't logged at all. And now she has an endo appointment tomorrow and I'm not going to have that much information to give her and I'm pissed at myself.
I just don't know how to make myself log. I forget. And if I'm forgetting to log, how am I supposed to teach Olivia? I'm not setting a good example at all and they always tell you (who are they anyway?) that you should lead by example when it comes to your kids.
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Categories: Type 2 Oral Meds In the News Real Life
Tags: allergies emergency rooms neuropathy personal experiences Real Life
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In a memorable sequence from J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, new Ensign James Tiberius Kirk exhibits an allergic reaction to a drug, his hands and tongue immediately swelling to seemingly-ridiculous proportions in minutes. While the sequence is played comedically, the reality of the situation is anything but.
Local insects congregated in the early evening rains before Hurricane Irene passed through our local area, taking refuge in window frames, sneaking through decades-old screens, and so on. Since our air-conditioning is limited to the bedroom, I am loathe to close windows unless and until necessary -- when the temperature drops, or when the incoming rain becomes strong enough to threaten whatever I have sitting near them. This has the side effect of making me a "target of opportunity" on those occasions in which those windows must be closed. Unfortunately, I'm allergic to insect bites.
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