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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS insurance
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I was a little shocked, actually, to have gotten a real answer instead of a blow off "It's in medical review" answer.
My pump rep and my endo's nurse have jumped through hoops giving my insurance company the information it needs/wants in regard to approving my CGMS claim. I thought there was going to be a conversation between the insurance folks and my doctor's office, not just a flat out "No." I really thought that giving them all this information and stressing that I have hypo unawareness would surely make them say yes. Like I said, I was shocked.
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I'm still ready for a fight. I've called my pump rep to fill him in and see where we go from here--not to say, "I give up, thanks for trying." On this hand I feel a little angry that they have all this information detailing medical necessity and still say no. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 2 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS continuous glucose monitoring system
Views: 614
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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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Women's Issues Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management CGMS
Views: 564
55, 48, 35. These numbers mean nothing really until you see them on the One Touch after testing because you feel a little off. Not low, just a little off. Or maybe you don't even feel off, you're just testing because you're about to eat lunch. These are the moments (like this one!) you start shoveling Skittles down your throat because the second you see that low is when you start to feel it. And it feels like s%$t!! (It's not easy to type when you're low, by the way.)
Happens on the other side of the spectrum for me, too. Sure there are times when cotton mouth, fatigue and a hideous headache clue me in to a ridiculous high, but there are just as many times when I feel perfectly fine and I find that I'm well over 200 or 300.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Real Life
Tags: blood sugar management CGMS
Views: 451
Caller ID said "Nevada." I don't know anyone in Nevada. Last time my caller ID indicated a state in which I don't know anyone, I took a chance and it was a sales call. A flippin' sales call on my cell phone. But, I answered Nevada anyway. Good thing I did because it was the Dexcom rep for my area returning my call. (This poor guy is in Las Vegas and his territory covers Vegas, Phoenix and north to Montana or some other "M" state.)
He asked me about my situation and why I wanted to try a CGMS. I told him I had been a pumper since January and that I had tried the MiniMed CGMS earlier this year and liked it but couldn't get my insurance to cover it and decided to give up after continued denials. I told him about my hypo- and hyper-unawareness and that I wanted something that will clue me in to where I am between tests.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS
Views: 353
It's the end of the week.
He said I'd know something by the end of the week.
I called Monday. I called today. I don't know anything yet.
I know that his territory covers three enormous states, but doesn't he know that he's dealing with the world's most impatient person?
I really thought that by calling on Monday he'd have called by now. But nothing.
I'll be a pest and call tomorrow, too. I know, so not likely to be productive, but I want to know what I'm dealing with.
A potential complication, though, is my decision not to be seen at Mayo anymore. You have to have a doctor sign off on the prescription, which makes sense. And with me technically not being seen by M2 anymore, she can't sign off on it.
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Categories: Type 1 Type 2 Oral Meds Insulin & Pumps Children Food Highs & Lows Relationships Complications Emotions In the News Fitness Women's Issues Men's Issues Real Life
Tags: CGMS complications Health Care
Views: 857
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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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Real Life
Tags: extreme low blood sugar
Views: 622
It had been more than a week since I had talked to Mom. This is nearly unheard of in our world, but it does occasionally happen. My busy life with three kids and their busy retirement life are the culprits.
So last night when Dad called to see if I knew about my brother's trip to Korea encountering problem after problem that eventually required him to come home to Missouri from Seattle, I was finally able to catch Mom up on what's going on in our lives.
"Did you know No. 2 has a double ear infection," I asked her.
"No, no didn't know that," she said.
"No. 3 is recovering nicely from her upper respiratory nastiness, but The Mr. is still battling a rough cough," I told her.
"OK, OK. And how are things going with the pump?" she wanted to know. (READ MORE)
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Relationships Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS continuous glucose monitoring system
Views: 594
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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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Highs & Lows Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS
Views: 283
Between the time I got on the phone with S., a Dexcom rep, and the time I hung up my emotions swung wildly. I went from being moderately happy about contacting a CGMS rep to being beyond excited that I was actually in a place where I could get the process started.
"How much success have you had getting approvals with my insurance company?" I tentatively asked S.
Things are getting better, he told me. More insurance companies are getting on board all the time. I was skeptical, telling S. that I had been told that in January when I was with a different insurance company and was denied three times. Enough denials that I quit trying.
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Categories: Type 1 Insulin & Pumps Emotions Real Life
Tags: CGMS
Views: 849
Most days I'm the one who grabs the mail before coming in the house. Most days I'm the one who sorts through and throws the bills in a pile and the junk in the trash. Most days I ignore pretty much anything from an insurance company.
Which is exactly what happened the day before yesterday. I didn't notice the envelope from my insurance company until this morning while I was battling with No. 2 to get dressed/eat breakfast/quit fussing/stop acting like a brat. (READ MORE)
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Michelle Kowalski, a writer, editor and photography hobbiest living in Phoenix, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in February 2005. In January 2008, as part of her quest to start on an insulin pump, Michelle learned that she actually has type 1 diabetes. (Read More)
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