I agree. Thanks. Chrissy

I dont know if its written in the contract. I will call and find out. I’ve
already talked to them on this issue and they basically said too bad. Not in
those words but….I will call anyway and see if it is in writing. Thanks.
Chrissy

Medicare will cover as many strips as you want, but you must have the MD certify
that you are testing at that level. In my case, I am approved for 250
strips/month, and this is fully covered by Medicare and the supplemental
coverage.

David

On my insurance program I can only use so many strips in other words they
will only cover so many strips then I have to pay for them which I cant
afford. Its a bummer so I cant test that often. Chrissy

Janet, that’s been wonderful! The other day when I was dying to throw
out the pump and the horse it rode in on, I told my husband I was giving
it a month "because if I quit now, it’d be like I was letting down all
those people on the support loop." (He thought I was crazy, but he’s
not ON here.) Laurie: no one understands until they’ve stood in our
shoes……..Joan:)

>Try doing a baseline bg before site change…record boluses

Joan, I’m recording the boluses and doing 9-11 bg tests a day (newbie
city!)…but I’m not clear what a "baseline" bg is? Could be I’ll find
the answer on the website, but if anybody can toss an explanation on
here I’ll probably get it quicker.

——–a baseline means that you start averaging your bg results—so that
you learn about your normal pattern - called a circadian rhythm.
what kind of glucometer are you using??? The Dex will give averages of bgs
after about 2 weeks of results.
What it means is that you know what your bg is before a site change and about
1-2 hours after. It’s better to change the site during the day, this way if
it punks out, you know about it. You should bolus a bit extra as David
suggested, My concept is that you start saturating the tissue with insulin
and stimulate absorption.
You can get away with doing a fasting in the morning,
2 hours after breakfast,
before lunch,
and 2 hrs after (called a post-prandial - after you have eaten),
before and after dinner, and at bedtime. (that’s 7).
If your medical coverage pays for strips, you may be able to get your endo to
write a prescription for # 200 strips (thats 8-10 bgs per day) which has to
also be written on the prescription. If they include a diagnosis of
intensive insulin pump therapy and glucose control. You might have to call
the case manager of the insurance co. and explain, but a little "let your
fingers do the walking can work out ok"….Joan:)

Speaking of which, does anybody ELSE have mental pictures of the people
on here? I’m seeing Patrick as really tall and rangy, Gail with softly
curling brown hair, Joan wearing solid colors and/or small prints, David
with dark hair and eyes, Chrissy with a ponytail…. No idea where any
of these images came from, but they’re sure vivid!

Laurie (whose picture is on the website below and who’s gonna be really
embarrassed at realizing nobody else CARES what people look like)

Ok, Laurie - Joan does wear solids and small prints. Short, round,
Sicilian-German-Polish-Scottish-French-Russian-Lithuanian (an American mutt),
blond (bottle), blue eyes, glasses, smile all the time, and VERY
opinionated!!! I guess we all have our preconceived notions of what out
e-mail persona is…:).
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I think its very interesting. I dont have a ponytail. But Im trying!!!!!
My hair is short but Im growing it out. I saw your web page, a writer eh?
My husband is writing a book. Hopes to get it published some day. Hang in
there!!! Chrissy