Someone needs to explain something to me. I was just at the pharmacy, refilling my prescription for the pen needles for my insulin. I got charged full price for the needles, with no help from my health insurance. Why? Because they gave me what they (and my doctor) say is a 30-day supply on Aug. 29. Insurance companies do this, apparently, to ensure that prescription drugs are used in FDA-approved amounts and to keep people using said drugs healthy. Excuse me, but it's a box of 100 pen needles. Which I need to use at least 4 times every day. Last time I checked, 4 goes into 100 25 times, not 30. Considering that you're not supposed to re-use needles, if the doctor wants me to be healthy, shouldn't he have prescribed me 120 pen needles, so I can, I don't know, afford to buy the medicine he's putting me on? And don't even get me started on the test strips for my glucose meter. A box of 102 (six vials of 17 strips - don't ask me where they got that number) is o...
First, President Obama shows his overly-PC, anti-Christmas side by giving a speech the same night as ABC planned to air "A Charlie Brown Christmas." And now, apparently, his State of the Union address will be the same night as the final season premiere of Lost on Feb. 2. Exactly how un-American does President Obama want to be? And more importantly, what exactly does President Obama or his administration have against ABC as a network? You don't see him scheduling addresses against The Simpsons or anything.
This is going to take some getting used to. A bit of a late start today, while I get things going here. Had to refill a cartridge of insulin and I figured I would switch out my infusion site, too. Should have been simple, and I hope it will be soon. I had a bit of a misfire with the infusion set as I was trying to prime it. Not sure if it was safe to reload it, I figured it might just be safer to toss it and get a new one. When I went to prime the tubing, it turns out I connected the cartridge to the bad infusion set, so I had to start over. Third time was the charm, though, and I finally got everything right. I'm still adjusting my numbers to avoid some morning lows, evening lows, just lows in general. But I know it will be worth it once I get everything figured out. I'm on my way to work, so this is the next big test. A day of stress, plus a trip to the gym afterwards. Hoo boy. Wish me luck!
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