bushmaster1313
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IMHO this is a tremendous photo and can help persons who might be insecure about their medical conditions.
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Prime Minister is unashamed to wear diabetes monitoring patch
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I am a type 2 on insulin therapy (too many years of Baptist church dinners) and I am still a little self conscious about checking my blood glucose level at restaurants and other public venues. So many folks are squeamish about the sight of blood and needles.
I need to check and see if Medicare and my supplemental insurance will cover this device. Apparently it has micro-needle that remains in your arm and you check with a scanner. I think I read you re-apply it every ten days or so.
Would be an improvement over the finger stick, which is more painful than the actual insulin injection needles.
I need to check and see if Medicare and my supplemental insurance will cover this device. Apparently it has micro-needle that remains in your arm and you check with a scanner. I think I read you re-apply it every ten days or so.
Would be an improvement over the finger stick, which is more painful than the actual insulin injection needles.
bearman49709
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Check it in your car before you go inside!
Checking in the car is what I do, but handling meters, small strips, lancets, syringes, etc. is certainly inconvenient in a vehicle.
Wee Hooker
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I'm an insulin dependent diabetic as well. I can usually "feel" where my sugars are so don't check more than once twice a day. I use a 70/30 mix and Victoza once a day. It works great for me.
That said, if you might ask your doctor about prescribing an insulin pump. It will monitor and supply insulin. They are usually covered by insurance.
I have an insulin pump. For quite a few years now. It is not a panacea but does work well. I had an early BG monitor but it was a PITA and it actually hurt more than doing multiple sticks per day. The new style BG monitor is much less invasive....but it is NOT cheap. Tween insurance and medicare it will still cost a bit every month. There is some really neat stuff in the works for diabetics but it takes time to get in the market. Diabetes.... It truly is a nasty disease.
IMHO this is a tremendous photo and can help persons who might be insecure about their medical conditions.
Good for her! I was devastated when I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes but I had to get over that quick because I remembered how my aunt suffered with the classic complications. I decided that I was not going to just roll over and let them happen. I make no apologies now for having to turn down fantastic looking desserts. I got back under the full diabetes threshold and the doctor said I only have to check my sugar twice a day now. My hands feel like pincushions from checking my sugar but luckily my pain threshold is fairly high so I'll keep doing it.
