This bear is apparently flying on a trapeze

I’ve spent about $200 for test strips since Friday. Since the beginning of the month, I’ve been trying to get my test strips from Liberty Medical (yeah, Wilford Brimley’s place) with no luck. I bought 50 strips on Friday hoping they would last me until my refills came. Yesterday I had to buy another hundred.

I called Liberty today to find out what the hold up is only to find out that they claim to be waiting on doctor’s orders. I’ve been diabetic for 24 years yet I have to have an annual doctor’s notes saying it’s okay for me to have supplies that I’m going to pay for. It’s like needing a hall pass for a disease.

I’m running out of CGM sensors and I’ve been out of test strips for weeks. If I run out of sensors, I’ll be going through test strips even more than I already have. Even with the sensor, I tested my sugar 15 times today (at $1.20 each from our local Rite Aid).

As luck would have it, I’ve reached my 23rd week of pregnancy and as the ultrasound technician was kind enough to explain to me, this is when the placenta starts really growing with speed and it trashes my blood sugars.

Every day it’s like wrestling a bear to get my blood sugars down with only sporadic success. Without sensors or test strips, it’s like paying hundreds of dollars to wrestle a bear blindfolded.

Wheee!

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4 Comments

  • Tom B. says:
    June 16, 2009 at 6:45 am

    Out of curiosity, are any of the supplies you use made by Baxter? I’m not sure I can get any discounts, but I can certainly investigate.

    Genie Reply:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Unfortunately, I think my pump supplies are all Medtronic specifically. But after I called and bitched a package showed up for me with my supplies yesterday. :) Thanks for the offer to help!

  • Oriana says:
    June 16, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    I have occasionally gotten a hard time about getting needles because my prescription is for injectable B12 and not for needles. I still don’t understand how they think I’m going to get the B12 without the neddles:P

    People with chronic diseases should get a special pass after awhile that lets people know we aren’t stupid (at least about our diseases)!

    I hope your situation gets straightened out very soon and that it never happens again!

    Genie Reply:
    June 17th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    They managed to send half of my test strips and all my sensors so they arrived yesterday. Now just to remind them about the other half of my sensors and set a note in my calendar to call them again in 3 weeks to stay ahead of the game!