Away Too Long

[kevin_standlee]

As expected, I ran out of diabetes test strips yesterday, and that was even with stretching the supply by testing less often. (The numbers I was getting when I did test were Not Good.) Now, I find that I'm about to run out of metaformin (medication for treating the diabetes) a couple of days before I get home. I must have miscounted badly, because my usual way of handling travel like this is to count the number of doses and give myself at least an extra week beyond that.

I expect to be home Sunday.

Comments

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

If you use a chain pharmacy, you should be able to go in and explain what happened and ask for enough pills to get you through until you get home. They are generally very good about making sure you don't run out of medicine.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

By order of insurance, I use the mail-order pharmacy owned by the insurance company. By the time I could get more medication mailed to me, I'd be home already.

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Most (not all, but most) of the Rx plans that require order-by-mail have some sort of emergency-travel replacement similar to what buddykat described. I know my old plan did (my new one uses CVS and is way more flexible).

It would definitely be worth doublechecking.