Just In Time

[kevin_standlee]

On January 2, I ordered refills of all of my prescriptions. (They were due for renewal from my mail-order pharmacy, but I needed to wait until my FSA reset on Jan 1 in order to cover the co-payments for three-month supplies of four kinds of pills, an onitment, test strips, and nasal spray. Given that Medco has usually been pretty fast in filling these things and that I would be in Columbus for two weeks and that I was going to run out of stuff -- I was already out of test strips -- I instructed them to send the medication to my hotel in Columbus. When I checked in, I told them to expect this.

A couple of days ago, Medco called to explain that because they'd stopped covering one of the medications that they used to cover, they'd help up processing all of the items on the order. We resolved that, but I complained about the situation with the almost-out-of-stuff, and they expressed the entire order to me. When I got back from work this afternoon, the hotel had delivered my prescriptions to my room. This is good, because tonight I would have taken the last dose of one of the pills that I had with me.

I went thirteen days without testing my blood sugar, but will go back on the testing regime tomorrow morning. I'm somewhat anxious to see what my levels are. With so little time for exercise, I'm concerned that I'm "running hot," so to speak. Testing twice daily serves as a good feedback mechanism for me to adjust my behavior accordingly.

Comments

[johno.livejournal.com]

Considering how close you keep track. I surprised you didn't bite the bullet and buy some test strips retail or some reputable online source.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I considered it, but the retail costs of the strips was $65 for 50 strips, which was more than I was willing to shell out, even from my FSA, on account of I'm very aware of needing to buy an extremely expensive hearing aid for Lisa this hear that will use up nearly everything in my FSA. I could have increased the FSA withholding even futher, but I couldn't afford that either, and the more you withhold, the higher the use-it-or-lose it risk.

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

I guess my friend Terri is lucky that her health insurance covers unlimited testing stuff - I think she tests 3 x a day currently, but seems in better control than you from the anecdotal evidence

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I don't report all of my figures; I just tend to grumble when they're not perfect. As my A1C levels are actually in the non-diabetic range, I can't be doing that badly. But twice-a-day testing helps me keep the course trimmed, you might say.