Author: kathleen

  • Medpundit comments on Lunesta

    Medpundit

    Claire de Lune: The FDA has just approved a new sleeping pill, called Lunesta:

  • Pump “problem”

    Well, I’m about to see what kind of service I get from Animas. I was changing my batteries tonight, the pump tipped over and the corner of the battery door chipped off, which I think means the pump isn’t water tight any more….

    I did call this evening — 12:43 am there time, and they said leave a message if it is urgent, and since the pump is still functioning it doesn’t seem urgent.

    I’ll call first thing in the morning, and remember to keep my pump dry!

  • Test results

    This is cool — my primary care physician has a telephone line that you can call and get and leave messages. I had several medical tests done — fluids were obtained Saturday and he left my test results on the system today.

    News was good. Creatin was 0.9, thyroid was normal and albumin < 5.0 123, good was 47, ldl was 61. He said chrostreol was "awesome".

    Looks like what we are doing is right.

  • Testing Comments

    Just testing to see if I accept comments from TypeKey users.

  • Sleep

    I finally slept all night last night. And could go asleep. Sure wish I could fix the sleep problems permanently. I know I’m going to concentrate on that over the break.

  • Almost the end of the year….

    It’s almost the end of the year, and we STILL don’t have a continuous blood glucose monitor for patient use. Right now, Minimed has one that doctors can order and you wear for 3 days, but there is no real time readout.

    Both Therasense — now owned by Abbott and Minimed were supposed to have one out by the end of the year.

    Well, we have a couple of weeks yet, but I’m not holding my breath.

  • More on not sleeping

    I’m stll having trouble with the not sleeping thing. The worst part, is that I really can’t control my eating when I don’t sleep, especially evening eating — which then means that I have most problems with gastric reflux, meaning I have more trouble not sleeping.
    Lovely catch 20-20.

  • Medco is nuts…

    This is back on the Depo Prevera thing — they called today to tell me they were shipping it FedEx and would I be available for delivery on Friday (yes, they will leave it on the door step, probably).
    I still can’t believe it is cheaper for them to sell a 12 week only injectible via mail order that they have to FedEx, than it is for me to pick it up at the local pharmacy every 12 weeks.
    Weird.

  • Medco

    Medco makes me wonder some times… I decided to stick with Depo, and I’ve being charged full price for Depo. If I go with the new generic, it is still is pretty costly, but if I use the mail order portion, the price drops substantially.

    So I called the ob/gyn office and requested a script and sent it out, and now I’m waiting for the Depo. The really good news, is that I don’t need it until around the 10th of January.