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I have NO idea why I decided to check the Medco site this afternoon, as they said they weren’t sending until January 23, but I did.  Not only did it show it was on it’s way, but it had a UPS tracking number that said it was delivered.  I called, husband answered, and sure enough it was there, he just tossed the whole thing in the fridge.

The pens are interesting. The 120 pen is set to give two doses, 60 units and 120 units.  It also says you can put it in either the abdomen or the thigh.  I think I like the thigh.  The needle goes in much better — I do think that stopper dulls the needle, and even though it was a dose after a prime, it didn’t burn until the very last of the push.  Thus it is MUCH less painful.

I’m going to use up all my vials (I have around 4) at the house, and keep the pens for traveling about town and at school until I’m out of vials.

The pen does not take up less space than the vial, but the pen needles are easier to deal with.  I do need to find a disposal method for the needles themselves.  I do have some of the needle holders, so I am going to try to snag more.

Still nothing from the local pharamacy — Medco has changed their shipping day to January 23. 

Protonix DID arrive today!  At the same time, I got an email from Medco saying I had a new order being processed and then the Medco database showed they were processing Protonix.  Oh well, they will hold until March 15.

Symlin pen still hasn’t shipped.

I am saddened everytime I read about this case.  First, I enjoyed reading Flea’s blog, very much, and feel very betrayed, sad, etc. because he was sued for malpractice.  The malpractice? The patient he had seen DIED OF UNDIAGNOSED TYPE 1 DIABETES.  I’m not sure how long ago that the child was actually not diagnosed, but surely a simple blood glucose test?  Okay, and I’m still mad that my mom was being treated for an infection that would not go away and they didn’t do a simple blood glucose test the entire year she was being treated. He was not the primary doctor on the case, but still…

New York Personal Injury Law Blog: My Interview with Robert (Dr. "Flea") Lindeman

In May 2007 Robert Lindeman, a pediatrician from the Boston area, found himself uncomfortably in the public eye when the Boston Globe exposed his pseudonymous life as a blogger in a sensational front page story.

YEAH!  It shipped out today!  I am so happy that battle is won — though it is not over until it arrives on my door step.

Symlin is still showing will ship today (I will be amazed if that happens). 

The Medco database was updated in the last couple of hours. 

There is now an entry for my Symlin pen injector, and it shows 6 packages — that means they are sending 12 pens and a pen is supposed to last a week (22 1/2 injections, according to the math I did, which Symlin verified as correct).

They are also showing a ship date of January 14 on the Symlin pens, one day before the pen needles!  I’m sure that will change though. The good news, is that I do have some pen needles hanging around the house, plus I could get Albertson’s to go ahead and fill those if the injector gets here first.

The bad news is that there is no shipping date showing for the Protonix, when it did have one.

Went to the local rec center for a health fair.

First the rec center is NICE.  It’s 4 years old now, and I wondered when it was open, if they would keep it up.  Of course, they would make sure everything was working for the health fair, but there were no out of order signs every where, the ladies locker room was immaculate, and lots of equipment.  Since membership is $10.00 a year, I think, I probably will join in the near future.

The health fair itself was nice — the Fire and Police department had a contest for a blood drive, the local hospital was there doing screenings.  Lots of local businesses were there with reduced offers, including curves.

It was worth the few minutes of walking around.

Medco is showing Protonix ordered, and shipping on January 16. 

The doctor’s office called in a Symlin 120 30-day prescription to my local pharmacy and have faxed a 90-day prescription for the same thing to Medco.  The Symlin hasn’t shown up in the website yet.

My blood sugar was a bit better this morning, and my 2 hour after meal breakfast was good so now I think I’ll focus on lunch. Corrections seem to be working most of the time too.

I also put in a Dexcom sensor.  I put it in a totally different location, as I’ve been using the same area of my body for the last 6 months.  We’ll see how all that goes.

Yesterday was a yikes!  We had an awards ceremony down town, food was very different and I didn’t bolus.  Thus blood sugar this morning was 185.  I think I’m going to focus on corrections today, rather than mealtime boluses. 

I wish I had checked BEFORE I’d bolused, but I managed to do the math and "fix" it.  My spreadsheet which has the rules of 1500 and 1800 says that my correction factor should be 28, not 30, which is what I had programmed in the pump.  I just added the difference and we’ll see if that helps.  Yes, .15 units of insulin can make a difference for me.

My pharamacy math was correct — I verified with the Symlin support line today. Each pen does last approximately 1 week, if you are a Type 2 diabetic and on the 120 dose.  She said for a 30 day supply we should get 4 pens.  Meaning for a 90 day supply we should get 12.  I think.