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We’re under a winter storm watch and the local stations ahve been showing roads with ice on them.  We’ve been lucky as we’ve gotten lots of rain — in fact, we just had a heavy rain storm come through — and no ice.  The weather people claim that the heavy rains means we’ve had a temperature rise — I wouldn’t know as we don’t have an outdoor therometer, and I won’t install weather bug or another type of invasive temperature service.

The bad part is that the weather people keep raving on about the worse things that could happen.  Of course, very few of the things that they rant about will happen, and they do point that out.  My problem, is the joy they take in reporting this stuff.

So I have some problems.  What IF the power goes out.  Well, I pulled out my emergency CPAP battery and am making sure it has a full charge.

My next problem is tomorrow morning.  I have an appointment for lab work tomorrow — A1c, and the like and it really should be fasting.  The winter storm crap is supposed to be over at 6:00 am, but does that mean the people will be in the lab? 

Guess I have to wait and see.

Link to Bridling at Insulin’s Cost, States Push for Generics – New York Times

I am surprised that there are no generic insulins, too.  But then making insulin is a completely difference process than making regular drugs.

  Of course, long acting regular insulin is fairly cheap and can be obtained without a prescription, per Lanting’s philosophy.  For example, if you go out to Walmart.com and find their mail order pharmacy, you can get regular insulin for 48.46 for 3 vials.

Now a pump user CAN use that insulin, but you have to remember that most modern pumps use a shorter acting insulin and are programmed to deal with it. 

The good news is that Walmart sells the more rapid activing insulin for the same price, and they also sell 70/30 for that same price.

Lower cost alternatives ARE needed.  Not everyone is as lucky as I have to have great insurance, and even I didn’t at one time, and that could change again.

And I will admit there are times that needing my insurance have kept me from doing other things.  It’s even kept me from other school districts.

To top things off, My oldest and best beagle had a seizure as we were going into the ring at an agility trial.
It was not a grand mal seizure – in fact, I would have known what it was except for a vet at ringside who said it was a seizure.
More to worry about. Right now we’re waiting for a blood workup.

That’s the biggest change that diabetes has made in my life.  I have to plan everything and plan for everything.

BD, I would grab a dog that was scheduled for dog class, jump in the car, and get there.  Now I have to make sure I have supplies available in case I lose a set, insulin goes bad, etc.  I have to test my blood sugar before I get in the car, before I get on the training field and again before I drive home.

Today after school I’m going to a teacher workshop in Houston.  Going involved making sure I had enough supplies and even medications just in case something happened.  Hey, it is Houston, and they’ve been known to have weird things come up before without warning.

But every action these days requires infinitely more planning than ever before.  I miss being spontanenous.

I asked for a Novolog that needed a refill.  Never got done — doctor’s office didn’t have a record of the refill request but they faxed a new refill anyway … By the way, all this via email….

The Novolog is in the processed of being shipped.  I think I made the original request last Monday, and told the doctor about the missing refill on this Monday.

Not too bad.  Though they should have gotten the fax to the doctor in the first place, but that could be the fax machine at the doctor’s office, in fact, I need to check that number, come to think of it.

Man, Medco is freaking me out, I’m actually getting good service from them.

I ordered Symlin when it came due, and it was shipped correct and arrived a day early.

And I also ordered my new Depo (Yes, I’m anal, since it isn’t due for another 10 weeks or so), and it was delivered today.

WOW!

And in fact, have been for 12 hours.  Hopefully they will come back up fixed with their own content.

And in fact, have been for 12 hours.  Hopefully they will come back up fixed with their own content.

I got up today and voted a straight Republican ticket — why?

When the Republicans run things around Dallas, things get done.  Roads get built and things get better.

When the Republicans run things around Texas, money gets spent towards schools, and especially teacher salaries.  When teachers make better salaries, I work with a higher class of people.  Not sure what it says about me, since I came in when our pay was the lowest.

When the Republicans run the country, more people are employed.  That’s good for both me and my students.

No hospital records for ‘comatose’ airline passenger – 02 Nov 2006 – National News

No hospital records for ‘comatose’ airline passenger