I really thought that January 14th as a shipping date for my Symlin pens was a bit optomistic. They are now showing a ship day of the 17th. The good news is that the pen needles are already on their way. They will go mule train, and the Symlin will probably come UPS, so they might arrive at the same time.
It’s fun keeping watch though. Haven’t heard from the local pharmacy, I think I’ll give them a buzz tomorrow.
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.
Saw the beginning of the ordering processing on the Medxo website this afternoon. So it is there.
Called the local pharmacy and their supplier said it is not available yet but keep ordering until it is.
It will be interesting to see which arrives first.
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.
Now this one I can get on board with! Hopefully it will happen about the time I need a new pump, BUT I think I need a pump next year.
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM – News), a leading provider of continuous glucose monitoring systems for people with diabetes, today announced that it has entered into a joint development agreement with Animas Corporation to integrate DexCom’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology into Animas® insulin pumps.
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.
I’m back to "normal" days, so I am working on adjusting my pump again. I’m focusing on breakfast right now — my blood sugar was 207 after breakfast, so I had to do a correction. Therefore, I’m going to up my carb to insulin ratio. I just changed it from 7 to 6.
As to Dexcom — I’ve decided to give my skin a rest — the entire area where I have been using the Dexcom is raw and scratched up. I think I’ve been doing quite a bit of itching. It will be interesting to go back to the old way of doing things.
Another sensor died. This one really never lived — started dying in the evening last night and had put it in the morning.
Dexcom is replacing it, but it’s such a hassle. I have learned to sit out a few hours, let skin heal, and take a real shower before I try a new sensor.
It’s still sad. They said I had a lot of noise and it just shut down.