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  • Personal Challenge Day 4

    Today is
    CE 4/8
    CT 4/10
    ST 2/8

    My husband and I are spending WAY too much time talking about the Monte Carlo trip. We keep not sleeping as a result.

  • Medco is TOTALLY fubarring things!

    It’s sad because Medco hasn’t gotten a single prescription wrong in a year, and all of a sudden they are screwing up.

    First, I went to the eye doctor and asked for a 90 day script on Restatis. He supposedly faxed it to Medco and they filled it as a 30 day script but charged me the 30 day price. NOW, their pharmacists knew that was a screw up and should have followed up on it — IF he wrote that way.

    The almost good news is they are charging me the 30 day price.

    Second screw up — I ordered two scripts at once, which needed to be refilled by the doctor’s office. I don’t know if the doctor didn’t understand their form, or if they fouled it up on there in, but only one of the scripts is being filled. And it’s a blood pressure, generic, that costs very little, heck it would be a good candidate for over the counter.

    ARGH!

  • Monte Carlo

    Looks like I am going to Monte Carlo for spring break. Not exactly my first or even second choice, but my husband won a poker tournament through Poker Stars that is sponsoring him to play in the european equivalent to the World Series of Poker.

    I have a bunch of issues, like power adapters for my CPAP, can I use it on the airline, etc.

  • CPAP and airlines

    Interesting website on using a CPAP on a airline … why, next post.

    CPAP, Batteries, and Airplanes

    CPAP, Batteries, and Airplanes

  • And they just figured this out?

    January 4, 2005

  • Personal Challenge Day 2

    Today is
    CE 2/8
    CT 2/10
    ST 1/8 (today is a scheduled rest day)

    I’m actually having trouble with running low in the mornings. I have my basal set to 50% from 4:00 am – 6:00 am. I didn’t do a bolus with today’s breakfast and was at 110 at 9:00 am. While I stayed stable throughout the morning, I am not sure I want to be at that level chasing students (today was a workday).

  • Glucowatch “failed”

    It’s raining, I’ve had to be in and out in the rain a couple of times to replace my parking space == long story == so as a result, I just couldn’t get dry enough for the Glucowatch to work.

    I do have a call out to the CDE, requesting that we change my basal rates starting tomorrow. I am running REAL low today.

  • Glucowatch

    I haven’t needed my glucowatch in a while, but since my blood sugars were running low all during break, and I don’t have as much time and energy to keep up with them, I’m going to wear my glucowatch most of this week. It will be interesting to see what is really going on.

  • Personal Challenge Day 1

    Yesterday was
    CE 1/8
    CT 1/10
    ST 1/8

    A good start.

  • Vytorin Ads

    Kevin, M.D. – Medical Weblog: Vytorin and the license to eat

    As a patient who is on Zetia and Zocor … and who struggles with controlling blood sugar, lipid levels, etc. and who will soon be on Vytorin…

    I don’t take any of the advertising too seriously, even though I seem to be on every medication with a serious ad compaign.

    For me, the combo has been the end of a long time of frustration. I couldn’t, even with high doses of Zocor, control blood sugar AND lipid levels. It was the addition of Zetia that finally brought it down.

    Vytorin is great, because it reduces a copay.