Pros and Cons
- It's expensive. Without insurance, $900 a month. That means I'll meet my deductible in two and half months if nothing else goes on, and then I'll be paying $180 out of pocket. That also means I'll probably meet my max out of pocket. On the other hand, pump supplies and insulin are a lot more expensive.
- I still have around 11 boxes of infusion sets and a bunch of insulin. But right now, I'm using half of my old basal, doing some small corrections.
- I'm losing weight. The doctors office saw 3 pounds in two weeks.
- CVS/Caremark are being jerks about it. Now this COULD be my doctor's office but they want pre-authorization and that hasn't happened yet. I was given two sample pens and right now, I have 8 days left. I'm going to try to get another sample box tomorrow AND have already started pushing the pre-authorization. I'm willing to be since the plan is changing on January 1, CVS/Caremark is dragging their feet. I hate feeling like a drug addict.
- My blood sugar is super smooth with the current pump settings. I'm waking up with 120-130 blood sugar (yes, I would like it lower), and I'm not having to count carbs. I haven't seen a blood sugar higher than 180 since we decided on these pump settings.
- I'm using 19 units of insulin now and was using 65 units of insulin.
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