:: DiabeticDamsel ::

Hit a speed bump in the ‘Dexcom Adventure’

I received a call from Edgepark (the company I have to go through who is ‘In Network’) and they reviewed my benefits with me and said that I was ready to go with ordering my CGM. The sales lady totaled up my device and 2 months worth of sensor and said “You total will be $1200 would you like to put this on your charge card?”, slightly taken back I asked “is there a payment plan?” like a poor man standing on a street corner with dirty feet. Come to find out that Edgepark collects upfront for all medical devices.

[Insert road block here]

Discouraged, I made a call into my Dexcom guy, Brian, and asked if he has any suggestions or $1200. He said Plan B would be to order it through Dexcom, which is ‘Out of Network’ and make 3 installments on the device and 2 months of supplies. So at least another door has opened but I’m starting to think this CGM business isn’t in the cards for me.

So I have a phone call to make to Brian tomorrow with a decision whether or not I’m going to go through with it….stay tuned and send $$$

My Dexcom adventure has begun..

So i filled out all of the paperwork to get my new CGM from Dexcom. I had an appointment with my Endo last week and was trying to get her to finally sign the medical necessity paper (which is pretty much a signature) and i heard today from my Dexcom sales guy, Brian, that they got the fax from her!!

I’m very excited that this process is starting to make progress and i can envision the UPS man pulling up with my CGM box in hand!!

Hypoglycemia weird symptoms..

So to inform the readers who are in the dark, hypoglycemia occurs when your blood sugar is too low and symptoms vary from person to person. Kerri from www.sixuntilme.com had a video blog talking about her symptom which included crying. Personally, my lips will get numb and if I’m in from of the computer or reading something the words will get all jumbled and look like wingdings font. Over the weekend I had two hypo moments. First one I went down to 50 and had a bowl of Multigrain Cheerios that I couldn’t taste at all. Second time I was at 52 and I couldn’t smell my dog’s foul breath that my faithful assistant was complaining about. So I know that the symptoms vary from person to person but I’ve never heard of temporarily losing your senses???!!!

Carb Counting -Part 2-

So i just had a WTF! moment while doing my ‘Insulin to Blood Sugar ratio’ test this morning…

Here are my numbers:

• 143 - 11:00 P.M. - Head to bed last night with a number i was happy with.
• 180 - 3:19 A.M. - Woke up to check
• 173 - 8:07 A.M. - Woke up for good. I started the ‘test’ and gave myself 1 unit of insulin. I was then instructed to test 20 mins after then 2 hours.
• 175 - 8:30 A.M. - So apparently insulin is like chocolate to my body.
• 177 - 8:49 A.M. - Checked again
• 186 - 11:38 A.M. - At this point my stomach is growling and all I’ve had was water today..AND I’M STILL HIGH!!!

So this test was crap this morning because apparently when i high i just hit a plateau and stay there. Is this normal? Am I crazy? I still don’t know my I/BS ratio and i’m starving!!