insurance
My Insulation
One of the joys (note: that was sarcasm) of changing insurance plans in the new year is finding out just how much medication your new plan will allow. I ordered my three month supply of insulin, which brought so much other joy (note: again, more sarcasm) that I chronicled in this post, and I recovered [...]
Mail Orders.
Friday afternoon, I stood in the Southwest terminal of the bustling San Diego airport, thirty minutes from boarding a flight to Phoenix for business (because who DOESN’T love working on the weekend? Anybody? No?) My cell phone was smashed into my right ear, my left hand covering my left ear to try and reduce the [...]
Fight on.
“Hello?” “Yes, hi, is this Miss A-Lex-Us Poe-Lack?” “Uhm, yeah, it is, who is this?” “Can you please verify your address for me?” “Uh. Who are you? Why are you calling?” “I will answer that in a second. Please verify your address.” “I simply won’t give an unidentified stranger my address. You need to tell [...]
Not if, but when.
“It’s perfect!” I exclaimed to my friend who shall remane nameless for the purpose of my shameless blogging. Said nameless friend and her husband are moving, and I found out that she was selling a love seat that was just the perfect piece to complete my living room. I went over to her house last night and was stoked [...]
The value of a dollar…and a pump.
In a customer’s office today, a magazine headline on a popular publication caught my eye: “Save money on EVERYTHING. Find simple ways to cut back EVERYWHERE!” I flipped open the mag to check out the article. There were recipes for cheap meals, do-it-yourself household fixes, admonishments against brand-name products, and a host of other suggestions [...]
Coverage.
Sitting on the couch with my roommate last night, American Idol playing on the TV, we started musing about our late 20s and how we felt that we needed a change. Both she and I have lived in the same house for 4 years, been at our current jobs for just as long, and are [...]
Mind the gap…
This past Saturday, I volunteered at two ADA events that reminded me just how sharp the disparity of healthcare is in this country. The juxtaposition of the two populations at these different events was stark and stirring – and made me remember that diabetes care is just as much about the luck of the draw [...]
Ain’t nothin’ “pre” about this…
“Ok, so pre-diabetes…glucose of 186, were you fasting?” chirps the nurse in front of me. “Uhm. What? Wait. No. But, hold on. I told you when I sat down I have Type 1 diabetes. I don’t have pre-diabetes. There’s nothing “pre” about my diabetes. It’s an incorrect statement to check that box” I say back [...]
Gotta use the measuring cup on that one…
Us folks with the ‘betes have a lot of medications to pay for. Just to get through one day, we need test strips, insulins, pump supplies, and a host of other items that go along with chronic disease management. Although I am lucky to have great insurance, my supplies still run me about $150 a [...]
