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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg BUt you talked for a few days with your doctor about your pump right? You didn't walk in one day, say I want a pump, and then walk out the same day with a pump in hand? You had to wait for it to be mailed to you? I can understand getting it approved the day they are contacted, but having the entire process done in 1 day seems too fast for me to believe. |
First I had to change endos.
I told him what I wanted to do, and within a couple of weeks, I got a second appointment, at which I showed him what I learned about the MM506 (I brought a detailed description of how I would transition from MDI to the pump). He was impressed enough to waive the requirement that I attend pump orientation. His office filled out the paperwork and called the insurance company. They agreed immediately to the pump and it was shipped out from back East, the next day from a company that handled MM pumps (I forget their name--they were FANTASTIC). My pump came overnight on a Saturday.
The MM trainer came out a few days later and I became a pumper!!!! My life changed from that day forward (May of 1996). I LOVE pumping. No more rigid schedule, no more 911 calls, no more Glucagon usage, better A1c's...
