[duck]

My current endo (though I really, REALLY try not to see him, keep reading) told me within minutes of meeting me he thought that pumps were worthless and if mine broke he would NOT write a letter of medical necessity for another...People do fine on MDI. I had *just* met the guy, so I was biting my tongue. I said "It's chnaged my life..." and he says something to the effect of my life would be better on Lantus, and he goes on this speel about how one shot of lantus a day and then MDI to cover meals is so convenient. I asked "Have you ever had to give yourself a shot for the necessity of eating?" and he glossed over it by saying "People do it all the time." Oh, okay. So he goes on again about my basal levels and how they fluctuate but never more then .3 an hour, and how he laughs when he sees that because it's no different than what lantus does when the proper amount is admnistered.

So duck was fed up with this $8!7 at this point and asks aloud "Does your pharmaceutical rep give you great perks for pushing lantus?"

Oh he got mad. "If you don't want to switch you can just say so."

"I thought that was obvious? Okay, I'm NOT going to switch."

Unfortunately, like Archimeech, there is really only a few endos in Northern VA/Metro DC, so I've dealt with this guy for two years now.