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09-10-2007, 10:52 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | excited over strips..............
don't we diabetics get happy over the weirdest things? i'm supposed to test 3x/day. but throw in highs and lows and i run out of strips "too soon"-per walgreens. had my dr.tell them i test 4x/day-thought that would be enough "extra"..nope..so i called her today and explained i need more...so she called walgreens and told them i test 6-8 x/day...so now i won't run out!!!!! and i'm so happy! over more testing strips! weird or what?! trish |
09-11-2007, 04:13 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,696
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Originally Posted by shockme  don't we diabetics get happy over the weirdest things? i'm supposed to test 3x/day. but throw in highs and lows and i run out of strips "too soon"-per walgreens. had my dr.tell them i test 4x/day-thought that would be enough "extra"..nope..so i called her today and explained i need more...so she called walgreens and told them i test 6-8 x/day...so now i won't run out!!!!! and i'm so happy! over more testing strips! weird or what?! trish | My doctor approved 6 times a day, which is a bare minimum for me. If I have a low or a high, it may take 3 tests just to make sure that is OK. My insurance co. gives me a hard time over 6 times though. They are going to make me do a 30 day log, every 6 months, and will only send the smallest amount until I do.
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09-11-2007, 04:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 8,369
| | | My doctor does 6 a day even though the darn One Touch software says I only test around 4 times a day.
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09-11-2007, 07:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,816
| | | I origically got 4/day and when I was uppsed to 9/day I was thrilled. |
09-11-2007, 08:25 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 192
| | | My insurance approved me @ 20 tests per day - needless to say, I have EXCELLENT insurance..$0 co pay on strips as well.
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09-11-2007, 09:10 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: illinois
Posts: 3,316
| | | we got pretty good insurance ...free insulin,needles,strips and lancets. as long as i don't use anything up sooner than a week before the month is up....trish |
09-11-2007, 10:03 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ
Posts: 206
| | | I know what you mean about getting excited for more test strips. My insurance approved the script for 12x a day - which usually I use that many...but I was super psyched when I got my 3 month supply in the mail!!
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09-11-2007, 10:39 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North-Central Indiana
Posts: 3,732
| | Trish, just last week I asked the dr for a refill on insulin and usually he gives me 2-3 refills. When the pharmacist handed me the bag I looked at the refills and it said 6. I couldn't believe it and shouted woohoo. It felt like I had won the lottery. 
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09-11-2007, 10:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,218
| | | my endo varies with her generosity. I do know she gave me 50 refills on my needles for my pen though, lol........
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09-12-2007, 07:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,838
| | | I test a minimum of 8 times a day and upwards to 12 times a day, depending on how my blood sugars are running. My endo writes my yearly script stating I test that often.
Up until 2 years ago, I had Blue Cross, and received 400 test strips a month. When my husband's employer switched to United Healthcare, they cut me back to 300 a month.
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09-18-2007, 04:07 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 973
| | | when i first started testing, she approved me for 2 times per day... i kept Bit*hing until she upped it, she upped to 4. Kept complaining lol finally i got my 6 per day with extra if needed that is 200 per month.
After i got my first 90 days supply ordered, i stopped testing so much! hehehe so now I have a stock pile of strips 375 left from that first 90 supply and ordered another 90 day supply before my husbands insurance kicked me off and had to start a new insurance company... so now i have 975 strips left to do me until they either expire or until I need more.
I'm such a smart cookie..... I knew that eventually I would need those extras and started to not check so much for a reason since my sugars were under control....
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09-18-2007, 05:43 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,139
| | | My insurance doesn't require scripts. They only reimburse me for 3 months worth at a time per visit. I asked what that meant nd they said they've never had to deal with that problem. I've taken in 500 at a time without quesion. |
09-25-2007, 06:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia
Posts: 71
| | | Costs me $2.50 for 100 strips. I use between 10-15 strips per day.
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1 month on syringe/vials
Rest of the time on the insulin pen
Got the pump on 10-Apr-06
Current Pump: Animas 1200
Did 2 month trial with Minimed 722 - Aug-07
Lowest A1c was 6.2
Current A1c is 7.0
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09-25-2007, 07:03 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 134
| | | It may seem wierd to a non-diabetic, but totally wonderful news to all of us.....It is so funny though, I am so excited to go to the lab and have a needle stuck in my arm now. Duh....YahooTrish you get to make yourself bleed more each day...lol....hugs-Julie
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Diagnoised: 5/25/2007
AC1 11.2 on 5/26/07
AC1 8.5 on 6/30/07
Medications:
Gemfibrozil 600 MG. 2 X day
Metformin 1000mg 2 X day
10 unit Novolin N at night (stopped NPH)
5 MG Lisinopril at night to protect kidneys
Baby asprin 81 mg. - 1 a day
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09-25-2007, 07:12 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 134
| | | Good job Stacey- You can test for fun now....lol. Too bad we all haven't figured out a way to reuse test strips like our other supplies. You are good to go.
Hugs-Julie
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Diagnoised: 5/25/2007
AC1 11.2 on 5/26/07
AC1 8.5 on 6/30/07
Medications:
Gemfibrozil 600 MG. 2 X day
Metformin 1000mg 2 X day
10 unit Novolin N at night (stopped NPH)
5 MG Lisinopril at night to protect kidneys
Baby asprin 81 mg. - 1 a day
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