Insulin Pump

May 12, 2014

This has quite possibly been the most annoying process I have done. In order to get an insulin pump to help make giving myself injections a little easier I have to check my blood sugar 4 times a day for the next 30 days. Now, I know that I should be doing that anyways, but I have a very busy life. I take care of myself the best I can right now. It is frustrating to me that people who have never experienced a day with diabetes in their lives should dictate my medical supplies.

An insulin pump would make my life so much simpler because it is only one needle every 3 days. I can give myself injections simply by punching in how many carbohydrates I am eating for the meal. Seriously, I can't even imagine how awesome it will be for me to have an insulin pump.

I have wanted an insulin pump since I was first diagnosed. I knew that it would make my life a lot simpler, but I didn't know I just had to ask the doctor about it. When I explained to the doctors that I felt it would be a lot better for me if I had an insulin pump they were ready to start helping me. They sent in some paper work and I got a phone call within a week. When I got the call the lady I spoke with went over the process and let me know that she would be helping me get my pump. She has been very nice to work with, and let me know up front that I would need to take logs of my blood sugar in order for one of my insurances to help pay for my pump.

I've already sent in logs for 30 days, but she wouldn't accept them since the logs were not consistent enough. I am currently working on new logs to send in, that will hopefully be a little more consistent for them. It has been a very frustrating, and tedious process. However, I definitely think that it has helped improve my health immensely over the last couple of months. So, for now, I will keep on keeping on.