I'm not sure how I feel right now I have been fighting with my insurance company now since July to get the CGMS ( Continuous Glucose Monitoring System) for Samantha..She is my one with Type 1 diabetes, well this CGMS goes along with her pump she will have two different sites one that deliverers her insulin and the other which is for the CGMS that will read her blood sugar every 20 seconds...it sounds like a great thing doesnt it we should know her highs and lows before she does, be able to head off lows which scare the heck out of me..so anyways after fighting with the insurance company I gave up for awhile till lately when I noticed that Samantha has been getting more and more out of range with her numbers and now is having lows without feeling them..last week she hit a 47 and didnt know it, now thats scary!!!! This is what made me start thinking I need to pick up where I left off at. I was ready for a fight, I have charts, lots of info and studies on how well these things work... so today I call Minimed the company I have to order it from and the same company we got her pump from, I tell the rep what I want she tells me she will see IF my insurance will pay for it or not ( just for the set it its 1000 and thats not the sensors every month thats another 350) I thought I would hear from her in a week or so but I got a call back a few hours later and she told me that there should be no problem as long as my Dr writes out a script..thats not a problem the Dr likes the CGMS so now it looks like Samantha will be getting this new device..but now I wonder do I really want to have to have this poor child with another thing poking into he? Learning how to work this thing, having to check and recheck numbers all the time till you get the hang of it...I hear its really a pain in the behind to get the hang of it all BUT on the other hand it will supply us with sooooo much info and should head off lows and highs..I think its just me worrying about the unknown I was like this when she got the pump and now I LOVE that thing I cant image going back to daily shots again..
Well thats my new worry..lol
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Hoping that the "learning curve" turns out to be relatively quick for you all. I can see why it would be such an amazing help. My FIL has something like this, or maybe it's the exact same thing. I know he is "hooked" up, so to speak. Best of luck, and prayers for this to make things easier and more relaxed in the long run.
Janet
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