[Diabetes-talk] update on Denial of Insulin Coverage

[Mike Freeman]

Eileen:

I'll certainly agree with you and stipulate that pens are more accurate. 
Most people in Europe nowadays use pens and can't figure out why we in the 
"colonies" haven't switched exclusively to them -- or pumps, perhaps.  If my 
insurer said it would no longer cover pens, I'd switch insurers before I 
went to a Count-a-dose.  Nonetheless, I bought one "just in case".

Incidentally, while I can see and agree with your CDE's opinion that one can 
be more accurate with the pens than with Count-a-dose, there are those who 
feel that the latter is more accurate than the former.  The late Ed Bryant 
was notably of this opinion.  I suppose in the end it's what one is used to.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] update on Denial of Insulin Coverage


>I do not believe its as simple as a matter of preference, A.K.A. just 
>getting what we want because we want it.
>
> Before I made the switch to pens, I was using the count A Dose,
> When my diabetic educator saw it, she immediately came forth and said she 
> questioned the "Exactness" of the dosages the device was pulling up using 
> vials & syringes.  She said all it would take to throw it off by a 
> fraction of a unit or half unit would be a slight & unintentional 
> movement of the hand or a little accidental extra push up or down and the 
> insulin dose would be thrown off.  For many people a fraction more or less 
> may not have a great impact.  For me at that time that little difference 
> was having a huge impact on my numbers and the way I felt.
>
> The pens deliver a very exact dosage and are a requirement for good 
> control and even numbers.
>
> Eileen
>
>
>
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