[Diabetes-Talk] Oh insurance mess!

d m gina dmgina at sero.email
Wed Feb 1 03:52:37 UTC 2017 

I think of Mike, saying all of the time.
He would rather do the injection than to worry about the pump.
My sugars are not low enough for anything like that.
I still wonder if it would have helped me better.
If I had been on the pump.
I do quite well with the meals unless we go out.
Yes, there are times when I love a prime rib that happens at least once a year.

Original message:
> Weirdly, I found a community of people on Facebook who have been on the
> pump, many for years, and hate it and go back on injections. Soe it is just
> a temporary thing, but for some, it is permenant. I was so surprised by this
> because I love being on a pump, and I've been on one for 13 years now. I
> would hate to go back to injections.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Jamie Gurganus via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 2:21 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jamie Gurganus <jamielgurganus at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Oh insurance mess!

> Veronica,

>       I'm so sorry to hear this.  I think you should appeal this decision,
> since it is the only pump that is the most accessible for the blind.  After
> 18 years of using Accucheck pumps, I was forced to find another pump when
> Roche decided to stop distributing their pumps in the U.S.  After visiting
> with my diabetic educator, playing with the three available pumps and
> finding the Diabetes Talk site to ask other diabetics who are blind, I came
> to the conclusion that the Vibe was the best option.  I also use a Dexcom,
> but I don't have it paired with the pump.  I like using the iPhone Share app
> that allows me to know what my blood sugar is.  Pairing it with the Vibe
> would be useless for me and would mean that I would have to input blood
> sugars in to both the Dexcom and pump to calibrate it twice a day.  I'm
> lucky that my kids are accessible every morning and night to put a blood
> sugar in to the Dexcom, and I didn't find a need to also use the pump for a
> receiver.  My insurance company did not have any issues with me getting a
> new pump, since my Spirit pump's warranty had expired a year ago.  I did
> have to provide a month's worth of blood sugars showing that I tested at
> least four times aday.  Isn't that crazy?  Anyway, I sure hope you can
> appeal and argue your case for the Vibe.  It really is a shame that
> insurance would keep you from obtaining the only pump that a blind person
> can use with limited sighted assistance.  I'm just two weeks  in to using my
> Vibe, and I'm still struggling to learn how to do what I used to do so
> easily on my Spirit.  I am fortunate to have two teenagers living with me to
> help me when it doesn't do what I wanted it to do.  But, I can easily give
> myself a bolus using the audible bolus feature.  Even though the Vibe
> doesn't have audible beeps to let me know that I've depressed a button, the
> buttons do make a slight click sound once you press them.  So, that part is
> nice.  It is just learning how to blindly navigate a whole new set of menus.

> Good luck, and please consider appealing the decision.  You shouldn't have
> to go back  to injections after being on a pump.

>                                 Jamie


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 1:04 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Oh insurance mess!

> Hi everyone!
> I just found out that my insurance company denied coverage for the Animas
> pump. Oops! This is what's wrong when the patient isn't involved in filling
> out any of the forms. I had tried to get the Vibe and I'm pretty sure that
> they denied the coverage because of the Dexcom half of the pump, which I
> wouldn't need. Hahahaha, you fools, I already have it. But my endo couldn't
> lift a little finger and say on the forms that I had the Dexcom and wanted
> this pump because it was more useable by me. I can actually kind of do a
> correction bolus on the Vibe, but definitely not on the Ping. And forms
> being returned numerous times drew the process out so that I now have only a
> couple of cartridges left. Yikes! My endo told me just to go off the pump.
> Yeah right! So now I'm trying to get supplies for my Cozmo and hope that my
> 50 dollar E-bay wonder hangs in there for awhile. I was really hoping to do
> the pump switch now, rather than in a couple of months when I'm scheduled
> for a surgery that will mess up my life style for quite awhile. And later
> this week I'm supposed to get a steroid injection which means I'll go
> through my last couple of cartridges faster too.
> Of course, were I sighted none of this would be going on because this isn't
> the pump I'd be getting. Anyway, I know there isn't anything any of you can
> do but I appreciate you letting me rant a bit in the hope that I might get
> another idea. But it's multiple factors here. Insurance companies are, well,
> who they are. Doctors are in a hurry and just fill out forms without
> attention to the person they affect.
> And the other stupid thing, ummm, ahem, this one was mine! Two weeks ago I
> traveled and took my backup pens with me. I accidentally left them in the
> hotel refrigerator. And when I called the hotel, nothing. Oops! So boy am I
> stuck for now. Let the fun begin. Sheesh!
> Veronica


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