Posts Tagged ‘lantus’

Unexpected expense

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Oh, good. Just a couple more days and I’m done with speech class. Thank God! With luck, I should never have to attend another one. Don’t get me wrong, the class went fine. It’s the technology, the constant assignments, and everything else.

 

 

 

Today, I ended up having to burn $89 I was saving on one of my insulins (Lantus). I lost my medicaid on New Years day and to be honest, until today, I really didn’t mind. Medicaid was giving me nothing but grief anyway. But holy crap -! $89 God, burning that much money on such a tiny vial of liquid.

Y’know, world, a new pair of jeans would be nice, so would a pair of shoes. Maybe a new jacket, I’m wearing the same winter coat I did back when I was 18. Hey — here’s a revolutionary idea — howzabout a suit I could interview in? POOF. Insulin.

Yeah, I know… it’s stupid to be crying over this. I need insulin to survive. I can live without clothes. In another week or so, I should be getting a student refund check in the mail. I know this is just PMS making me feel all weird over something as stupid as this.

But now I just want to cry.

Lantus

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

Had a checkup today with Nancy at the diabetes center and found out I did a bit too well on my control. My A1c came back at 5.9% – which she said was a bit alarming. Once again, I had my insulin dose adjusted.

Basically that means that the bouts of hypoglycemia I’ve been experiencing are edging towards dangerous levels. It gets too low and I may end up in serious trouble. In fact, when I walked into the center today, my blood sugar was down to 43 mg/dL (2.38mmol/l). I really should be 70 – 120, which is a bit too low for my own good.

Anyway, courtesy of my doctors I came home with something new: a free vial of Lantus insulin. I also had the offer to take an introductory pumping class, though I took a raincheck so I can see how I do on Lantus first.

Hopefully they’re right and this will make me feel more normal. I’m not sure what that means, but I do have to admit I have been feeling pretty weird lately. The results from my A1c probably explain it a bit.

Also, thanks to AmyT for her comments and link to her site. ^_^ I’ll comment once I get my homework done.