So I have been trying to set up some training for the new Continuous Glucose Monitoring Sensor that I was supposed to get as soon as it turned January.
Everything, I thought, was all set up and I couldn't wait. I called January 2 to order my Minimed 522 Insulin Pump and linked Continuous Glucose Monitoring Transmitter.
This pump is awesome and I can't even begin to explain all of the benefits to using a pump with a continuous glucose monitor so I will send you here to read what Minimed says about it.
Pretty awesome huh?
Well I got a surprise when I went to order it. I talked to Pedro(name has been changed to protect the innocent) at the supplier and he told me that the insurance had not, in fact, approved purchase of my Continuous Glucose monitoring system and it was not covered like they had ASSUMED it was covered.
I called my insurance company and they told me it is still "experimental" and until they have more evidence than just my say so that it is not experimental, my insurance policy excludes purchase of this system.
WHAT?????
What I don't get is something that has these BENEFITS and are backed up by this Study; which was completed more than ten years ago, how could it still be experimental?
So I am going to put a case together to get the insurance company to change its mind.
I guess I will have to call the Minimed trainer back and unschedule my scheduled training. I already know how to use the pump. I have been using their pumps for more than 10 years.
I will also have to call my doctor's office and cancel the appointment I had with him to teach me how to adjust my insulin usage based on whether my Blood Glucose was going up or going down and how fast, etc.
What a mess. Oh well. On to the battle to train for a Half Marathon in May and Ragnar Relay in June; ALL WITHOUT A CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR.....
I guess I will have to make more pit stops to check my blood sugars and gobble some sugar so I don't go in to a coma and die while running 13.1 miles or on the hardest leg of a Ragnar relay (at least in my state) 8.5 up and mostly downhill.
Such is life: Murphy always happens and if it can go wrong, it will; just not in the way you expect.
2 comments:
Ick. I share your distain for the Murphy of life. I hope you can get it worked out quickly. :)
Thanks Bernard. I guess you have the sensor? I can't wait. Maybe a little later this year. Thanks for the link. I will use it when I make my case for the insurance.
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