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Doctors wont help
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Started this discussion. Last reply by June English Nov 15.

 

Its Sarah Freakin' Kay!

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Hometown (where you come from):
Metro-Detroit
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Date diagnosed
August 11, 1998
Type of treatment you use
Pump
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
YouTube
What do you do for a living?
Student

hello!

A little bit about me:
Im a lefty, I am kinda-sorta-fluent in spanish (i can read, write and listen, but im not a great oral speaker). I love everything related to the arts and i love people! YAY! Go team Big sexy D! (lol)

as for my new blog (im joining in the fun!) http://workandplaywithbigd.blogspot.com/


http://www.myspace.com/lookingformoi
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Step Out tomorrow... and Im getting teary eyed...

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time to make a change!

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new blog

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tomorrow!

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its a start...

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Virginia, Minnesota
on Monday
You can tell your doc. that I have had excellent luck with my MiniMed Paradigm 522 with CGMS. It is true that the CGMS shows TRENDS, moreso than actual BG's, and if your BG's are too low or too high most of the time, you'll get a lot of beeps. I d...
November 15
Terry, You brought up a very good point. The JDRF study points out that patient selection is critical for CGM success. Diabetics with good bg control benefit the most. Diabetics will bad bg control don't benefit at all. The reasoning given is tha...
November 13
Sarah, The 'Letter of Medical Necessity' is like a multiple choice test. It is pretty easy to figure out what the right answers are. The big unknown is how many answers you need to get right so that your insurance company will approve a CGM. A co...
November 13
The company will do the initial insurance paperwork and application for you. They have people on staff whose only job is to help you apply to your insurance company. But they won't put up a fight for you. My experience is that insurance companies...
November 13
If I understand correctly, your doc's role is crucial but limited. He/she must certify you need the CGM via a letter of medical necessity. Switch docs if your current one won't agree to fill out the letter of necessity. After that, if insurance de...
November 13
Hi Sarah, I'm with Helmut on this one. I think the CGM people should be willing to help fight the insurance battle. If you get them going, the Dr really only needs to sign the paperwork. One problem with this could be if you need to get a letter ...
November 13
When I got my DexCom 7+ all I asked of my doctor was to sign the paperwork. DexCom handled the communication with the insurance company. If my doctor would have refused to sign the paperwork I would have switched doctors. I don't expect that any d...
November 13

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At 3:47am on October 12, 2009, Kristin said…
Hi Sarah! How was the walk?
At 5:08pm on October 11, 2009, Erin Ball said…
hey im erin i was diagnosed about a month ago lol

how r u? lol :)
At 12:16pm on October 11, 2009, Marie B said…
hey, Sarah, we have the same birthday! I came by your page to see how the walk went. Wishing you good numbers...
At 9:58pm on September 29, 2009, patti lopez said…
Happy Birthday, Sarah! Hope you had a good day, patti
At 11:10am on September 29, 2009, Kristin said…
Happy birthday Sarah! Hope that you have a great day!
At 10:45am on September 29, 2009, Manny Hernandez said…
Happy birthday, Sarah!
At 9:56am on September 29, 2009, Jaimie Hernandez said…

At 11:02pm on September 18, 2009, Rosalee Meade said…
i wish things were different to.my sugar has been up and down and i get frustrated alot
At 6:00pm on September 13, 2009, Katie Allgood said…
Hey how are you???
At 1:21pm on June 16, 2009, Kristin said…
Hi Sarah! Sorry to hear about this recent billing struggle! I have gone through something similar before... and it was such a pain to resolve it (but I did not pay in the end).

I hope that you can find the support that you need in this community, even if it's hard to find elsewhere!

Know that you are NOT alone!
 
 

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