Justin – T1D Exchange

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- 3 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  lis be likes your comment at
  Does your health insurance offer benefits or cover services that adequately meet your needs? Share more about your health insurance benefits in the comments!
  Usually, but not without jumping through hoops. I'm covered under a Marketplace plan. The benefits change every year and I need to keep an eye on what supplies they move where (DME , pharmacy, deductible paywalls, etc.).
- 5 months ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  If you’re on a CGM, have you checked your blood glucose this week using a testing strip?
  Yes. It's important to user finger tests confirm readings that may feel off. The problem is now with insurance. Depending on the plan and coverage year, insurance may fully pay for CGMs, but then they don't want to pay for test strips too and make you meet a deductible first.
- 5 months ago
  
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  Connected Insulin Pens: Here are Today’s “Smart Pen” Options
  Super helpful, thank you!
- 5 months ago
  
  Mick Martin likes your comment at
  How many times in 2023 did you have an appointment with a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist?
  I really like my educator. She keeps me up-to-date on all of the new tech and helps communicate with the vendors and figure out insurance stuff. It's a nice morale boast too; we review Dexcom data and talk about specific highs or lows and different techniques to try. I see my doctor every 6 months and my educator every 6 months, but we're on a schedule so I see one of the two every quarter.
- 5 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  Have you ever used a connected insulin pen? Also known as a “smart pen,” connected insulin pens can offer extra technology with the simplicity of injections, like tracking the timing and dose of insulin, tracking insulin-on-board, and calculating insulin doses based on carbohydrate entries.
  I use MDI and would like to try a smart pen. The biggest hurdle is getting set up on a new system, new scripts, new insurance claims, and the works can deter me for years. Like the junior pens, the smart pens, I think, will also dose 1/2 units. I wonder if you have to charge the pen like your phone? That would be inconvenient.
- 5 months, 2 weeks ago
  
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  Have you ever used a connected insulin pen? Also known as a “smart pen,” connected insulin pens can offer extra technology with the simplicity of injections, like tracking the timing and dose of insulin, tracking insulin-on-board, and calculating insulin doses based on carbohydrate entries.
  I use MDI and would like to try a smart pen. The biggest hurdle is getting set up on a new system, new scripts, new insurance claims, and the works can deter me for years. Like the junior pens, the smart pens, I think, will also dose 1/2 units. I wonder if you have to charge the pen like your phone? That would be inconvenient.
- 5 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  beth nelson likes your comment at
  Have you ever used a connected insulin pen? Also known as a “smart pen,” connected insulin pens can offer extra technology with the simplicity of injections, like tracking the timing and dose of insulin, tracking insulin-on-board, and calculating insulin doses based on carbohydrate entries.
  I use MDI and would like to try a smart pen. The biggest hurdle is getting set up on a new system, new scripts, new insurance claims, and the works can deter me for years. Like the junior pens, the smart pens, I think, will also dose 1/2 units. I wonder if you have to charge the pen like your phone? That would be inconvenient.
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