Are you listening, America?
I like to tell people that I’m fiercely independent. I’m not a republican or a democrat (note the non-use of capital letters). I don’t subscribe to political ideology, and I plan to stay that way...
View ArticlePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Still Here.
You may have heard that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday. That’s an understatement compared to the avalanche of media...
View ArticleJust Wondering.
I received an incentive from my prescription plan this weekend. Go ahead and read it… I’ll still be here, humming America the Beautiful. You’re back? Great. So nice of the Medco/Express Scripts...
View ArticleJust Words.
My company offered a great incentive recently. Answer a few questions, go through a health screening, get your blood pressure, cholesterol, and your glucose checked. At the end of it all, they put a...
View ArticleHolidays, Blah-lidays.
This post contains some raw, random thoughts hashed out over a couple of days. But please, please, please don’t leave an “I’m sorry for you” comment”. If anything, feel good for me. I’m not struggling,...
View ArticleBetter, not best.
For many people, living with diabetes means also living with depression and other mental health issues. That’s why this story in the New York Times this weekend caught my eye. It doesn’t have to do...
View Article#IGNITEInterop – Let’s all communicate.
Since it’s only 40-some miles away (though a two hour commute) from home, and I got enough advance notice, I headed to Washington, D.C. last Thursday for HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health...
View Article#IGNITEInterop – Let’s all communicate (Part 2).
Since it’s only 40-some miles away (though a two hour commute) from home, and I got enough advance notice, I headed to Washington, D.C. last Thursday for HCI-DC 2014: Igniting an Interoperable Health...
View ArticlePrescription burnout.
I’m fortunate. I have access to and participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance through my employer (The Great Spousal Unit is also covered under my plans). It’s not cheap to have this...
View ArticleThree reasons why I don’t see a CDE.
I’ve enjoyed reading about the recent American Association of Diabetes Educators meeting in Orlando. Wil Dubois at Diabetes Mine has written thorough recaps of many facets of the conference, and...
View ArticleEndo visit: 20 Follow-Ups.
It was 90-day endo visit time this week, and things went pretty much according to plan. My hemoglobin A1c is still in a very good range. But the really good news is that I seem to be getting there with...
View ArticleIt’s all intertwined.
I’ve been feeling a little off the past few days. Physically off. It’s not an “I feel like crap” feeling. More like, “I’m definitely not one hundred percent”. But when I get this way, I can’t help but...
View ArticleHow are you feeling?
So… How are you feeling? Hopefully, you haven’t had to go through the awful cold bug that’s been going around the USA. I got to experience that around Christmas and New Year’s. Lots of gunk in my...
View ArticleA lot of zeros.
Like many, I’ve seen and heard the recent NPR story: Why is insulin so expensive in the U.S.? The story is based on research from Dr. Jeremy Greene from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (still...
View ArticlePost-op.
My arthroscopic knee surgery is complete. I’ve got a few more days of slowly getting used to using it again, and another couple of months of geting it stronger and back to normal. I have to admit to...
View ArticlePPACA Survives intact.
Healthcare advocates throughout my country were thrilled yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) that allowed for subsidies...
View ArticleChoice Is Necessary.
United Healthcare has decided that, as of July 1, adult patients with diabetes on certain UHC insurance plans who want insulin pump therapy should only be allowed to choose a Medtronic insulin pump....
View ArticleRegular Maintenance.
Baltimore County has been busy on my street in the past week. The county is in the process of replacing water mains in our area, and they’ve been at work for about a week on our block. Naturally, this...
View ArticleYes… I actually did see the eye doctor.
That’s the message I can finally give my endocrinologist when she asks me in January. I needed to find a new ophthalmologist since I had reservations about the doctor I had been seeing before. No major...
View ArticleUnderwhelmed.
It’s back in the news… insulin pricing. Helped along by a few well-meaning tweets from Senator Bernie Sanders, and maybe a little by the Epipen debacle by Mylan, insulin makers are finally coming to...
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