Insurance: Grr.

I test my blood sugar a lot. I average 6 tests a day. My prescription is written to cover this type of testing, so each month I get 200 test strips to work with. Some months I still have a good 25 test strips still available to me when its time to refill, but more and more lately I'm coming close to maxing out when those 30 days are up.

I filled my last prescription on June 29th. That means my 30 days is up on July 30th. It used to be that I could fill my prescription a day or two early. Makes sense, right? I mean, if it runs out 30 days after its filled, you may want to give people a few days to get things in order. Well, for whatever reason, this time they won't fill it even one day early. So I'm not allowed to fill it till tomorrow. I have 8 tests left -- so normally I'd pick it up first thing in the morning... unfortunately, (or fortunately?) I have things going on tomorrow morning. I can only hope that I'm home early enough to fill it and that I don't have a need to test too many times. GRRR!

I'm calling my insurance company tomorrow to let them know that that's not going to fly and that if they won't let me fill earlier I'll get my prescription increased so they can pay for more to ensure that I have enough to get me a few days past 30 days. At a dollar a test, maybe that will get their attention?

While I'm talking about my insurance -- they directed me to a certain company to work with when I got my pump. They wouldn't tell me what to do, they just said "Use this company, they know our procedures." As it turns out, that company was charging me an extra 70 per box of pump infusion sets! I go through more than a box a month, so that means my insurance was paying more simply because they were too lazy to tell me their own policies. I finally discovered it and have found a new supplier. Hopefully it all goes through without a hitch.