{"id":31217,"date":"2012-11-12T09:33:27","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T14:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31217"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:47:21","slug":"stashing-diabetes-supplies-and-other-glu-questions-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=31217","title":{"rendered":"Stashing Diabetes Supplies and Other Glu Questions of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This week there were some very good Glu Questions and the one I liked the most was the user submitted question on Nov. 9<sup>th<\/sup>: What minimum quantity of diabetes supplies do you usually keep in your supply stash?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">As always, I answered all of the questions briefly and wrote a little more about stashing diabetes supplies. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>What minimum quantity of diabetes supplies do you usually keep in your supply stash?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Like many people with diabetes, I have a nice stash of diabetes supplies. In fact, I don\u2019t feel comfortable unless I have a large stash of diabetes supplies. When I started taking metformin I asked the doctor to start me off with a double prescription so I wouldn\u2019t feel I was running out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-31219 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Diabetes Supplies - My Stashes\" width=\"584\" height=\"584\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Diabetes-Supplies-Stashed.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I don\u2019t have a set amount I like to have but I can say that the minimum amount is one month\u2019s worth of supplies. So if I use two vials of insulin a month I like to have at least 3 vials in the refrigerator, and if I use 5 boxes of test strips a month than 10 boxes in the cabinet make me feel secure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I do find, however, that some times there is no correlation between the amount of supplies prescribed and covered by insurance and those needed. For example, I get a ridiculous amount of infusion sets every month. I get 2 boxes of 10 sets, although I put a new infusion set in every 3 days. One box of 10 sets would not be enough and15 sets would be plenty, but because they come in boxes of 10 sets, I get 20.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On the other hand, accumulating test strips is a problem because it means that I need to limit the amount of testing I do, which means being less informed about my blood sugar level. I also test more frequently than most people (I think) because of my running. On some days I\u2019ll test five or six times before 7:00 a.m. My insurance allows me up to five boxes of test strips (I used to get three until someone decided that people using insulin could get more). So strips are a very important part of a stash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 12<sup>th<\/sup>: <\/strong><strong>Are you or a loved one currently active in military service or a veteran?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yes. I served in the IDF. Not the International Diabetes Federation but in the Israeli Defense Forces. I served as a Paratrooper and an Infantry Officer. But this was before I had diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 11<sup>th<\/sup>: Do you feel embarrassed about checking your blood sugar in public?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">No. I\u2019m not a drug addict. I have diabetes there and is nothing to be ashamed of.\u00a0 Anyway, who has time and energy to be embarrassed. Diabetes is hard enough as it is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 10<sup>th<\/sup>: Are you a coffee drinker? If so, how many cups a day?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yes. Yes. Yes. I love coffee. I don\u2019t view it as a vice (and there are plenty of studies showing it is good for you) but I have been trying to cut down and limit myself to 3-4 cups a day. (I drink my coffee black \u2013 no milk or sweetener).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 8<sup>th<\/sup>: Do you feel that you know what your rights are as a person with diabetes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">No. I have never really looked into my rights as a person with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 7<sup>th<\/sup>: Did you participate in the Big Blue Test this year? (Big Blue Test ends Nov. 14)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Yes, of course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Nov. 6<sup>th<\/sup>: Does diabetes influence your political views?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This question sent on Election Day and is somewhat political and therefore I will say this. My political views are not influenced by my own health. I have always believed that the State should provide universal healthcare to its citizens just as it provides education (public schooling) and security (police and military).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":31219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[811,1259],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stashing Diabetes Supplies and Other Glu Questions of the Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like many people with diabetes, I have a nice stash of diabetes supplies. 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