Diabetes Math, Battling Insurance Companies, Dead-Spots & Zombie Infusion Sites....

I e'er set off changing an infusion fix that’s less than 48 hours erstwhile - non because I’m lazy, but because of insurance coverage re: my supplies in addition to the lack at that topographic point of. 
And it drives me crazy. 
In a perfect world, 1 box containing 10 infusion sets  = 1 infusion fix every 3 days, which = a thirty solar daytime calendar month supply. 
In a perfect world, 3 boxes of infusion sites = a xc solar daytime supply.
But that’s non how whatever of this plant inwards existent life because life isn’t perfect, in addition to life amongst diabetes is anything but - fifty-fifty when y'all create everything correct - which is pretty damn impossible, diabetes or not. Yep, 4 boxes of infusion sites every 3 months gives us a little relief in addition to a picayune wiggle room and are the keys to our mental in addition to physical health.   
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As I stated above, I almost e'er jibe off changing a less than 48 threescore minutes erstwhile infusion site when it’s apparently having issues syphoning insulin. 
I don’t desire to run out of infusion sites. I don’t convey to struggle to larn to a greater extent than infusion sites from my nub fellowship in addition to I don’t desire to convey to pay for them. 

 But I do. 

 I don’t desire to battle amongst my insurance fellowship to comprehend 4 boxes every 3 months because my insurance fellowship is all close the math. 
1 box containing 10 infusion sets  = 1 infusion fix every 3 days, which = a thirty solar daytime calendar month supply. 
In a perfect world, 3 boxes of infusion sites = a xc solar daytime supply.
But inwards my imperfect diabetes world, 4 boxes of infusions sites every 3 months keeps me covered when it comes to existent life infusion site occurrences.
Things like:
Skin sensitivity  
Dead spots 
Zombie infusion sites
(Zombie infusions kinda, sorta syphon inwards the insulin, but non in addition to thus much. Zombie infusion sites  have y'all running blood sugars inwards the 150 to 180 hit in addition to require to a greater extent than insulin. And when y'all create alter the site, your numbers become dorsum to normal.)  
Doorknobs 
SPANX killing off a novel infusion site inside twenty hours of wearing said SPANX 
Yoga pants yanking out infusion sites 
Bungie pumping, pumps that falter in addition to rip your site 
Leg sites that alone concluding thirty beautiful in addition to perfect hours earlier they crap out for proficient because leg sites larn to a greater extent than activity than abdomen sites 
Abdomen infusion sites that are precariously some pant buttons in addition to jean rivets
Infusion site adhesive that unsticks, ASAP in addition to for no argue at all  
Abdomen infusion sites that inadvertently getting rubbed past times handbags in addition to losing their magic sucking inwards the insulin, power.

I (and past times I, of shape I hateful WE,) shouldn’t convey to adventure extended damaging our valuable real-estate or elevated blood sugars because of all of the above. 

Nor should nosotros convey to select the lessor of 2 evils - Using to a greater extent than insulin in addition to adventure running out earlier our insulin Rx tin hold out refilled, or adventure running of infusions sites earlier that RX tin hold out refilled.
So piece I don't want to struggle for my 4th box of infusion sites,
I ABSOLUTELY DO FIGHT FOR MY FOURTH BOX OF INFUSION SITES - because I absolutely involve them. 
I've gone in addition to thus far equally to electronic mail my insurance fellowship pictures of what an infusion site really is, where it goes in addition to what it does, because the people who are doing the denying, convey absolutely no clue. 
Why am I writing this post? Because after 3 days of infusion site bliss and lovely numbers, I set inwards a novel infusion site Sabbatum night, which ended upwardly existence placed conduct inwards a dead-spot in addition to had to change it out 2.5 hours later. 
That 2nd site was a zombie site, but it took me until Mon morn to alter it because I didn't desire to acknowledge it was some other site upshot - I didn't desire to bargain amongst the diabetes math in addition to I was really, really hoping it was simply me requiring extra insulin instead of some other site issue. 
And instantly I'm sharing because I'm thinking that some of y'all powerfulness hold out able to relate.

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