11 January 2024
Two good days in a row! I’ll take it! Dare I hope for 3? I trudged to the pharmacist to pick up my insulin and needles today. The pharmacist has been so good working to find a cost effective solution. The needles were $45 for 100 and the insulin was $70 for 2 pens. Here’s where it gets confusing. The box says 300 units. It doesn’t say per pen. The insert says 900 units per pen. I guess I’ll find out when I run out of insulin.
Attached to the prescription bag was a mass of pages of instructions. Inside the pen box was this insert.
I’ve reverted to taking photos of the instructions so I can enlarge the image on the iPhone so I can read the damn small print. I didn’t think fonts came in sizes that small.
My question to the pharmacist, since the web site wasn’t clear, was do I have to re-refrigerate the pen after each use. The answer is no. Once you take it out of the refrigerator and use it once, then you leave the pen at room temperature until you use it up or 56 days have elapsed.
Little did I know that when my cousin Jimmie offered me a sharps container, and I refused, that I would end up needed one. I’ll also have to check on how Fort Lauderdale requires disposal of full sharps containers.
This will be a major change in my life. My endocrinologist suggested it may not be a life-long dance with insulin, however, I suspect it will be.
Of course, while driving to the pharmacist using Joel’s car, there was some mist. The windshield wipers came on and would not shut off.
Another set of good news is that I don’t show any Covid symptoms. I plan on making it to the MRI tomorrow at 4. If I’m not up to drive myself, Tom has volunteered. From that my primary will either recommend either regular physical therapy or physical therapy with a neurologist. Regardless, it may give me some idea as to why my legs are so weak and unresponsive.
Just talked to the jeep hostage negotiator. Seems all their personnel have been stricken with bad colds, I assume for the last 16 days (he coughed at the end of the conversation to prove it). My jeep is currently being serviced. Right! He promises to call me back within a few minutes about an ETA for it to be finished. Right!
Thanks to Judith and Chris for more chicken soup. Chris says this is the best batch yet. I’ve yet to try it but will sometime today.
Stay tuned!