New with ?...Dh dx

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Registered: 01-01-2004
New with ?...Dh dx
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Mon, 10-15-2007 - 3:00pm
Hi Everyone~
My husband was just diagnosed with diabetes. Actually dont even see Dr till 6:15 tonight but got the call with the numbers on Friday. His labs were fasting glucose 231 and his a1c was 8.1. They were slightly elevated at his last physcial 2 years ago and has not gone back till now for more labs. Even then they were diabetic numbers but Dr thought maybe something was off etc. His mother was diabetic too. My question is I called insurance bc I am SURE they are going to want us to monitor at home. They said the strips and monitor etc are only covered if you are insulin dependant. So if we have to buy this stuff ourselves (hoping he wont need to go directly to insulin) What is best without killing us finacially?? Machine wise etc?
Funny thing is I am an RN and there were two things I HATED in nursing school. Diabetes and the heart. So here I am married to a man with hypertension and now diabetes.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
Jan

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Registered: 11-28-2005
Wed, 10-17-2007 - 3:42pm

You previously wrote:

 

Amy

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 10-17-2007 - 4:54pm
Amy, you don't need a prescription to buy any monitor actually.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 10-17-2007 - 4:58pm

Amy the most cost is the strips.


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Registered: 11-28-2005
Thu, 10-18-2007 - 9:50am

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