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Post by xoxoxoxo on Apr 22, 2015 22:07:20 GMT -5
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Post by spiro on Apr 23, 2015 8:33:26 GMT -5
To my fellow golfers, it pains Spiro to say, that using Afrezza has not improved his golf game. Actually, Spiro's new found extra energy may be causing an energetic overswing, resulting in errant shots. As you know, golfers are always looking for excuses to justify their poor performance.
Spiro here, at least I'm golfing more often
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Post by benh on Apr 23, 2015 9:57:18 GMT -5
Mannkind actively discourage playing golf. TeeNoSphere. They prefer Afrezzabee. <End Pun Run>
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Post by BD on Apr 23, 2015 10:03:20 GMT -5
benh, you're making one of the best cases I've seen so far for adding a "thumbs down" button
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Post by petech on Apr 23, 2015 11:00:41 GMT -5
Let's be fair, though: (1) In the history of humanity, there has never ever been a pun that was actually funny. Witty is the best you can do. It is the comedic Bigfoot; some people think it exists and try desperately to find him...but all "verifiable" accounts seem only to verify that the witness is full of it. (2) the competition for "this post proves we need a thumbs down button" has a lot better entries than this one.
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Post by thekindaguyiyam on Apr 23, 2015 11:06:58 GMT -5
"tippytoes"
George Castansa
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Post by kball on Apr 23, 2015 11:15:22 GMT -5
"tippytoes" George Castansa Costanza (btw...my biggest board contribution to date!)
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Post by alethea on Apr 23, 2015 13:35:13 GMT -5
Are we about to go above 100 again? Was it on this board where I read a PWD's comment that she uses a virtually painless device that draws blood from the fore arm? I cannot help after reading that you did 8 finger pricks today but to think that it's gotta be really tough pitching out of the heavy rough with sore fingers, eh spiro? That was me. I've been forearm testing for 11 years. It is virtually painless. Have used Freestyle Lite and now Accu-Chek Smartview. It may be true that finger-sticks respond a bit more quickly to blood glucose changes. Perhaps important for a T1 subject to dangerous lows. I'm not sure. But for Type 2's I think most doctors would say forearm testing is just fine. Especially for someone with blood sugars as good as Spiro's.
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Post by kball on Apr 23, 2015 13:43:56 GMT -5
Are we about to go above 100 again? Was it on this board where I read a PWD's comment that she uses a virtually painless device that draws blood from the fore arm? I cannot help after reading that you did 8 finger pricks today but to think that it's gotta be really tough pitching out of the heavy rough with sore fingers, eh spiro? That was me. I've been forearm testing for 11 years. It is virtually painless. Have used Freestyle Lite and now Accu-Chek Smartview. It may be true that finger-sticks respond a bit more quickly to blood glucose changes. Perhaps important for a T1 subject to dangerous lows. I'm not sure. But for Type 2's I think most doctors would say forearm testing is just fine. Especially for someone with blood sugars as good as Spiro's. Alethea, i can't recall...are you on the sauce (Afrezza) as well?
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Post by alethea on Apr 23, 2015 14:41:41 GMT -5
That was me. I've been forearm testing for 11 years. It is virtually painless. Have used Freestyle Lite and now Accu-Chek Smartview. It may be true that finger-sticks respond a bit more quickly to blood glucose changes. Perhaps important for a T1 subject to dangerous lows. I'm not sure. But for Type 2's I think most doctors would say forearm testing is just fine. Especially for someone with blood sugars as good as Spiro's. Alethea, i can't recall...are you on the sauce (Afrezza) as well? No, but I hope to be. I have a doctor appointment in one week. I'm not optimistic. I just lost my doctor of several years due to changing insurance this year. I had to change because I'm getting it thru the Government Marketplace (Obamacare). I'm currently using Bydureon (a once per week dose in lieu of twice daily Byetta). I have had pretty good A1C's recently, mostly due to eating as low-carb as I can possibly stand. Recent readings of 6.3, 6.2, even a 5.9. I can already hear the doctor saying "your numbers are too good to need this (Afrezza) yet". I had been preparing the doctor I just lost to prescribe A for me. Her response was an emphatic "No, with your numbers? I could be charged with malpractice". And yet she was progressive enough to let me get on Byetta and then Bydureon, again at my urging. I think her attitude is bunk because sometimes I break down, I must have carbs. My favorite Chinese lunch special leaves me with BG of 240 or 250. I don't have much (if any) first-phase insulin response left from my pancreas. Four or five hours later my BG is down to reasonably good levels of 110 or so. Even eating an apple has put me over 200 before. I've even hit 300 several times in the last 11 years. So I really, really, REALLY want to try Afrezza. These short-term BG excursions above 200 are not good. Current thought is that these excursions cause much of the organ, blood vessel, nerve, retina problems. I'm willing to doctor-shop off network to find a forward thinking MD willing to let me try Afrezza, even if I must pay for it. Sanofi could do a HUGE favor for folks like me by publishing a list by region of MD's prescribing Afrezza.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 14:50:09 GMT -5
Alethea, i can't recall...are you on the sauce (Afrezza) as well? No, but I hope to be. I have a doctor appointment in one week. I'm not optimistic. I just lost my doctor of several years due to changing insurance this year. I had to change because I'm getting it thru the Government Marketplace (Obamacare). I'm currently using Bydureon (a once per week dose in lieu of twice daily Byetta). I have had pretty good A1C's recently, mostly due to eating as low-carb as I can possibly stand. Recent readings of 6.3, 6.2, even a 5.9. I can already hear the doctor saying "your numbers are too good to need this (Afrezza) yet". I had been preparing the doctor I just lost to prescribe A for me. Her response was an emphatic "No, with your numbers? I could be charged with malpractice". And yet she was progressive enough to let me get on Byetta and then Bydureon, again at my urging. I think her attitude is bunk because sometimes I break down, I must have carbs. My favorite Chinese lunch special leaves me with BG of 240 or 250. I don't have much (if any) first-phase insulin response left from my pancreas. Four or five hours later my BG is down to reasonably good levels of 110 or so. Even eating an apple has put me over 200 before. I've even hit 300 several times in the last 11 years. So I really, really, REALLY want to try Afrezza. These short-term BG excursions above 200 are not good. Current thought is that these excursions cause much of the organ, blood vessel, nerve, retina problems. I'm willing to doctor-shop off network to find a forward thinking MD willing to let me try Afrezza, even if I must pay for it. Sanofi could do a HUGE favor for folks like me by publishing a list by region of MD's prescribing Afrezza. What area are you in?
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Post by alethea on Apr 23, 2015 14:58:41 GMT -5
No, but I hope to be. I have a doctor appointment in one week. I'm not optimistic. I just lost my doctor of several years due to changing insurance this year. I had to change because I'm getting it thru the Government Marketplace (Obamacare). I'm currently using By........................ ............................ ............................ I'm willing to doctor-shop off network to find a forward thinking MD willing to let me try Afrezza, even if I must pay for it. Sanofi could do a HUGE favor for folks like me by publishing a list by region of MD's prescribing Afrezza. What area are you in? Eastern Iowa.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 15:09:07 GMT -5
Eastern Iowa. I think Afrezzauser has a database of docs writing for Afrezza. Rob Sacher I think was building a database as well. Another option is to call Sanofi and see if they can put you in touch with the salesperson who covers Eastern Iowa as they could connect you to a doc. Good luck to you.
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Post by kball on Apr 23, 2015 15:19:19 GMT -5
Alethea, i can't recall...are you on the sauce (Afrezza) as well? No, but I hope to be. I have a doctor appointment in one week. I'm not optimistic. I just lost my doctor of several years due to changing insurance this year. I had to change because I'm getting it thru the Government Marketplace (Obamacare). I'm currently using Bydureon (a once per week dose in lieu of twice daily Byetta). I have had pretty good A1C's recently, mostly due to eating as low-carb as I can possibly stand. Recent readings of 6.3, 6.2, even a 5.9. I can already hear the doctor saying "your numbers are too good to need this (Afrezza) yet". I had been preparing the doctor I just lost to prescribe A for me. Her response was an emphatic "No, with your numbers? I could be charged with malpractice". And yet she was progressive enough to let me get on Byetta and then Bydureon, again at my urging.
I think her attitude is bunk because sometimes I break down, I must have carbs. My favorite Chinese lunch special leaves me with BG of 240 or 250. I don't have much (if any) first-phase insulin response left from my pancreas. Four or five hours later my BG is down to reasonably good levels of 110 or so. Even eating an apple has put me over 200 before. I've even hit 300 several times in the last 11 years. So I really, really, REALLY want to try Afrezza. These short-term BG excursions above 200 are not good. Current thought is that these excursions cause much of the organ, blood vessel, nerve, retina problems.
I'm willing to doctor-shop off network to find a forward thinking MD willing to let me try Afrezza, even if I must pay for it.
Sanofi could do a HUGE favor for folks like me by publishing a list by region of MD's prescribing Afrezza.
That was a beautifully written tell all that encapsulates both an individual battle with uncertain health insurance, and what must be intimately personal battles with disease more common than we know. On the other hand...who would have figured Eastern Iowa as a chinese food hotbed? Thanks for the good info, and good luck w new doc
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Post by alethea on Apr 23, 2015 15:23:40 GMT -5
Eastern Iowa. I think Afrezzauser has a database of docs writing for Afrezza. Rob Sacher I think was building a database as well. Another option is to call Sanofi and see if they can put you in touch with the salesperson who covers Eastern Iowa as they could connect you to a doc. Good luck to you. Thank you. I follow Afrezzauser on Twitter and have since the launch. I think I'll try him first if things go as I suspect with the new doctor.
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