Today it is diabetes inventory day. How often do you do this? I usually do it once every 3 or 4 months just to see how much I have and how much I will need to re-order. Typically, I have a lot more infusion sets than I do reservoirs because I don’t change my site everytime I fill a new reservoir. This is mainly just due to laziness. Sometimes it is because I just can’t do it. I may be driving and filling a new reservoir, or at work, or somewhere that I just don’t feel comfortable or have the opportunity to change the infusion set. When I get a 90 day supply of my pump supplies the reservoirs are usually gone in those 90 days, but the infusion sets usually last about 5-6 months so I always have enough infusions. Do you re-use your reservoirs at all? I do from time to time just so I don’t run out. Right now I don’t have insurance (looking into picking up Cobra), so I doubt I will be buying supplies any time soon.
I plan on counting everything diabetes related that I have. Test strips, lancets, syringes, pen needles, infusion sets, reservoirs, sensors, IV prep pads, IV dressings, alcohol swabs, and anything else that I have in my diabetes cabinet. I am hoping that I have enough of everything to last me at least 90 days because most companies will give you insurance after 90 days of employment. It’s ironic that I worked for a company that helped uninsured people and now I am one of those uninsured. My main concern is being able to get insulin. I really need to work on exercising and eating less so that I use less insulin, especially until I am insured again.
I have no excuses anymore for not going to the gym. I don’t have a job right now, so I have all the time in the world to go, but I am constantly doing things on the internet now. These are productive things, so I’m not just sitting online all day looking at Twitter, I am trying to get things accomplished and do work on my clients sites. That’s also one reason that I have decided to do the diabetes inventory later today because I have the time to count each and everything that I own.
I’ll give all the numbers tomorrow.
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Found your page today thru the Accucheck thing. You write about inventory. Inventory to me is depressing. I always have fears of losing my insurance, not able to afford my supplies and often wonder, What if? Any person that is insulin dependent lives with this anxiety everyday. I have a good job, but you never know. I am and individual with insurance I often wonder how people without insurance survive.