My endocrinologist has been talking about getting me set up on a whole new system of monitoring my diabetes, in an effort to improve my blood sugar management. It turns out that my Blue Cross administration approved it last fall but nobody told me that they had done so. It was only when I submitted the application again late last month, and it was declined that I found out that it had already been approved, and it was expected that I would start to use, once the approval was provided. Just as a comment, this is a good example of how not to communicate about medical affairs. If I had thought to go to the Blue Cross members page and look, I would have seen that it was approved. However, I seldom, if ever, need to go onto the website and the members area. An email would have helped.

The next step is to return to my General Practitioner for the necessary prescriptions for the machine and the insulin, and whatever ever is required to use the system. Hopefully he will also provide me with instructions on how to do this.

Flash Glucose Monitoring System for Diabetes. … The FreeStyle Libre Pro is a glucose monitoring system intended to replace finger-stick tests; it uses a sensor implanted in the arm that a health care provider scans with a specialized reader for a record of glucose levels, trends, and patterns in people with diabetes.

Google Search

I am also hoping that with the new system of monitoring and delivering my insulin during the day, that I will need less of the other medications I have been taking for some time. My pharmacist thinks my doctor should eliminate the pills I take to control the diabetes, and use close management of insulin to control the blood sugars.

The reason for this recommendation is that it seems quite likely that a number of adverse symptoms I am experiencing are possibly related to my other diabetes medicines, and if I can stop taking them these side effects may, in fact, go away.

Any, this is a new start for in trying to better control my health and my diabetes, but only one of a number of steps I plan on taking in the next months and years.

I’m also hopeful that I will be able to use my iPhone 6+ as my monitoring device rather than the one from FreeStyle Libre.