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Blog Entries With Tag: BlueBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Nov 4, 2011
Well, if you didn't know about Lee Ann Thill from The Butter Compartment and her postcard project - then check it out here - you may still have time to participate. I completed a few postcards this week - all done with stuff I have here at home - and sent them off in the post the other day. It was so much fun (I felt like a kid again). Below is one of the postcards I made! My fingers still have glue on them, making typing a wee bit fun .
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: USA (1) Spain (1) Lee Ann Thill (1) IDF (1) Big Blue Test (1) Mark-John Clifford (1) Mike Young (1) Gina Capone (1) WDD (1) BLUE (1) Related posts:3rd Annual World Diabetes Twitter Marathon | IDF Diabetes World Congress in Montreal - 13,000 attendees so far | A new insulin is coming to town! Victoza from Novo Nordisk | FREE Medical ID Bracelet for month of November | Blue Friday Bling AND Grilled Cheese | SAE it LOUD Day! | D-blog day – 6 things that you may not know about diabetes - but will now! | Diabetic Awareness - what do you do? | BC/BS Massachusetts New CGMS Policy | Diabetes Blog Week - Snap ShotsBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Oct 18, 2011
President Jean Claude Mbanya from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is calling the world via video to go BLUE for diabetes on the 14th of November which is World Diabetes Day (WDD). This day was created by IDF 20 years ago to bring awareness to the global epidemic of diabetes that is hitting our big blue marble. Many of us don't just bring awareness on this day but all year round wear the blue circle pin that was created in 2006 to become the global symbol for diabetes.
To top it all off, Cherise Shockley from the Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA) and a few members of the D-OC (diabetic online community) have put together a fantastic video asking to not just wear blue on WDD - but for the month of November to wear blue EVERY Friday. You can check out this great video at this link to get motivated to join in with us all! The great thing for me? I love to wear blue!!!
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: Cherise Shockley (1) President Jean Claude Mbanya (1) D-OC (1) DSMA (1) IDF (1) Blue (1) WDD (1) Related posts:3rd Annual World Diabetes Twitter Marathon | IDF Diabetes World Congress in Montreal - 13,000 attendees so far | A new insulin is coming to town! Victoza from Novo Nordisk | FREE Medical ID Bracelet for month of November | Blue Friday Bling AND Grilled Cheese | D-blog day – 6 things that you may not know about diabetes - but will now! | Diabetic Awareness - what do you do? | BC/BS Massachusetts New CGMS Policy | Diabetes Blog Week - Snap Shots | Diabetic CouchSurfing and the D-OCBlog: Anna's BlogFrom: FatCatAnnaPosted: Jul 28, 2011
Well, I just got back from a whirl wind tour of Vermont. Yes, I went in my little Smart CDI and …. it did not break down on me – Whoo! Whoo! My little French fry machine as I like to call it – as it’s built in France / engine is from France – is my way of making myself not feel so bad about the woes it’s had over the past 6 months with a mechanic buggering up the car. Smartie is now all better.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: food (1) dinner (1) Vermont (1) John Candy (1) Blue (1) Ginger Vieira (1) The Antidote (1) Dana Heffern (1) Smart CDI (1) FFL11 (1) CWD (1) mini-dose glucagon (1) Type 1 (1) diabetes (1) Related posts:Surviving the Holocaust with Type 1 diabetes | Eating from the ground - Yuca Fries | My first month with Bowie my Dexcom G4 CGMS | Miss Idaho is Defeating Diabetes | Sugar and Your Health | Crack Free #ShowMeYourPump | When You're Hot, You're Hot | My First Night with Dexcom G4 CGMS | Diabetes among us... | Diabetes ExpoBlog: Doris' BlogFrom: dorisjdicksonPosted: Aug 17, 2009
Effective June 1, 2009 BC/BS Massachusetts has changed their CGMS policy. It is a policy change. It is NOT plan dependent. They will cover (with doctor's recommendation) CGMS's without contortions for diabetics. It is no longer dependent on the things like 1) seizures 2) passing out 3) ER visits 4) gastroparesis, etc. They are covered period. However, they are covered under durable medical equipment which tend to have a limit on them. My old group PPO which is considered to be the cream of the crop and that I was paying $445 a month for had a $750 annual maximum - obviously not enough to pay for a CGMS or a pump. The choices that I debated this time (as direct pay) were PPO/$1,000 deductible - $1,500 annual durable medical equipment max and the one I chose HMO Blue/$500 deductible - $750 annual durable medical equipment max. So the good news is they changed the policy; the bad news is coverage is nominal at best. For those who have had their CGMS and pumps paid for/reimbursed, what category were they on your insurance plans? What amount for the initial equipment? What amount thereafter? Doris
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