# Random D thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** Fun\ **Created:** [July 19, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439 "2017-07-19T03:46:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/393 "2018-04-22T15:15:11Z")
Last night I was at a dinner with family and relatives. It was a somewhat dressed-up occasion at a nice restaurant. I was trying to check my BG under the table. Just in keeping with decorum for a fancy place, I didn’t want to show off my blood drop to other diners in the restaurant. My fingertips laugh at lancets trying to get blood, so occasionally I have to work hard to get a blood drop. I kept jabbing my finger over and over. I couldn’t get blood to come out. My son was sitting next to me watching the whole thing. Finally he just shook his head, extended his hand and stuck out a few fingers and said, “Here, just use these.” 😀 ---
**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/394 "2018-04-22T16:48:39Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > Finally he just shook his head, extended his hand and stuck out a few fingers and said, “Here, just use these.” So, did you get some blood out of his fingers? Enquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/395 "2018-04-22T23:31:27Z")
Did you eventually just resort to the steak knife? ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/396 "2018-05-24T00:04:08Z")
Dear Pod, We need to talk. I know you expired 2 hours ago but you don’t have to keep shouting every 2 hours at me. I acknowledge your complaints twice already but you keep shouting at me in your beeping sort of voice. I mean it is embarrassing to me to have to explain to my co-workers about our ongoing argument - The whole office can hear you yelling at me. And my co-worker who I was having a heated discussion with, on a topic of importance, was interrupted mid-sentence with your “i am expiring in 1 hour” complaint. I know - you want to break off our relationship immediately. But I want to see if we can make our relationship last - well at least till I am home and some more of the insulin is used up and I can start a relationship with newpod. I really hope that newpod will love me more than you pod and won’t yell at me in the office right? Your’s for 72 hours + 8 hours extra, Aaron ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/397 "2018-05-24T02:06:27Z")
Yes!!! That made me lol in bed with everyone sleeping. Thx for that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bkh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bkh](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/bkh)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/398 "2018-05-24T16:57:21Z")
Really! This is a salient example of a trend that started decades ago. Who is the brilliant industrial designer who developed the idea to have our appliances yell at us? Toaster ovens, microwaves, clothes washers and dryers, … they show no mercy. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/399 "2018-05-27T23:54:15Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/e/e3f65e0bc611b73ada12912b4a83754d437a47dc.jpeg) Glanced at my Libre and thought (after “yikes!”) “Hey, I’ve got glucose stairs!” 😆 The onion rings and bangers and chips I ate 5 hours ago was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/400 "2018-05-28T00:48:23Z")
Looks like your diabetes is progressing ☹ Sounds like a great meal though. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/401 "2018-05-28T01:13:23Z")
Yeah, lately this happens with any high fat/high carb meal, where no matter what I throw at it (insulin and exercise), it continues to climb. I’m also fairly insulin resistant at the moment, combo of hormones and coming back from an active vacation - spent yesterday in the car or on a plane. ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/402 "2018-06-03T01:41:41Z")
It’s funny how in almost 6 months of using the Freestyle Libre, I’ve gone from a minimum 8 fingersticks a day to today bemoaning having to test more than twice (pharmacy mixup means no sensor activated today). So annoying. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![DeeM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/deem/32/3597_2.png) [@DeeM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DeeM)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/403 "2018-06-05T23:38:29Z")
Hah! I laughed outright at this… imagining the interior monologue ‘ohhhhhh for crying out LOUD, not twice today…cripes’ hehehehe 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/404 "2018-06-06T00:11:54Z")
Pretty much spot on. I was afraid I was going to rip out this new sensor yesterday, and all I could think was, “I don’t want to do more finger pricks!” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/405 "2018-06-06T22:04:58Z")
Saw this on USS Yorktown today and it seemed just as applicable to T1D. ![IMG_8216](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/e/ed65b3b57a063b10c0084a5f287822ef09a68262.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![DeeM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/deem/32/3597_2.png) [@DeeM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DeeM)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/406 "2018-06-08T01:51:14Z")
I don’t know if anyone else experiences this or not, but when I go to my pharmacy for my dia-shmeetes scrips (a Kroger-owned pharmacy), the tech or pharmacist checking out my purchases ALWAYS says: “You _do_ know how much this costs, right?” -or- “And you _are_ aware of the price???” I always smile, wave my hand at them, as if the gesture itself is saying ‘oh pish-posh, I _am_ aware, thank you’… to which they usually shrug and smile back. I usually say something trite like ‘trust me, I’d rather pay _this_ co-pay than the entire out-of-pocket cost’, which usually results in nervous laughter from the tech. My dear hubby has experienced this a number of times with me. I wave my knowing ‘pish-posh’ gesture. **He** raises his brows in surprise and anger. We finish the transaction, on the way out, he sarcastically says ‘Oh, NO. I am _not_ going to pay _that_ for the life-saving medicine I need to take daily to live. Noooo _way_. You put that right back.’ 😆 Makes us both wonder how many times a day they have people upset about pharmaceutical costs 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Pianoplayer7008](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/pianoplayer7008/32/1507_2.png) [@Pianoplayer7008](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Pianoplayer7008)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/407 "2018-06-08T02:10:07Z")
I was wondering about that myself just last week when I picked up my Libre sensors. Every time I pick them up, the tech says, “And you know these are _$75_ right?” in that “you’re not going to _actually_ pay that, right?” tone. I can’t wait til I have to pick up my Novolog refill… ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/408 "2018-06-08T02:11:07Z")
It’s a shame these conversations even have to take place. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![kpanda01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@kpanda01](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/kpanda01)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/409 "2018-06-08T02:22:58Z")
Same here. Before I met my deductible this year I was paying $125 for 100 test strips. The kind pharmacy employees were always like, now, that’s going to be $125, is that ok? It was even more awkward when I bought extra out of pocket. Had I not met my deductible getting started on the Dexcom, a box of Humalog pens would have been $500+ and I was really dreading that interaction at the pharmacy. Thank goodness for samples I have a family member who works at a pharmacy that says they are pretty much trained to ask. They don’t want anyone to freak out if the total is more than they were expecting. Pretty sad, actually. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/410 "2018-06-08T04:54:30Z")
@DeeM - my wife just got back from the pharmacy… ![Screenshot_2018-06-07-21-49-44](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/4/4876b6915f3053cce9acb5fd06617f3ed77aea50.jpg) $469 canadian and change ($361.21 US) and that is just for the test strips. You just reminded me to be happy I have insurance so my total cost works out to something like $0. EDIT: 2 are mine and 4 are my kids… so it is not all for me ---
**Author:** ![jag1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jag1](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jag1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/411 "2018-06-08T18:47:14Z")
> [@DeeM](#): > > I don’t know if anyone else experiences this or not, but when I go to my pharmacy for my dia-shmeetes scrips (a Kroger-owned pharmacy), the tech or pharmacist checking out my purchases ALWAYS says: > > “You _do_ know how much this costs, right?” -or- > > “And you _are_ aware of the price???” No, they actually never ask me that. I’ve been going to the same pharmacy for 20 years (with four different names on the sign as they went from a single local pharmacy and have since been repeatedly bought out by ever larger chains). On the other hand, they do ask me every time if I want my flu shot… (even though I’ve already had it) ---
**Author:** ![DeeM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/deem/32/3597_2.png) [@DeeM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DeeM)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439/412 "2018-06-09T01:53:30Z")
Geez I hope she didn’t get the lecture about the fam’s needs 🤣 [Previous page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439.md?page=18) [Next page](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/random-d-thoughts/1439.md?page=20)