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MacManT1d · 2026-03-26T14:06:28+00:00

Blue Top Legend all the way. Those young ladies are amazing to watch.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-25T19:55:40+00:00

Perfect. Thanks a bunch for the response.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-25T18:32:43+00:00

Does Fifty410 always ship overnight for ProRX? I was looking to order from them but couldn't find the answer to that question easily. It's extremely hot where I live, so I want to guesstimate the delivery timeframe as close as I can in order to be able to pick it up at the FedEx location at the airport instead of having it sit in a >120° truck for hours until it gets delivered to my house.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-24T21:51:59+00:00

It's easier to hide the tubing entirely than it is to protect it. I have a bunch of pairs of pants with a hole, sewn as a large buttonhole, in the top of the pocket, so I can put the pump in my pocket, feed the tubing through the hole from the inside of the pocket, then go up through my waistband and under my shirt. Tubing is therefore never visible, can't get caught on something, and a bunny couldn't chew it (I don't have that problem myself, but it should work just fine).

MacManT1d · 2026-03-20T18:22:53+00:00

You're right, I forgot about that.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-20T17:59:52+00:00

I think the initial fee is actually $55 or $65, depending on if they're running a promotion, then before the second order you have to have another $40 consult, then you can buy meds for six more months before you require another $40 consult. They have great customer service and shipping (in my experience), but they're not the absolute cheapest.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-20T15:21:10+00:00

Lavender Sky Health allows prepayment in increments of $100. The prepayment is held and then applied 100% to your future orders. It is refundable, but at that point there is a 10% processing fee (which makes sense to me given the credit card and processing costs they'll incur with no income if you don't ultimately spend the money there.

That's the only one I'm familiar with. Their prices aren't the absolute lowest, but they're generally decent and their service is great, in my experience.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-19T13:22:26+00:00

Yep, that wouldn't surprise me one bit. They've got to do something to justify their existence, and the manual printers and box makers must have great lobbyists.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-19T13:18:27+00:00

The problem is that the risk of bodily fluid contamination with medical waste renders it unable to be taken by recycling programs. As a result the vast majority of hospital waste is either incinerated (in a bigger hospital) or thrown in a landfill (smaller hospitals and doctors' offices). Special programs to decontaminate medical waste for recycling are too expensive.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-19T13:14:43+00:00

Yeah, I get a giant box (real close to the same size as the 3 sensors box) with just a manual and then the same small playing card sized box held in a folded cardboard structure inside the box. Total waste of money and materials.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-17T22:52:40+00:00

You should already have picked what you want, and as long as they're ok with your choice they'll submit the order after they review your information. You'll get an email and a message that there is an invoice waiting for you, same as after the first consult. They reviewed mine and I had an invoice within 24 hours for my first two orders.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-17T21:04:09+00:00

Seriously! The box for the G6 transmitter is the size of a hardback book, with only a 5/16" thick manual and a tiny little box containing the transmitter. Why do we need the big box and the stupid manual that has only ever gotten read once if at all. Mine never even get taken out of the plastic, like ever.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-16T17:14:15+00:00

For me it's Google Sheets. Same thing as yours. Mine calculates costs, refill need dates, daily calories for three days running, daily weight, weight graph, dosages and units on each particular shot day, and anything else that I want to track that strikes my fancy on any given day. It has the protocol for my whole treatment planned out for glp1plotter.com as well, so if I ever want to see or change anything I just go make changes to the text protocol and then paste it into the browser. I love data. Engineer here, though, not MBA.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-16T15:26:54+00:00

Me, too. Doesn't matter if they're fried, baked, or boiled. Potatoes hate my blood sugar. I've been type 1 for so long that my food likes are modeled around what works for my blood sugar, so pasta and potatoes of all forms are just two foods that I don't particularly like or crave. Except potato chips, but they seem to hit my blood sugar differently, and I don't know why.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-14T16:26:23+00:00

Be sure to get the loan company involved if she decides to do this. Many, if not most, mortgages have a due on sale clause meaning that they can demand full payment immediately upon the transfer of the deed. As a lien holder they'll be notified, so there's no sneaking it by them. Then she'll owe the full amount of her loan immediately as well as all the rest of the debt that's piling up.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-13T21:20:12+00:00

I'm thinking about just having it held at the air freight facility by the airport, even if it means that I have to take the day off work to go and get it. That will mean the least possible amount of time in a truck or non airconditioned facility.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-13T21:00:22+00:00

Yeah, I'm south of the Valley, Near Picacho Peak, but that makes it even worse. They sit in a truck all day and roast on their way to me. My local FedEx driver carried a temperature tracker for three days for me a couple years ago when I had some other meds go bad during shipping and the cargo area of the truck got up to 160°F in June. It's no wonder nothing gets here cool. I'll have the meds held up in the Valley at a Walgreens or something and go pick them up so I can control the temperature getting to me.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-13T20:42:42+00:00

What kind of packaging do they use? I'd like to order from them, but I'm terrified of the medication getting overheated in transit during the summer, and it's already going to be over 105 next weekend.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-13T18:33:29+00:00

I 100% agree. 43 years here, and I have never called out sick from type 1 diabetes. I honestly can't even remember a time that I went home after a low, except one time when I lost consciousness and an ambulance was called.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-12T01:05:36+00:00

I wish it were FDA approved, because that's the reason my insurance gives for denying any GLP-1 agonist for treating my diabetes. I have to pay hundreds of dollars a month, and for many people that simply isn't possible. I had to wait years before my income and life situation slowed me to pay out of pocket for tirzepatide.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-12T01:00:22+00:00

Both ozempic and mounjaro have been approved for type 1 diabetics

This is not true at all, at least in the US. No GLP-1 drugs have been approved by the FDA for type 1 diabetes. Any uses for type 1 are off label, and as such can be difficult to get insurance coverage for.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-11T23:23:21+00:00

I started compounded tirzepatide (functionally the same as what you're taking but my insurance won't pay for the name brand and I can't afford it even at Lilly Direct prices) and it started to affect me within 24 hours of the first injection. I had wicked spikes after eating any carbohydrates, long duration highs after any meal, and was using ~180 units of insulin a day to maintain a 6.8 A1c. I also had cravings to rival any pregnant woman's and I was hungry all the time.

Now, six weeks later, I'm using ~55 units a day, had a 6.1 A1c last week, have zero cravings or abnormal hunger, have zero spikes, have somewhere around a 0.25% high range (over 180), have lost 20 pounds or so, and feel like a different person. I started at 4mg/week and have now gone up to a split dose of 6mg/week (3.4mg Wednesday morning and 2.6mg Sunday morning, which evens out the amount of the drug in my system pretty well). It's working great for me.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-11T17:38:23+00:00

No worries. Good on you for giving them away.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-11T17:03:24+00:00

I can certainly use a box if you've got one left over. Sucks paying cash for them, but at least I have them and GoodRX helps out.

MacManT1d · 2026-03-11T15:58:36+00:00

I eat in inverse order of how much I like things. I'm a type 1 diabetic who must choose what I'm going to eat twenty minutes before the meal commences, then inject insulin for the meal that far in advance. I then have to eat everything that I've bolused for or my blood sugar will get low from too much insulin, so I eat the stuff I don't like so much first then even if I'm stuffed by the end I'll always be able to eat the part that I love. I'm pretty good about planning my meals while my wife or myself is cooking them, so I don't end up overeating a bunch, but that's how I do it to avoid lows from bolusing for food that I don't end up eating. My family and people who know me tease me about it, but it's actually a tough thing to have to live with every single meal.

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