When he started the prednisone he was taking 10 per day, decreasing by one pill every 5 days. He is now at 2 pills a day and his blood sugar is coming down nicely. Instead of taking the insulin 5 times a day, he is down to once or twice a day. Maybe he should have a few more but we are having trouble with Medicare B renewing the test strips before the 21st. I have been on the phone with the pharmacy, Medicare & the doctor's office. The doctor has talked to and faxed Medicare a bunch of medical notes but they won't budge. Consequently he's not testing 4 times a day like he's supposed to, making the strips last til the 21st. It's a good thing he's not in the 3-4 hundreds like he was. I want to call them again tomorrow, one last ditch effort.
We're counting the days to April 2 when we find out how his few treatments worked.
