Diabetes: Lantus Solostar

>I've been on this for two months now and my morning numbers are slowly coming down but I'm on very low units right now. My doc knows that I am frightened of getting a low at night and dying!<

Insulin-taking demands frequent testing, for sure. Your risk of actual death is pretty darned nonexistent, unless you're someone who can't feel her lows. There are such people, but from what I've heard, they're rare. The symptoms of a serious low will wake you up out of a sound sleep, guaranteed-- you won't continue to sleep with four gallons of sweat pouring off you (at least this is what wakes me up). Also, with a small bedtime snack and a bedtime glucose test to make sure you're not lower than usual, you should do fine.

>Question: I will be 65 soon and I've checked Medicare Part D. I take 1 Lipitor, 1 Cozaar, 4 Lovoza, 1 Januvia, and now this Lantus. Costs exceed $6000 a year. How does everyone handle these high costs? So how's about sharing ideas of getting reasonably priced meds (if that's possible.)<

I don't know much about Medicare, but I know a lot of people supplement it with private health insurance. You could check out AARP's plans. A friend of mine ended up going with New Hampshire BC/BS, since they gave the best coverage for the least money. She really really shopped around for a long time. It's a lot of work getting all that straightened out.