[Diabetes-talk] wearing your pump

[Bridgit Pollpeter]

When I wear a dress and have it tucked underneath the dress and to the
back, is the only situation where I need to go to a bathroom or
something to deliver a bolus.  And this is only because I need to hike
my dress up to retrieve the pump.  Otherwise, I do it right where I am.

I completely agree with what you say about the flexibility.  It really
is similar to how non-diabetics live, with the exception they do not
have to test.

We get closer to better lives every day.

Bridgit
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From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Veronica Elsea
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:52 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] wearing your pump


Good grief! Regardless of what type you are, any person should be 
able to test as much as he or she wants. Like I said, good grief! And
for me, these days I take the pump off when I shower, but I 
didn't always even do this. Every once in awhile the beeps are a bit 
tricky to hear in a noisy place but I usually end up just leaning 
down to meet the pump where it is. <grin.> I'm lazy. I'm not leaving! 
Hahahahaha!
And the best thing about the pump is that if your basals are set 
correctly, eating truly becomes something you do when you want to do 
it because you don't have long acting insulin in there surprising 
you. Of course, sometimes exercise hits you differently, stress 
happens and life is what it is, but if lunch is two hours late like 
it is today, no big deal. If you want to go out and you run into 
someone who asks you to join them for a meal or snack, your pump is 
with you and you can just go do that too. The freedom and flexibility 
is incredible!
The only thing you have to watch with a pump is that if there's a 
problem with the cannula, which is the part that goes in your body, 
your BG can go up very quickly. That's why testing is so important on a
pump. Only once when getting out of bed did I knock out a cannula. My
dog 
came up to give me a very enthusiastic good morning and just caught 
her paw in the tubing. Out it came. Oops! I just replaced the cannula 
and went on with my day. <grin.>

Veronica
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