[Diabetes-talk] wearing your pump

[cheryl echevarria]

And like Michael said, each one of us have different pumps, and on different schedules, so please don't tell me that I am in correct, because you don't know which pump I have or how my diabetic educator and dr have told me what I can or cannot do with my pump.

If you don't remove yours that is great, but some of us do.

So my answer is correct.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Veronica Elsea<mailto:veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com> 
  To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind<mailto:diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> 
  Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 12:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] wearing your pump


  Cheryl, your answer is not correct here. I never remove my pump 
  during exercise. If you have a regular schedule you can actually 
  build in a lower insulin amount into your basal pattern to account 
  for exercise. Some people who go diving or something really strenuous 
  will remove the pump and give an extra bolus to cover the couple of 
  hours. But more and more, when these newer tubeless pumps do appear, 
  you'll just go swimming without thinking about it. I have gone 
  swimming with mine quite a bit. Nowadays companies are more reluctant 
  to talk about wearing the pump in water than they used to be. But I 
  can't remember the last time I've stopped or suspended my pump. I 
  take it off only for a quick shower. It's part of my love life. It's 
  part of my exercise life. It's always there.
  The only thing I've seen come up with some people during heavy 
  exercise is that for some types of cannulas, when people perspire a 
  lot, some tape doesn't stick as well. Many of the people in my pump 
  group here who use MedTronic pumps have extra sticky stuff they put 
  down to help tape stick during those times. I guess I've been lucky 
  or something but I've never had to mess with any extra stuff.
  But when you start using an insulin pump, this is where the trainers 
  should come in handy. The idea is kind of like getting a guide dog or 
  something. The pump is supposed to help you do your life in a better 
  way, not become your life. It does require some effort during the 
  first month or two as you're figuring out all of your settings. But 
  boy is it worth it!
  And I too am enjoying this discussion.

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