[Diabetes-Talk] Up and going! Day 1 of Mini Med Pump

[TALey at ups.com]

Loved the play by play of your first exciting day Joyce. Thanks for sharing. 
I know it took a long time and a lot of persistence on your part to get to day 1 - so I hope and pray you gain some great health benefits by using the pump. 

Tom


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Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Up and going! Day 1 of Mini Med Pump

Update!
First impression is  Day 1  of Pump
I have been on the pump for less than 24 hours. I made it home and it is kinda what do you do with this thing?  I put it in my jean front pocket to start off with.  The tubing is not long enough to drop your pants and sit on the toilet, so have to figure that one out.  After visiting the little girls room  I  did tend to keep touching the spots that held it attached to me.
So in less than my first hour home I sat down and felt something poking me.
After checking I found that the anchor had come off and the needle part was not attached and poking me lower then I had put it.

Telephone call & email sent to trainer as my friend was still at my house and the trainer had said she put some extra tape type things in my bag of
tricks along with   clearing  pads as I am allergic to tape.  I found this
large circle tape thing and thought of putting a new needle thingy, but then I would have had to start from the beginning and loading the vial with insulin.  So I just stuck it back in and put this extra larger circle over the top and waited to hear back from the trainer.  I sent my friend out to get me some paper tape and when she returned back I put a larger X of paper tape over the entire thing.

Trainer was prompt in calling me back and I did ask her why she only gave me
1 of those extra sticky things.  So she will drop me off some today so I have them on hand.

I had eaten before getting to the office to have the pump  put  and I didn't take my coverage dosage and my long Lantis was due to run out while I was there.  Needless to say I told the trainer that when I first walked in and it was like almost 2 hours when we got around testing and my blood sugar was 475.  I said under normal circumstances I would take 18 units and check in an hour.  So that is what I did.  Bolis 18 units and an hour later checked.
I was 352  so I was on the downward swing.  I had only eaten once and that was 12 noon and it is 4 PM now.  I rechecked at 5 Pm and was 180, by 5:30 PM I was hungry and ate a clementine.  So at 6:30 PM when I sat down to eat my BS was 86.  I did not take any coverage and just had some scallop potatoes and meat.  Shortly after supper I did feel a low so I had  a couple of gram crackers and a cclementine.  Bedtime BS was 129.  I did eat some cashews and had a clementine before going to bed.  

Morning first wake up 7:30 AM, just let dog out and went back to bed.  Wake
up 11:30 AM BS 122  ate oatmeal, nilk & frozen blueberries   Bolis 12 units



First 24 hours of the rest of my life with a MiniMed 530 pump.

pump



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