[Diabetes-Talk] Can't believe what almost happened this morning.

[d m gina]

Oh wow glad you were alert to what was happening.
I am glad you are safe.
Interesting that they would see that.
So my cencer is under the sleeve and I don't think that anyone sees it.

Original message:
> Oh my word! I can't believe what almost happened to me this morning. My
> guide dog and I were happily walking through my neighborhood. It's a warm
> day, for us anyway, and I was wearing my Occidental College tea shirt. All
> of a sudden I heard this woman approach me from behind. Insert that voice
> here. That female voice that sounds kind of hesitant and whiny which tells
> us that trouble is about to strike big time. It's accompanied by that
> petting that's almost finger nail petting, like she can't quite make up her
> mind as to how fragile I might be. "Honey, honey. Wait a minute, Honey. I
> have to help you. You have something stuck to your arm." Well, she was
> right. I did have something stuck to the back of my arm. At that point she
> reached up and almost started to tug. I wish there was a way to spell the
> sound that came out of my mouth at that point. You see, what was on the back
> of my arm is the pod. It's part of my insulin pump, the part that holds 200
> units of insulin and actually injects it into my body. Had she succeeded,
> man, I'm sure the ensuing alarms would have scared the pants off of her. But
> I did point out to her that this was assault which would have resulted in
> great bodily harm. I then really built up the story of how type 1 diabetics
> will die when there's no insulin being injected into the body. I didn't tell
> her how long it might take us to die, of course. And you know that response
> you get, back to that voice again, I didn't mean, I didn't mean..." Stammer
> stutter, pause. Yes you did, was my reply Then she disappeared. But I bet
> she won't do that again. Unreal! Glad nothing happened but it just never
> occurred to me that someone would actually come up and do that. Have fun,
> those of you wearing the Libre. <grin.> Welcome to summer!

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