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Permalink Reply by MelissaM on August 1, 2011 at 1:38pm

I have done the second one a couple times. Ugh I hate the high that comes with a simple prime. grr.

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Permalink Reply by Anna Banana on July 5, 2011 at 5:52pm

I had once used the Omni pod but then switched to the animus. i had to make sure not to forget the omni pod controler

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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on July 5, 2011 at 8:30pm

Oh yeah, and then there was the time I went out to my birthday dinner with my brother and his family, and fully planned to bolus for the rice I was going to eat at the Thai restaurant, but then I got so excited talking and enjoying my family that I forgot to bolus at all. My CGM alerted me when I got to 183, and I immediately bolused, but I ended up at 349 (or so) before the insulin finally started taking effect. What a way to celebrate a birthday!!!! :-)

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Permalink Reply by Stardust31 on July 5, 2011 at 8:44pm

I am new to pumping, but have already forgotten my pump several times with my hand. I have almost pulled my site out 2 and I heard that really hurts. I almost forgot to bolus for a meal yesterday..yeah the pump won't do it by itself....shucks! Then I had suspended the pump ( I have medtronic) to go shower, hooked back up, for got to unsuspend...yeah bs went to 400..ooops. I think we all have moments!

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Permalink Reply by Aimee on July 11, 2011 at 10:57am

Hi Stardust... I don't even bother to suspend the pump when unhooking for when my T1 daughter takes a bath. I know that it wastes some insulin, but this way I cannot forget to unsuspend. Not sure if there is any advantage to suspending the pump other than saving a little bit of insulin? I make up for the amount of basal insulin that was not delivered by doing a fixed prime after the bath... this way it does not count towards active insulin. I found this works good for us.

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Permalink Reply by Scott E on July 6, 2011 at 9:05am

So many horror stories about pumps! I'll take the other side of the argument.

I am so glad that I have a tethered (not tube-free, no remote) pump. I always know where it is (I disconnect to swim or shower, and that's it). Before pumping, there were times that I couldn't remember if I took my Lantus or not, because it became such a routine, subconscious activity. Now that is terrifying!! Either I take it (possibly, again), risking a prolonged 24-hour hypo, or I don't, risking high blood sugars and possible DKA. You can't just "wait an hour" and see what happens before making the decision like you can with fast-acting bolus insulin.

On a more fun note (except for my wife), I've run around the house like a madman looking for my meter before leaving the house, then put it down while I ran around the house like a madman looking for my keys, then forgot where I'd just put my meter.....

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Permalink Reply by Stardust31 on July 6, 2011 at 11:38am

LOL! Been there done that. Putting one down for the other that is!

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Permalink Reply by latvianchick on July 6, 2011 at 12:26pm

Oh yes! I can identify with that! Very nearly locked my key in the flat this morning - while looking for something else (which I discovered that I forgot!) Took me an hour to calm down!

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Permalink Reply by Karen on July 7, 2011 at 5:27pm

I went to the microwave and started to punch in my bloodsugar reading for time/cook.

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Permalink Reply by Emmy on July 7, 2011 at 11:54pm

I've been distracted by what's going on around me, and almost injected my blood sugar numbers for my mealtime insulin. Ooops!!!

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Permalink Reply by MelissaM on August 1, 2011 at 1:43pm

I have done that the other day. Oh that's scary. although I always realize that its the carbs its asking for.

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Permalink Reply by Emmy on July 7, 2011 at 11:45pm

Last year we kept hearing this beeping every day at around the same time. It could be heard all over the house, but by the time I'd get anywhere near the source it would stop. It took days to find out what was causing it...

It was my back up meter. The alarm had been accidentally set. It would beep for a while then stop before I could track down exactly where the noise was coming from.

Now I keep the alarms turned off on all my meters.

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