How do you sleep at night?

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Permalink Reply by Ahmad ( Al ) on July 2, 2009 at 5:43am

Well I don't have a CGM, but I do have a tube pump (Deltec Cozmo). I sleep on my side as well, never felt that I need to change it cause of having the pump. In my sleep usually I through the pump beside me on bed, of course it went sit still, sometimes I wake up wrapped with the tubing, other time the pump will be dingling on the site of the bed or even at floor. Oh ya and beside my bellow which wakes me up when she peeps at night!!

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Permalink Reply by Ahmad ( Al ) on July 2, 2009 at 7:42am

pillow and not bellow!!! LOL what you can do am a bad writer!!

THX Mike I noticed that after reading your post! ;)

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Permalink Reply by Gordon Paul Jones on July 2, 2009 at 6:41am

I don't have a CGM but I sleep on my side most of the time. The button on the infusion set doesn't bother me at all.

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Permalink Reply by Mike on July 2, 2009 at 6:47am

Hello John: I've been using a cgm and pump for over two years now, and am so used to them I can sleep in any position without discomfort. I wear my pump inserted in my abdomen, and have just started putting my cgm in my upper leg(s) where I seem to get more accurate readings. I guess I'm just so used to them being there that I don't notice them anymore. Have you tried sleeping on your side with a pillow, sort of to lean against? That may take pressure off your insertion sites.
Good luck,
Mike

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Permalink Reply by Rashelle Bigelow on July 4, 2009 at 9:19am

Sleeping on pump sites usually doesnt bother me. Comfort when sleeping the the cgm seems to depend on the site so occasionally I avoid laying on it but other times I forget it is even there.

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on July 6, 2009 at 10:54am

Ditto for me, Rashelle. I wear my sensors on my arms and my pod or pump sites wherever (back, abdomen, legs, butt, etc.) and just sleep. If I lay in just such a way, I may have to shift if I feel pressure I don't like, but for the most part, I don't give it much thought. Pumper for 9 years, CGM wearer for eight months now.

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on July 6, 2009 at 11:06am

I woke up today and found that I had slept on my pump-side! It was disconcerting when I saw that but I didn't notice any discomfort :-). So, I guess I'll be alright...I just need to accept the pump and CGM as integral parts of me instead of alien objects.

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Permalink Reply by Anna Kiff (FatCatAnna) on July 6, 2009 at 11:13am

I sleep any which way now that I've got used to the pump (keep it clipped to the waist band of my knickers). When I wore both the CGMS tho' - that was another story. Didn't give it a long enough trial tho' to get used to it. I sometimes have my infusion set in my mid-back region - and it doesn't effect how I sleep as well - thought it would - but when I have the infusion set there - I forget that I'm pumping.

Yeah John - you're right about accepting the "alien objects" !

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Permalink Reply by Cody Turner on July 6, 2009 at 12:26pm

i sleep on my stomach with both of them. I have no clue how, but I do, as well as sleeping on my side.

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Permalink Reply by Andreina Davila on July 6, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hi, I came across with this related discussions:

* Is there anywhere to put the pump when you sleep??
* Dumb Pump Question!
* CGMS - Pump - Where to Start?

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Permalink Reply by John Smith on July 6, 2009 at 3:07pm

Thanks! I should really learn how to use the search function on this website :-)

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Permalink Reply by tim on July 6, 2009 at 5:17pm

I'm on the omni pod, i prefer to wear it on my arm in which case sleeping is no big deal but when I wear it on my lower back, it definately is noticeable, especially during sexy time;)~

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