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Comment by Denise Ventura on March 3, 2013 at 10:32pm

U have the Omnipod. I wore it on my belly in Hawaii and I got a great dark tan around it! I moved it to the back of my arm, that was better!! I just wish the pods could come in skin color so it doesn't look so noticeable. The new generation will be smaller - that's good at least.

Comment by MeadowLark on January 28, 2013 at 6:36am

Hello, seems my peri-menopause has gone by without much notice... now the hotflashes and high numbers/low mess has attacked ferociously. I'm using over the counter cheap insulin as I'm paid up so I dont get penalized for not having insurance.. but that does not mean I can afford to go see the doc. (In my humble opinion; they are useless when it comes to giving a script that a person can actually afford to pickup.) Desperate to hear how low income people manage menopause and diabetes.

Comment by earthling on November 29, 2012 at 8:45am

Hi SamiiiG. I have finally menopaused, so my patterns are settling down a bit. But I well remember the struggle to cover the weekly/daily basal shifting of periods. One thing I figured out was that (in my case) when my basal shifted, my 24 hour pattern stayed about the same - eg. lowest between 8pm and 3am, higher at 3am, highest from 8am - 11am, etc. So I made new basal programs x-% higher or lower(experimented with temp basals till I hit it right), keeping that internal 24 hr. pattern... then switched at the first sign of a shift... Things began to work better and my A1C stabilized in the 6's. Hope this helps!

Comment by SamiiiG on November 21, 2012 at 11:21pm

Agh! Curious as to what other women do with your pump when you're on your period? For the last few months I've been really insulin resistant for the first couple of days. I've tried just taking correction boluses (sugars going from 300 down to 175ih then right back to 300) and am now trying different temporary basals (went from 100% to 125% etc and am now up to 200%) but still doing correction boluses. I just switched from Mirena to Yaz. Any suggestions?!

Comment by Daisy Mae on October 14, 2012 at 9:10am

i am 48 and POST-Menopausal. when ever i would be PMSing (which was a grueling week long event) my BS went all over the place. since i have finished with menopause, i am leveling off. i do take anti-spsychotic medication for schizophrenia, and that med has a great effect on my BS. i am insulin resistant often. but my latest tweek with my endo on I:C ratios seems to have settled the problem. so despite whatever people say about going thru menopause, once you are over it, you will feel a tremendous relief.
as for your BSs ups and downs, have you tried going on a low dosage BC pill? the estrogin seemed to help me quite a pit. good luck. feel better.

Comment by Annie on June 17, 2012 at 10:18pm

Hi La,
If you have the book "Pumping Insulin", there is a very nice chart of all kinds of places you can put your pump, even on a garter belt!

Comment by Judith on June 17, 2012 at 8:52pm

Hi again, La. My mom was Swedish and my #1 niece actually speaks the language, as well as German (her major and doctorate and, well, her husband!) I can't comment on pumps, but we have about a gazilion folks here who are pumpers. Look around a little and you will find lots of helpers on everything from site placement in a bikini or when doing martial arts, to, well, ahem, making love!.....Blessings, sweetie....

Comment by earthling on June 17, 2012 at 10:15am

Hi La! I am 1/4 Swedish... Cannot speak it though. Thank goodness YOUR country requires students to get fluent in more than just it's native tongue! As to wearing a pump, can you sew? Pumps come with clips to attach them to belts, bras and such, but I like to keep mine in a pocket. So I wear pants, dresses, jumpers with pockets; make a buttonhole for the tubing to go through to the inside and up to my infusion site. At night I wear these goofy men's boxers (so sexy - ha! But I'm 6o yrs. old so who cares, right?) that I sew pockets onto - Same buttonhole method inside pockets for tubing. Keeps the pump next to my thigh so I don't get tangled in the tubing when I toss and turn. I hope you like the pump. I love mine!

Welcome, by the way. I didn't know any T1 diabetics personally either until I found the online community. Thank goodness for all the great people here.

Comment by La on June 17, 2012 at 1:50am

Hi
I'm very new to this forum and have been isolated for decades. Is there anyone out there who has practical tips for going on a pump. Specifically where and how to carry it around. I live in Sweden and we don't have the omnipod here so medtronics and tubing it is going to be!
Would be very grateful for any info or tips or reassurance - feel like a serious panic mechanic!

Comment by Krispin on March 7, 2012 at 2:09pm

Thanks!!

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