4 years ago today I was diagnosed with diabetes. I was 14 years old and a freshman in high school. I have come such a long way. I have graduated high school and now I'm living at college. I started out on pills, then insulin and now I have been pumping for a year. I have to give a BIG thank you to everyone over at children with diabetes forums. They have been such a big help to me and they were there when I needed them, then understood when no one else did. Oh, and my high school nurse, she was… Continue

Tuesday morning was the first day since being at college that I had to change my site (I pump).

So my pump wasn't working right. It kept "spitting" insulin out. And I mean the whole entire resevoir. I had to do it a couple of times before I was able to get my site on.

So I decided that I had to call minimed and talk with someone. So I'm on the phone with someone from minimed and all of a sudden I got really dizzy, and light headed. I decided to check my sugars and what do I… Continue

This crazy recall is really screwing everything up. I signed up for that automatic supplies refill thing through medtronic and I should be getting more supplies soon. I haven't gotten ANY supplies in months. I can't remember the last time.

I barely have any strips left, I have one box of resevoirs left, one box of infusion sets that isn't lot 8 (they sent it to me last week) ect. And they are not even full boxes. So I'm probably down to 6 infusion sets AND resevoirs. I change both every 3… Continue

My freshman year in High school started out really good. I was a bit nervous to start, because I didn't really know anyone. But...like I said it started out good.

Until October/November came around.

So it's October/November and I'm sitting in second peoiod, Algebra, and my hands start shaking really badly. Oddly enough, it never occured to me to ask to go to the nurse. I called my mom after school and I told her what had happened to me.

"Mom, something weird happened today. I was… Continue

I absolutely love pumping and I'm so glad that I got a minimed. I love how I don't, for the most part, have to do the math (I'm not exactly an A+ math student, you know). I can go out with my friends and not worry about having to give myself a shot in public. I don't have to worry about keeping the insulin cold (I keep mine refrigerated). If I wanna exercise but don't feel like worrying about a snack I can reduce, temporarily, my basils. It all takes just a few pushing of buttons. And yes… Continue