Sh*t
HOLY COW!
16.3 units left.
Dammit, I forgot to change it this morning before I left work. (always in a rush in the morning, thats how I roll) Anyway, I actually IM one of my internet IM buddies to ask how long 16 units will last. She told me to check the pump because it gives you a count down. So I did. It said 15:10, so basically I had 15 hours left before it had no insulin. So I thought. 430pm came along and ummm I look at the pump to see what the countdown would tell me next. 12 minutes left of insulin. SHIT.
I didn't have a vial with me. Basically, I never have a vial of humalog with me. It's bad I know. So, I start to panic just a bit. It takes about 50 minutes total to get home from work. 50 minutes without insulin ugh.. Well, nothing I could do.
Two trains later. I am home.
My mom wants to talk to me, but she sees I am in a rush. "What's the matter? she asks." Me: Don't yell, I forgot to change my pump this morning, It is empty. She looks at me with that mom look. (I know you all know that look I am talking about. The look of dissappointment, anger and worry all in one.) She tells me "Oh, hurry up." Alllllllllllright, I am
So, I take out the infusion and look at what happened next:
Bloody infusion too
Ahhh... The life of a person with diabetes.
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Comment by Jill Hartley on January 13, 2009 at 6:36pm - hahah i can so relate to the mom thing...ooowwwch tho, i hope you're alright!
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Comment by Ryan on January 13, 2009 at 6:29pm - Ok..another reason I dont' use a pump!!!! LOL
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Comment by Hayley on September 13, 2008 at 7:13pm - I don't have a pump but THAT looks like it really hurt. *_*
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Comment by Carly! on September 4, 2008 at 3:06pm -
awwwwwwww.
): thats so badddd!
the worst thing with me is, that ive got my site pulled out 3 times in one day.
i screamed, and started to cry the last time, out of pure fusteration.
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Comment by Doris Ann Dickerson on September 4, 2008 at 2:59pm - Oach now that looks like pain there!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Gina Capone on September 4, 2008 at 1:27pm - OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
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Comment by Terence on September 4, 2008 at 12:58pm -
Heres a photo of what happens when you run past a doorknob too fast and the tubing catches the knob as you run by! This was during the first few weeks of having the pump, I learned fast to not run past door knobs!!
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Comment by Terence on September 4, 2008 at 12:43pm
- I have in the past, gone beyond the "empty" status on my pump.. Usualy get a few extra hours before the pump beeps non-stop asking me to rewind or continue.
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Comment by Doris Ann Dickerson on August 10, 2008 at 2:51pm
- I've had a few sites that have done just that to me.Och and then your watching the blood gush! I hope you got it all together and got it done. AS for the mom look...........I do that to my daughter too. She's a Type 1 pumping like her mom and you too!! HA!! We deserve that right. my daughter's 20th birthday is today but I told her I would call her at 11:47 tonight b/c that's the time she was born not at 6 this morning!!! HA!!
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Comment by Jess on August 10, 2008 at 2:40pm - I've had those too. One time I was using one of the none quick sert ones and it bleed up half the tube before I realized. Also horse back riding with the set near your pants line is a really bad idea... really had some bloody sites doing that one. I've run out of insulin a couple of times too really sucks. Hope you're doing well and that the site heals ok!
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