All by my self !

Hi, Every three days I have to change my inset. A inset is what my insulin comes through to go inside me. For the inset I have to have: a insulin cartridge, a needle, a new inset(a strange shaped object that has a clip with a needle and a long and THIN tube), a insulin tube(sort of looks like the normal liquid medicine bottle except smaller), my pump, and of course me!. This morning my mom let me do it by my self. I had to: take the old inset off and clean the old site. I took the old cartridge out, rewind the piston that pushes the insulin, fill a cartridge with insulin, place cartridge in pump, load cartridge, prime to make sure the tube worked, and place the inset in my site. It was my stomach this morning so it was pretty easy but still I did it my self!

broke again!

Hi, A few posts ago I mentioned my L.E.D screen went out on my pump, unfortunately it happened again! It was on Sunday February 28, I was out making a bow and arrow in the back-woods and I was going to see what time it was and my pump was black! So I had to go into the house. When I got home my pump was fine but my mom said I had to get another. When we were about to call the screen on my pump had lines of many different colors then it went completely black. On Tuesday (March 3rd) I got the new pump and we set it up all by ourselves! So far it has not broken (thankfully!). We learned to write down all the settings in the book! We are still working on a basal setting that keeps my blood sugars steady. With all this craziness, I have been both high and low. It will be interesting to see what my A1c will turn out in April.

Broke pump

Hi, A couple posts ago, I mentioned that I had been on the pump for about two months. About a week or so after that my LCD screen cracked on my meter! So the company had to send me a new one. And then the day we got the new some how the LCD screen on my pump also broke! So again the company sent me a new pump. Personally I think my mom has memory loss she forgets EVERYTHING! So we went to the doctors to have them help set up the new pump with the right settings and a pump representative helped us get things set right.


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My new pump

I have started a insulin pump. I have only been on it for around two months.

Before I had the pump I had to take a shot of Lantus at night for my basal insulin. Then every time I ate I took a shot of another type of insulin called Humalog. I got very good at giving myself shots.

My pump works differently. I change the insert site every two to three days. It does boluses and basal, so no more shots! I also have a meter that is connected wirelessly to my pump. It can check my blood glucose and then I choose a bolus setting (normally ez- carb). I type in the carb count then it figures out the insulin bolus I need. It even has carb counts for various foods for me to look up.

I like the pump better because:
Taking shots every time I ate gets very annoying, especially at potlucks or big holiday meals.
The pump is very comfortable to wear and no shots!

One thing I don’t like about the pump is that is jostles around a lot. But I am getting used to wearing it.