My 9-year old asks the best questions. A few mornings ago, staring at the OmniPod on my shoulder, she hit me with this one:
“Mom, does it hurt more when it pulls out or when it gets pushed in?”
“Um… neither hurts that much, really. OK — so when you pull it out, that’s just a second, but when it’s getting pushed into my skin, that kind of aches.” (I didn’t mention the most common cause here)
Spent the rest of my day catching my Pod in the mirror — and on door jams and whatnot. Like I was somehow on a stake-out to catch potential pain.
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The other day my almost-12-year-old came out with this:
“You’ll never guess what I found in my bed, Mom!”
“Hmm, socks?”
“No”
“Gum?”
“No!”
“Something of your sisters’?”
And then suddenly I knew, by the look on her face.
“A test strip?!”
“Yup”
“Oh my God, I’m sorry honey. It must’ve been in my pants pocket, and fell out when I was snuggling you.”
“It’s OK, I don’t mind. It’s just that…”
“What?”
“Nobody else would even know what it is. Good thing I know what it is.”
“True,” I said. “That’s what makes you special.”
Followed by a very big hug.
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Late one morning earlier this week I heard my husband’s voice, muffled, calling me from a distance. I peered down the stairwell. Nothing there. So I sat back down in my office chair. But there it was again. I stood up and opened the window and looked down, and sure enough, there he was on the backyard lawn, grinning, holding up an unused Pod.
“WAS THIS INTENTIONAL?” he shouted, so I could hear him over the wind (it’s been freakin’ windy here). “IT’S STILL BEEPING…?”
“UH, YEAH,” I shouted back. “IT GOT AN ERROR MESSAGE. I THREW IT OVERBOARD TO SHUT IT UP!”
We stared at each other from afar for a moment. And then I added:
“NOW GO THROW THAT THING AWAY. I CAN HEAR IT BEEPING FROM ALL THE WAY UP HERE!”
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Life is weird anyway. But this is what happens when you add diabetes to the mix.
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LOL!!!!!
Those were simply Fabulous Amy!
LOVE the “overboard pod” pic (nice logo too)!
the most satisfying thing to do with a beeping pod is smash it to pieces with a hammer
Haha! That is funny! You threw it out the window!? That’s awesome.
Anyone ever accidentally leave a test strip behind – like on the table at a restaurant – and the wait staff/cashier/helpful bystander says: excuse, me, I think you lost something you need–? (I’ve also gone back to places I’ve been before, and seen a stray strip there… an odd feeling!) We frequent testers must always have pockets-full of the things! Thanks for the great post, Amy.
That really put a smile on my face! Thanks.
Good job Amy, these are great..I have found a few of my daughter Shana’s strips in her bedroom. I like felix’s suggestion about the pod, smash it with a hammer…LOL
Funny, my middle daughter kept BEGGING me to let her smash the pod with a hammer, but by that time it was already cover by 2 feet of trash. No thx. So it just beeped away till trash day
When I was wearing the OmniPods, I did have one that I had taken off because it was alarming. I ended up putting it in the trunk of my car. It alarmed for 3 days straight! I work as a music teacher and professional musician. Fortunately, during the one year I wore the OmniPods, I only had one “alarming” experience, and it occurred during a rehearsal (rather than during a performance!) Gee, I wonder if Nick Jonas has ever had a “Pod” alarm onstage!
I prefer to pry it open like a walnut, then smash it to pieces with a hammer.