Speaking of anniversaries, this Saturday marked my three-month milepost using Insulet’s revolutionary new wireless insulin delivery system, the OmniPod. I feel I owe you all an update. So if the details of cutting-edge insulin pumping interest you, read on
THE BIG PICTURE
On the whole, I’m at a loss for words to describe how thoroughly this product has changed my life. Let’s just say (conservatively), that I was taking about 6 injections/day before. That’s at…
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AmyT on
April 18, 2007
I suppose it might be different for people diagnosed as children, who can hardly remember what life was like without diabetes. But for me, diagnosed in my mid-30′s, it still shocks me sometimes…
Sometimes lying in bed at night, I think maybe it’s all a mistake — maybe I could just stop taking all the meds and using all these devices, and my body would just go back to doing what it used to do. …
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AmyT on
March 26, 2007
So… It’s officially been 5 weeks since I started on the OmniPod, and I finally tried it on my arm. Armed. Banded. Armbanded. Weird.
Already, I was so accustomed to wearing that box on my stomach that I startle each time I notice my empty abdomen: Where-oh-where has my pump gone? Have I lost it? Ah no, the shoulder. That’s right. It did feel a little achy back there when I wasn’t looking.
Actually, the…
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AmyT on
March 15, 2007
So here it is. One of the big perplexities of insulin pumping: Am I sexy with this thing on? I know, I know, sexy is as sexy does. But still…
As I mentioned the other day, a fellow OmniPod-er recently wrote to me: “Somebody mentioned that (the pods) looked like ‘tumors’ and I just can’t get that image out of my mind. I am concerned about their sex appeal even though my husband said he…
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You can see that this has been a life-changer for me: I usually don’t do anything much “random.” But becoming a pumper — especially with such an innovative wireless system — has brought on all sorts of experiences and feelings that don’t necessarily stack up in any methodical way. I’m just letting it all sink in at the moment…
That said, you can read the “aerial view” of my thoughts on becoming a pumper at…
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