Life is funny — I was just going to post on a “mistake” another pumper made, when I just did something incredibly stupid — I lost the rubber cap on the top of my insulin pump. Probably because I had my mind on other things.<\/p>\n
I’m fairly certain I threw it in the trash. The good news, because I am anal, I am not completely screwed. When I sent back my recalled pump, I kept the rubber cap. I ordered an extra battery cap (and kept the recalled one, so I have two), but I was waiting until my next supply order to get another rubber cap.<\/p>\n
I’m fairly certain I threw it in the trash and I am looking for it now, in between posting.<\/p>\n
And yes, that is exactly what I did — I had it in my hand with some trash and threw it all way. <\/p>\n
Here’s the start of the original post:<\/p>\n
I was reading another one of our pumper blogs the other day and felt really bad for her. I am not going to link to the post as I am afraid I’m going to come across critical.<\/p>\n
One of the biggest problems with pumping insulin is obtaining supplies — meaning cartridges and infusion sets. This is not a item you can pick up at your local pharmacy. In a pinch, I could probably get some supplies from my endos, but that would only happen during office hours. Maybe even from my pump trainer, but I would also never presume to both her outside of “office hours”, even though she works out of her home.<\/p>\n
This means you have to plan ahead. And planning ahead saved my rear today.<\/p>\n
Because I had saved the plastic cap from my old pump, I could calmly go get it, put it on the pump, and then take a long time to search. You see there was a possibility it was laying on my desk. There was also a possibility it landed on the floor — which opens the possibility that a beagle ate it — though they usually don’t, but you never know. If I had a puppy, it surely would have been eaten if it had hit the floor.<\/p>\n
SO NOW THE POINT.<\/p>\n
I keep at least one spare of everything I need. I even have a spare CPAP machine these days. I keep at least 1 month’s worth of any medication I need on hand, and I get nervous if I go less than 2 weeks.<\/p>\n
At the end of the 90 day period, I have at least one extra box of infusion sets and one extra box of cartridges. Back before I was covered on insurance, I bought those extras on ebay. (By the way, watch eBay and expiration dates, always ask, sellers aren’t always aware of expiration dates).<\/p>\n
Same things goes with test strips.<\/p>\n
I’m REALLY bad about meters. I keep an extra in my car — the old Freestyle, and keep an extra in my bag. If you go WAY back in time, I actually go to an agility trial without my meter. DUMB, DUMB, I dropped it on the street and a neighbor returned it.<\/p>\n
Being anal isn’t always back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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