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When insulin pumps fail

Diabetes, Diabetes Dietitian

When insulin pumps fail, it sucks. It really, really sucks. The other day, shortly after getting off my Peloton bike, my insulin pump spontaneously broke. Like, broke broke. It started flashing a whole bunch of error codes and then repeatedly flashed the home screen on and off. I was still relatively calm at this point, though. I’ve got a backup PDM for just this kind of situation. I grabbed some batteries, put them in, and… oh freaking frick, flashing screen there too. Bloody hell. I tried a hard reset for both, but to no avail – they were already well on their way to insulin pump heaven. Cue the panic. I called Omnipod customer service, knowing in the back of my head nothing could be done. My pump, the original Omnipod Eros, was well past it’s best before warranty date. They essentially told me “Good luck, we can’t help you.” I […]

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Medtronic Global Heroes Part 2: Science!!!

Diabetes, Races, Running

About 15 years ago I met a couple of gals, who I kid you not spent an entire summer trying to convince me that science was the coolest thing on the planet. I was a hard sell; after a lack lustre experience with it in high school, and an eye for the words, I never imagined science to be anything more than something I had to do. (Little did I know then that it would turn into my life journey.) Had those gals had the Medtronic Headquarters at their fingertips, they may have had a bit more success of shooting science love into my heart! On day two of being a Global Hero, my new besties and I toured the Medtronic facility. Holy freaking hell!!! This place was like serious nerdville for us diabetics (and all the other technology enhanced peeps as well). We got to see medical devices in

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Mama’s Shoes Don’t Fit

Diabetes, Running

Last week I was put in the shoes of my moms for probably the first time ever. Okay, yes, I have a child just like she did (although, I’m only doing it once, not four times over) and some of you may relate that to walking in her shoes. But for me and my moms, it wasn’t until last week that I truly felt what it was like to walk in her shoes. I didn’t like it. So here’s the back story: Lightening Bolt’s parents were in the hospital awaiting the arrival of Baby Number 4 (who by the way has the BEST video game name ever) and I was charged with insulin injecting duties for little LB. Something to do with me having the disease, going 28 years of injections, you know, being veteran T-1 and all. And at first I thought no problem. But then the cogs in

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New kid on the block

Diabetes, Uncategorized

For someone who doesn’t like change, my gawd, I sure did make a HUGE one this week. After nearly three years, and two identical replacements, there’s a new pump in town my friends. Gone is the tried-and-true, goes-with-everything, boring black beauty (which really isn’t so beautylicious these days), and in her place, an in-your-face, eye-popping, green hornet of a new insulin pump. That’s right, GREEN! A pump with pizazz. A couple weeks ago I noticed that the rubber covering over the arrow buttons on my pump was peeling back, and given that we’re going into the rainy season here on the West Coast, and that I typically wear my pump on my pant pockets, I thought uh oh, probably not the best thing to have the mechanics of the pump fully exposed. That just will not do. I emailed Animas last weekend and within 45 minutes I had a customer

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