I am wondering from all you female pump wearers what you do with you pump when wearing a dress or a skirt. i need some ideas and do not want to spend money on accessories on line that do not work.
Today we ordered the Animas Ping for my son. Yay!
Response to Mike (there was no respond button) Mike, I have been a diabetic for 25 years on the pump for 2 1/2. I had the main opposite problem, no matter what I did I always woke up high. I love my pump, I find it offers a lot more freedom because of the ability to vary basal rates during the day. Sounds like you need a good pump educator to help you with that. Take the time to find one, your doctor should point you in the right direction. You did not mention what type of pump you use, but my minimed can download all my readings, glucose tests and settings to my computer via a wireless USB. You can run all kinds of reports, and for my money is a lot easier than keeping a manual log. Contact your pump manufactuer and ask what they offer. Don’t give up on the pump!
Jay-Jay, a pump can be very helpful. I’ve struggled with diabetes probably longer than you have been alive. LOL. You have to be willing to do all it takes to make a pump work for you. In the beginning and for a while after, you will probably be testing quite a bit more. You will have to keep a food journal for a while. It’s a huge undertaking but for me, it has been worth all of the work. Good luck and do your research. If I can be of any help, please private message me.
Hi everyone! New to this site but excited to be here. Candace, in answer to your question about what to do with a skirt, I found a site that sells accessories (Pumpwear.com) that may help you with that. They sell a few things that go under your clothes that hold the Pump (most sizes) abd most of the stuff isn’t that expensive and work pretty well…Good luck!
Just started using the One Touch Ping today. Didn’t start off so well since I think the infusion site was a bit goofed. Have to meet with the diabetic educator tonight to get it worked out. A little discouraging but I’m sure it’ll be fine.
I use the omnipod
I am new go pumping and found this group as I was looking for helpful suggestions about managing my tubing. It seems like it pops out of my pants a lot and I get it caught on things or I find my pump dangling (especially if wearing thin dress pants). I was wondering if you would have any tubing management tips for me. Thank you! (I originally posted this by accident as my daughter)
Laura, I usually kindof wind up my tubing and keep most of it on the inside of my pants. I clip the pump in my left jeans pocket. If I am wearing dress slacks, I tuck the tubing inside my underwear, and clip it on the waist of my pants, but do have to be a bit more careful especially when going to the ladies room that it doesn’t fall off. keep as much as the tubing under your clothes as possible. Some people also coil it up and use first aid tape to tape the cord to their body
Laura, I usually wear it on the waistband of my jeans, with the infusion set on the opposite side, eg. infusion set on the left side, pump on right front side. I run the tubing down, then across the front of my stomach. I’ve modified a pair of overalls I wear, on the inside of the bib, I cut a slit in the back of the pocket. I just slip my pump inside, using the clip. When I sleep, I clip it inside the front of my underwear, and tuck the tubing in between the pump and my skin. It normally stays there all night.
Eventually, you find ways to wear it that work for you. Good luck!
I do nto know what type of pump it is, but I donated mine to ipump.org
http://www.ipump.org/donations/pumps_1.html
They need pumps and if you the right one, they do wonderufl things wiht them.
Rick Phillips
After 52 1/2 years of insulin dependence, I’m finally pumping. Even if it’s only saline until Thursday, it feels spooky. I’m treating the connection as very fragile. Any advice from you veterans?
Gordie,
Great you got on! Took me over 20 years, been on for 3 years now and you couldn’t take my pump with a gun 
It really only took me about a week to get used to wearing the pump. I have only pulled it out a handful of times, you will learn your own way of wearing it and avoiding problems. You may want to use first aid tape and a safety loop for a little while, I don’t use them any more but it might give you a little more oops factor at first
has any one gotten a infection at there site ? 1st time in 2 years ,i am new to this site ,so happy to meet people like me
Karen, I have never gotten a true infection, but sometimes if I leave it in on the longer side, it starts to itch and I change it, I think I have been close a few times. I don’t know how long you left it in, maybe a little longer than usual. But, I have found if it starts to itch or bother me, I change it.
Once I got an infection, if you do teat it agressively. I mean i had a little problem the size of a pin head. It grew to be about 2 inches wide and going up quick. I got some antibiotic and it tooks two courses but it went down. I have been upumping for over 5 years and only once, that is pretty good.
Rick Phillips.
My brother has had type one for almost 15 years now. Is there some way that he can get a pump. He doesn’t have health insurance. I was diagnosed with T1 last April, and getting a pump next week. My brother is green with envy! Especially since he is the one who pushed me to get a pump!
art4change:
Well pump supplies usually cause most without insurance to forgo the pump. However he can look into
http://www.ipump.org/inventory/pumps-1.html
I donated my old pump to them when I no longer used it.
Rick
Rick, Thank you for your suggestion. I passed it along to my brother. Nice to know that organizations like this exist.
Well…my A1C was 9.0 in December. I started on my pump on Feb 17. Today it’s 6.7, the lowest it’s been in six years. Nice way to start Spring, and good reinforcement for using the pump.
Bill