i cant tell you how many times i’ve had my pump in my pants pocket and stood up from the toilet with my pants around my ankles and ripped sites out especially the old ones that didnt stick very well to begin with. BUT the dumbest thing I’ve ever done with my pump was fill a cartridge and go through the whole prime and rewind everything only to have the pump start beeping 30 minutes later when I am on my way to town( i live in the boondocks) that the cartridge is low. Oops I rewound and primed the old cartridge and the full one was sitting on my bed ready to be used. I am going back on my pump thank God soon. but even on injection it is not unusual for me to draw up my insulin walk away for something and draw another syringe and take it only to notice 10 mins later I had another sitting by my meter in the other room waiting on me.
Doorknobs, boot heels, dresser drawer handles, lab bench items like pipettors and bottles, I have hooked my pump on EVERYTHING! Good post, makes me feel less silly… but still pretty silly.
I have forgotten to fill my cannula when I’ve changed only my inset.
Man what a problem that causes.
I did the leave the cover on the needle thing once with my CGMS transmitter inserter (OW). But the stupidest thing I did with my pump: I was in a public restroom and was scrambling to race to a media event and of course got caught up in my own tubing while…pulling my pants up (tmi, I know). In a frantic fit I yanked my pants up in frustration and my tubing caught on the clip of my pager (yes, this was back in the days of pagers) and flipped it off my waistband and right into the still flushing toilet.
Down it went.
I chose to tell my boss I lost it…
How about forgetting the pump completely and realizing it once you get to work…an hour away. That was a fun day. I also jumped in a pool with it one before. I broke the screen of my old pump because I walked into a doorknob. I seem to be clutsy with my pump. It’s surprising that I have only had 2 in the 11 years I have had a pump.
I completely forgot to reconnect my pump after fast shower…4AM to the hospital for sinus surgery. My sister brought it to me later. BG was 90 when I left home…115 when I arrived at hospital. I ran laps around the complex to keep the BGs down. Was 125 at surgery time. Unattached was 110 after surgery. First words when I woke up were…‘where’s my pump and can I reconnect?’ They said yes and all was well. Dunce in motion.
It’s not like we have basal sitting around, just the fast acting.
Good to know info. Won’t be doing that!
I have been on the pump for six years and I have quite a few pump stories involving stupidity. However, my favorite is this one. My second pump (I’m on my 4th… apparently I’m rough on them?) had a broken up button. It was a little annoying because i had to scroll everything down, etc. but i didn’t want to send it to the company and be off it, dying. So I just dealt with it. Well, everything went bad one day. Since I had still only had the pump for a few months, I decided to play around with the different settings. So naturally I decided to play with the languages- BAD IDEA! I accidently set my pump to Swedish, and since I had no up I could NOT get it out of Swedish… Five hours later, a Swedish translator, and a very confused Mini-med operator later, I ended up having to get a new pump. Talk about feeling super stupid explaining to a Mini-med operator that you accidently put your pump language to Swedish and couldn’t get it out…
Okay, had to read ALL of the posts here. Laughed and cringed but feel tons better knowing that I’m not a complete idiot. So I will add my nonsense to the mix.
Once I tried changing the channels on the TV with my pump. (dumbest thing I’ve done)
I’ve gotten caught on door knobs and drawer pulls (which I will soon replace).
Have clipped on my pump and tucked in the tubing without reconnecting.
Have gotten tangled up with my baby’s toes with my tubing.
LOLLLLL… hehehehehehe… I’ve done that before… and the “thud” on my abdomen was followed by a “Ugh…” and then a chuckle out loud about myself!! 
Least it didn’t slip funky and bend the needle and I’da had to start over or something…
Also wore an unconnected pump!! …and often forget to restart the pump after finishing the connection!! Good to know I’m not alone!!!
Oh, I forgot to add… how about when I was asleep at work (an overnight as a paramedic) I woke to find the pump completely snapped off from the clip (and that’s alot of force especially since it tucks nicely on my uniform belt and takes a definite effort to pull it away from the body and bring the clip to its maximum spring range!!)
…Found pieces of plastic in my sheets for a couple weeks!!
I’ve had a few instances of pump drama so far the best one I’ve got is one time when I was running my pump came un-clipped from my waist-band, fell out the leg of my shorts and as I was taking my next running step I kicked it out to the full 41" length of the tubing. It flew upward and I ended doing this half-dive, half-leaping slide to catch it and when I got up I got some of the strangest looks I’ve ever gotten. BUT, I caught my pump 
welp, yesterday takes the cake. I changed my clothes and disconnected for probably less than 3 minutes. three hours and a trip to Jack in the Box for a greasy lunch later im wondering why in the hell im at 400. Forgot to reconnect I guess. Totally threw the rest of the day off.
i think most every one has forgot to pocket their pump without actually plugging in, lord knows i do it all the times… i didnt read ALL the other comments but sorry Laura lol i think urs TOPS EM ALL lol CLASSIC!!
O and the dumbest thing iv done was not researching the pumps b4 i got one, hence me havin the accu check spirit lol
Oh I did a site change while, just maybe, having a low and trying to swiftly do the change. I forgot to peel the paper off the infusion set. So when I clicked the button of the serter and just felt a nasty jab and saw that the darn thing wasn’t sticking…
Oh yeah, remove the paper first.
I’ll just say, I had to open a new quick set infusion set to continue the change. The first one, well finished as a mangled thing on the floor.
Okay how about breaking your last bottle of insulin on Sunday eve while wanting to fill your cartridge. Then running all over town (1-1/2 hr) to find a pharmacy that is open. (as the one carrying your script is closed) Then find out that all fast acting insulin is script only (Humalog, Novolog, Apidra). What to do you need some insulin B-4 Monday morning, buy Regular Insulin (Fastest available without script) and take a pump “vacation” for a night. Go to work this morning, grab infusion set, cartridge, IV prep, and belt clip. Drive to work, leave work to pick up Apidra from pharmacy after they open. Back to work, insert infusion set, fill cartridge and get ready to put in the pump and prime and notice you forgot your pump at home on the table. This is where the second stupidity comes in. Another 1 hour round trip from downtown to home and I’m back on the pump. Now just more testing than normal to get me back on track after the 3 Humilin R shots in the last 18 hours.
Geez, you name it -
Forget to restart
Forget to reconnect
Forget to push the button for the last time
Forget to have extra batteries on hand
Forget to prime
Forget to rewind
what fun . . .
Ok, here’s another one. I’m walking down the street one fine spring day after lunch in downtown DC. It’s warmed up from the chilly morning, so lots of people are out just swinging their arms, coats and sweaters open if not off completely.
Suddenly my tubing starts whipping out of my pants and I’m practically being dragged in the opposite direction. It turns out the exposed tubing loop has caught on a button on a woman’s open cardigan sweater. As we work to untangle it, I notice the tubing has stretched to about double the normal length.
Fair Winds,
Mike
As they say at the stadium, “Give 'im a contract!”