I broke my insulin pump
When I got around to stripping down today after my ride to take a shower I noticed something very bad. VERY VERY BAD. My insulin pump had condensation between the plastic that covers the LCD screen and the LCD screen. Not a good thing.
At first I thought that if it dried out all might be cool. But then I consulted my dad. He said that it may never dry out. To make matters worse he said that it may never dry out, and to prevent the moisture from getting into the circuitry, I needed to keep it upside down. Like that was gonna happen.
I went on about my business for about an hour or so before I panicked and decided I needed to call Minimed and inquire about the state of my poor pump.
Luckily, it’s under warranty until 2011 and so they’re sending me a new one. Because it wasn’t but 20 minutes after I got off the phone that my pump decided that it wasn’t going to work. The esc button would turn on the light. The arrows weren’t working. It was bad times. And then it had the nerve to tell me that the brand new battery that I had just put in it like 2 days ago. Was dead. And it wouldn’t let me clear the error.
I panicked again, this time bigger than when dad told me it might never dry out. I had to call the on call endocrinologist (who just happened to be the same on that I had the pleasure of speaking with a month ago when I went into diabetic ketoacidosis) to find out how to convert my basal rate into a shot of levamir. He must seriously be thinking that I’m stupid. Regardless, I’m back on shots and as of this entry, it sucks. At a minimum, at least I was able to make the switch from my pump to shots ok, thanks to Dr. Edwards.
*sigh* I really do hate shots…I can’t wait to get my new pump on Monday morning…that’s what I’m currently living for, my new pump…*rolls eyes* my current one should’ve never broke. They should be built sturdy enough that sweat doesn’t get into bad places…heck, it’s not just about sweat, no liquid should be able to creep into any part of my pump, unexpected liquid that is…I know that it’s not liquid proof, I take care to keep it away from liquid…but this…this is unbelievable…it always gets shoved up between my sports bra and my back. That’s where all of us girls put our pumps when we’re being athletic.
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