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<blockquote data-quote="Diamattic" data-source="post: 1061457" data-attributes="member: 138639"><p>Its full of pros and cons. The biggest pro is that it has greatly helped manage BS, and made me much healthier. However, the con is - you can never pretend your not diabetic. </p><p></p><p>When i was on pens, i could put them away, and just be normal and pretend i didn't have T1D, but now with my Vibe and Dexcom i constantly have 2 noticeable patches on my body, and a pager sized pump always connected to me via tube. So it makes me constantly away that i am not the average person. Especially at night when i wake up and have to find my pump and carry it to the washroom, or at the gym when i have to change in the locker room and hope no one asks why i have some weird plastic electronics taped my body and a pager hanging from a tube :/ </p><p></p><p>Its really been an exercise in confidence. You cannot pretend anymore, and you have to be strong and just deal with it because it is literally saving your life and making you FEEL normal while at the same time making you appear less normal.. </p><p></p><p>I am 100% PRO pump, but i do not want to sugar coat things because those were the first big down sides i noticed and am still kinda dealing with a year later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diamattic, post: 1061457, member: 138639"] Its full of pros and cons. The biggest pro is that it has greatly helped manage BS, and made me much healthier. However, the con is - you can never pretend your not diabetic. When i was on pens, i could put them away, and just be normal and pretend i didn't have T1D, but now with my Vibe and Dexcom i constantly have 2 noticeable patches on my body, and a pager sized pump always connected to me via tube. So it makes me constantly away that i am not the average person. Especially at night when i wake up and have to find my pump and carry it to the washroom, or at the gym when i have to change in the locker room and hope no one asks why i have some weird plastic electronics taped my body and a pager hanging from a tube :/ Its really been an exercise in confidence. You cannot pretend anymore, and you have to be strong and just deal with it because it is literally saving your life and making you FEEL normal while at the same time making you appear less normal.. I am 100% PRO pump, but i do not want to sugar coat things because those were the first big down sides i noticed and am still kinda dealing with a year later. [/QUOTE]
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