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<blockquote data-quote="Riri" data-source="post: 390249" data-attributes="member: 32297"><p><strong>Re: Beach holiday / tanning issues / not wanting to look lik</strong></p><p></p><p>I've been to Greece 3 times with a medtrnoic pump now. Each time I have seen no deterioration in the insulin and change set normally every 3 days. I walk around with pump clipped to shorts but with t/shirt covering the actual pump and I also try and switch it over to the opposite side of the sun. I'm am not a huge sunbather but I do go to the beaches. Then I just have it lying at my side and cover with a piece of clothing or beach towel. It's true to say I don't lie out in the sun for hours on end though and prefer the sunshade over me a lot of the time. I wear a tankini and can see how bikinis and pumps wouldn't be very compatible as the brief is usually a bit shorter and wouldn't cover the cannula. I detach for swimming and the only thing I do when I get our of the sea is rinse the cannula with bottle water to get rid of the salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riri, post: 390249, member: 32297"] [b]Re: Beach holiday / tanning issues / not wanting to look lik[/b] I've been to Greece 3 times with a medtrnoic pump now. Each time I have seen no deterioration in the insulin and change set normally every 3 days. I walk around with pump clipped to shorts but with t/shirt covering the actual pump and I also try and switch it over to the opposite side of the sun. I'm am not a huge sunbather but I do go to the beaches. Then I just have it lying at my side and cover with a piece of clothing or beach towel. It's true to say I don't lie out in the sun for hours on end though and prefer the sunshade over me a lot of the time. I wear a tankini and can see how bikinis and pumps wouldn't be very compatible as the brief is usually a bit shorter and wouldn't cover the cannula. I detach for swimming and the only thing I do when I get our of the sea is rinse the cannula with bottle water to get rid of the salt. [/QUOTE]
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