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brightly coloured pump kitbags

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jackiebee

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Location
ellesmere port
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
hi new to here bear with me ha ha just been confirmed that starting an animas pump soon and been looking for a suitable bag to carry all the supplies around with me only trouble is i want a bright colour! if any of you know where to look i would be grateful
 
Had a look round for you funkypumpers.com make some
 
jackiebee said:
hi new to here bear with me ha ha just been confirmed that starting an animas pump soon and been looking for a suitable bag to carry all the supplies around with me only trouble is i want a bright colour! if any of you know where to look i would be grateful
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All you need is a bum bag if going out all day. There is nothing extra to carry other than a cannula and a spare cartridge. Which fit in a pocket no problem.
 
Hi

Depending on what type of person you are and what you do during the course of the day, you can get a bumbag if you go out without handbag or get a cheap pencil case to go in your handbag to hold the bg meter, teststrips, pricker, insulin pen or disposable syringe etc. .

I tend to not take out a spare cannula or cartridge unless Im going away for a couple of days. If something goes wrong with the pump (failed delivery) or the cannula starts to hurt, I just turn the pump off and use my insulin pen to deliver the bolus and basal that the pump cant and sort the pump out when I get home which is usually within 4-5hrs.

Best thing to do is wait until you get the pump and then decide what you need to buy. Most things needed for pumps can be sourced fairly cheaply from the shops.
 
Thanks for your replies on this. I don't really know what to expect until i get set up with the pump how i will be with it all and i'm sure i'll have many questions to ask when i go the hospital but again thank you.
 
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