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<blockquote data-quote="Jen&amp;Khaleb" data-source="post: 178757" data-attributes="member: 13077"><p>I've just had a recent time away at Camp Diabetes. Pumping is taking over injections here and many are going straight onto pumps from diagnosis. This has meant that many people now have no idea how to manage diabetes when the pump fails or have a pump free day. It might be worth talking to your educator about the ability to have pump free days and then if swimming is once a week you can just take it off and have a needles day. The parents that were asking the questions were having trouble pumping when they went to theme parks. They had to keep coming back to the locker every hour or so and hooking up the pump and bolusing. Apparently pumps don't handle the G force of rides. I'm sure the first few times you tried this it may seem a bit of a hassle but once mastered it would make diabetes much less intrusive and even more flexible. I can imagine there are many occassions in life that might call for taking off the pump for an extended period of time.</p><p></p><p>There were some teenagers at the camp that swapped between the pump and needles all the time! They used whatever suited their lifestyle at the time and still maintained really good control.</p><p></p><p>I know it would be great if she could keep the pump site, do swimming and all the girls just forget it is even there but that isn't generally how it goes down at school. Kids can be cruel. I remember my son coming home from school in tears because he had a large wart on his knee. The kids called it 'The Mother Ship' as it had a few smaller warts around it. I took him straight to the doctor and had them frozen off. My older son has also had some comments about Khaleb having Down syndrome. One 'friend' used the word retard in my home and has not been seen since.</p><p></p><p>I hope her swimming is going well. You never know when you might need to save yourself. I live in a town that was recently hit by flash flooding and a young boy (11) who couldn't swim was killed along with his mother when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by water. There were many other lives lost as well as property destruction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jen&Khaleb, post: 178757, member: 13077"] I've just had a recent time away at Camp Diabetes. Pumping is taking over injections here and many are going straight onto pumps from diagnosis. This has meant that many people now have no idea how to manage diabetes when the pump fails or have a pump free day. It might be worth talking to your educator about the ability to have pump free days and then if swimming is once a week you can just take it off and have a needles day. The parents that were asking the questions were having trouble pumping when they went to theme parks. They had to keep coming back to the locker every hour or so and hooking up the pump and bolusing. Apparently pumps don't handle the G force of rides. I'm sure the first few times you tried this it may seem a bit of a hassle but once mastered it would make diabetes much less intrusive and even more flexible. I can imagine there are many occassions in life that might call for taking off the pump for an extended period of time. There were some teenagers at the camp that swapped between the pump and needles all the time! They used whatever suited their lifestyle at the time and still maintained really good control. I know it would be great if she could keep the pump site, do swimming and all the girls just forget it is even there but that isn't generally how it goes down at school. Kids can be cruel. I remember my son coming home from school in tears because he had a large wart on his knee. The kids called it 'The Mother Ship' as it had a few smaller warts around it. I took him straight to the doctor and had them frozen off. My older son has also had some comments about Khaleb having Down syndrome. One 'friend' used the word retard in my home and has not been seen since. I hope her swimming is going well. You never know when you might need to save yourself. I live in a town that was recently hit by flash flooding and a young boy (11) who couldn't swim was killed along with his mother when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by water. There were many other lives lost as well as property destruction. [/QUOTE]
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