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Nicknames for pumps

CarysMia2711

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi. I'm getting a Pump in a week and I wanted to give it a nick name but I'm not sure what to name it. What do you call your and how did you come up with it?
 
For years before I got my pump, I KNEW the name I would call it - it's the name of the ward sister who was just so, so amazing when I was diagnosed aged 11. THAT was going to be the name.

But actually, I just call it my pump.
My Libre reader is called 'my bipper'.
And my sensor is a 'Smartie'.

Mr S calls my pump and its accoutrements as 'your disability aid' but ONLY in jest, and only because that's what the insurance company categorised it as when he rang them to get it covered!

The kit and caboodle I carry round with me is what we call my 'life support system'.

All sorts of names for all sorts of things. On a bad day though, most of them have the same name - one syllable, starting with the sixth letter of the alphabet.

 
CarysMia2711 said:
Hi. I'm getting a Pump in a week and I wanted to give it a nick name but I'm not sure what to name it.
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Your nickname for the pump will depend on how well you get on with it...........lol

Seriously though I'm sure you'll be fine and it will be the best thing that's happen to you for a while, I've not got a nickname for mine as I'm not imaginative enough.

Hope all goes well
 
on a good day -- I don't have a nickname

on a bad day like yesterday ------------------ any four letter word starting with f ,s , or t did nicely.

( cannula ripped off an hour after a change !! )
 
CarysMia2711 said:
Hi. I'm getting a Pump in a week and I wanted to give it a nick name but I'm not sure what to name it. What do you call your and how did you come up with it?
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All my pumps have had names

I choose a theme and stick to it fot consecutive pumps. So you can eithe choose something related to the pump, or randomly choose a topic you like eg a favourite book or film, etc etc, and then name them from that.
 
My pump is called 'Tam', short for tamagotchi. It got it's name when it was switched on at my first pump session and then left in it's box for a week as we weren't connecting up until the next session a week later. My husband works from home and after a few days complained that all he could hear were beeps and buzzes from the box and that it sounded like a '******* tamagotchi'. The name stuck!
 
My first pump was named Chandler, after Chandler from "F.R.I.E.N.D.S." and my Enlite sensor was called Roger, from "American Dad".
Now that I got a new pump and sensor, it's Louise (from the show "Bob's Burgers") and Rick (from "Rick and Morty"). I love choosing names based on my favorite tv show characters!
 
My pump is called Pumpy McPumpface, or Pumpy for short. My dexcom is called Dex. My lancing device is called Stabby Stick.
 
I call my pump "Pancreas on my belt" or when I have just ripped my cannula out just after a set change "B@@@@@D" in an extremely loud voice!!! or on most days I don't call it anything its just "There" sat there, watching me, Always!!! a bit like my dogs LOL
 
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