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<blockquote data-quote="Sara Renshaw" data-source="post: 340154" data-attributes="member: 52726"><p>For me as a diabetic type 1 on a pump I have a few niggles... </p><p>1) what to do with pump on holiday. May sound trivial to you, but it upsets me having getting white marks from needle sticker. Removing it for swimming but then staring at it hidden under sun bed in case a random person steals it. Having to change insulin cartridge (have to fill cartridges from old fashioned vial-no prefilled available) daily as heat damages insulin, therefore take a massive hand luggage bag to carry everything. Not to mention taking insulin pens & cartridges in case pump fails! And finally where to hide pump in Summer clothes! </p><p>2) people making decisions for you because you are a diabetic....arrrrgh </p><p></p><p>Otherwise I just get on with it, when anyone pities me for having diabetes, I just reply "its manageable, I know what to do and everyone has something, I consider myself lucky that I know what I have".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara Renshaw, post: 340154, member: 52726"] For me as a diabetic type 1 on a pump I have a few niggles... 1) what to do with pump on holiday. May sound trivial to you, but it upsets me having getting white marks from needle sticker. Removing it for swimming but then staring at it hidden under sun bed in case a random person steals it. Having to change insulin cartridge (have to fill cartridges from old fashioned vial-no prefilled available) daily as heat damages insulin, therefore take a massive hand luggage bag to carry everything. Not to mention taking insulin pens & cartridges in case pump fails! And finally where to hide pump in Summer clothes! 2) people making decisions for you because you are a diabetic....arrrrgh Otherwise I just get on with it, when anyone pities me for having diabetes, I just reply "its manageable, I know what to do and everyone has something, I consider myself lucky that I know what I have". [/QUOTE]
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