I am hypo right nowI was hypo when I woke up and I'm hypo right now. I have taken lucozade and I hope to be able to talk normally in about 15 minutes. I hate being hypo!
It's why I am alive.Good morning.I am 20 years old, in college and loving my life. Training to be a lifeguard. Doing 40 lengths each lunch time. Easy to forget my life depends on my insulin pump. But it does. I need to test my blood glucose about 12 times a day and...See More »
I am on an insulin pump.I have been diabetic since I was little. I was just hypo. Means my blood glucose is too low. I have a scanner which measures the glucose in the cells in my arm. It was so low it was off the scale and my blood test read 2.0. Supposed to be between 5...See More »
I am Hypo. My Blood Glucose is Low.I am on an insulin pump. I just tested my blood glucose. It was 2.0. You're supposed to be about 5 or 6.
Being on an insulin pumpI have a pump that puts insulin into my body every three minutes. It clips onto the side of my bra and a line goes to a cannula in my tummy. When I have food I calculate the carbs and do a blood test and my handset calculates the insulin I need and...See More »
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI have no idea if there are others who are kept alive on an insulin pump. It's great to be alive but I have to check my blood glucose level constantly. And calculate all the carbs I eat. And often I go hypo which aint nice. And sometimes I get fed...See More »
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpWhen I was little I had four injections a day. I did them myself once I started school. When I was 13 I had my first insulin pump. It gives me tiny bits of insulin every three minutes. And when I eat I test my blood glucose and tell my pump how many...See More »
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI just woke up hypo. I tested my blood glucose. It was 3 point something. I just had lucozade. For some reason I wake up if I am hypo.
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin Pump I have been diabetic since I was little. I am 18 now and I had an insulin pump six years ago. The pump is in a pouch which clips onto my bra. And delivers insulin every three minutes. Through a cannula in my stomach.
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI love my pump but it can be annoying. Like today I was swimming. And when I got out to get changed my cannula wasn't there! It had come off. I tried to put a new one in but I couldn't. So I had to go home without my pump connected.
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI have an insulin pump. My cannula came off in the pool today. I had to drive home before I could get online again. It was frightening. I tried to put a new cannula in at the pool but it failed twice. It was scary.
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI want to be free of this. But only when I die will it be switched off. I have to be balanced 24/7. It is so hard. I need someone who understands to be my friend.
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI am wear insulin pump. It is nuisance. I hate it. But without I die. What boy like me? Know that?
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI wear an insulin pump. It sits in a pouch called a bra pouch because you put it in a pouch and clip it to your bra. It pumps a tiny amount of insulin into your body through a cannula every three minutes just like a real pancreas. And when you eat...See More »
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI was talking to my nephew tonight. Sometimes I get so upset about needing an insulin pump. And calculating the carbs I am going to eat and typing into my handset while my food gets cold. And I feel I just want to die. And then I think that less than...See More »
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpIt keeps me almost normal. Normal? It's like I am Borg. I got nanoprobes?
I Am a Diabetic On An Insulin PumpI have been a diabetic since I was a kid. I so nearly died! Now I have an insulin pump. It's almost as good as the real thing! Well not quite. I have to work hard to make it so. Like on the ball 24/7. No day off at Christmas!