When I converted over to an insulin pump roughly four years ago, little did I know that syringes would never go away. I have written here before some of the reasons I miss my syringes and my insulin pen. With injections there’s no unknown. You fill the syringe, you grab some skin and inject. When [...]
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Diabetes Humor
After looking at the instructions for my Medtronic MiniMed infusion sets, I came across some things that I found quite amusing. I hope you do too.
Warnings
"Remove the needle guard before inserting the infusion set." – Um, really? Maybe that’s why I…. never mind.
"The soft cannula must always be completely inserted to receive the [...]
Infusion Set Mystery Disk
For those readers that are newer to Blogging Diabetes, I will say that I’ve been on an insulin pump for about 4 years now. The entire time I have been using a Medtronic MiniMed 715 pump. In each infusion set package from Medtronic, there is a small round disk that clips on to the infusion [...]
Insulin Pumps – 7 Reasons Not to Get One
In the past I have written about insulin pump advantages and disadvantages. I have been on a Medtronic insulin pump for about 4 years now and wouldn’t go back to shots without some serious money being involved. All joking aside, I mind-mapped this post while enjoying some fun and sun on vacation. There are definitely [...]
Medtronic MiniMed Paradigm Quick-Set (Infusion Sets) Recall
I know I’m a little behind the news flash on this one, but I want to make sure that all my readers know about this recall. Medtronic announced a voluntary product recall for all of the Paradigm Quick Set (mostly in U.S.) infusion sets that have a reference number of MMT-396 to MMT-399 along with [...]
Why You Must Code Test Strips to Meter [LifeScan]
In my last post, I discussed the need to code a blood glucose meter to the vial of test strips to ensure accuracy. My question was, why did this need to be done? Below is my e-mail to LifeScan asking this question with their response below my request.
“… My last post was in regards to [...]
8 Tips For A Better A1c
This is a guest post submitted by Lorraine who is doing an excellent job managing her son’s (Caleb) type 1 diabetes. I met Lorraine through twitter, which is an excellent medium to talk real-life diabetes. From our first few conversations, I knew that she was doing a lot of things right for Caleb and keeping [...]
What Did I Do? [Vlog Answer]
“Winner, winner, chicken dinner”. I hope you all had a nice long and relaxing holiday weekend! As promised, here is my vlog that answers the question, “What did I do for the first time after 4 years on an insulin pump”?
Thank you all for contributing and to the winner of the Amazon gift card (watch [...]
What Did I Do? [Question]
As we approach a nice long weekend here in the States, I wanted to pose a question to the Blogging Diabetes readers. I’ve been on an insulin pump for almost 4 years now. Just the other day, I had something happen for the first time ever on the pump.
What happened?
Who knows, I might just [...]
The Dangers of Insulin
About 10 years ago I started my diabetic journey taking pills to control my blood sugar. Taking those pills only lasted a few months before my doctor determined that I was not producing enough insulin in my pancreas. I then switched to injections and went on insulin. My doctor, who was simply a primary care [...]
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