{"id":1127,"date":"2014-08-19T15:13:02","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2014-08-19T15:13:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T19:13:02","slug":"baby-got-back-for-24-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Baby Got Back (For 24 Hours)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to give my tummy a break and a little healing time, I tried a “flank” pump site Monday morning. \u00a0Yep, my back. \u00a0I know people wear insulin pump sites there. \u00a0Its an approved spot on those pump site diagrams. \u00a0I have attempted this before without success. \u00a0Animas (Unimedical) blue 6mm cannula and I was ready to go. \u00a0It’s a little strange to rotate around to do the insertion BUT it’s a spring loaded site inserter and I suspect that makes it a hell-of-a-mucho more manageable.<\/p>\n

*BAM*. \u00a0I was good to go and made sure to wear jeans yesterday that were far lower than the site spot. \u00a0I was aware that the site hurt. \u00a0It didn’t hurt like a tummy site that gets all crazy stabby immediately upon insertion and you just know you have to\u00a0yank it out\u00a0and then you’re either prepared for a geyser or your cursing at yourself because you have blood tie-dying your clothing AND you SHOULD\u00a0have been prepared. \u00a0Nope, the flank was not that kind of pain. \u00a0Just irritating.<\/p>\n

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Mind over matter? \u00a0I was busy all day but it hurt. \u00a0A bit stingy. \u00a0A bit itchy. \u00a0The insulin absorption from the site seemed off, but eventually worked (although\u00a0slower than usual). \u00a0I went out to dinner and sat on a bench type seat (I happened to be on a boat which was lovely) so my back was never pressed against the back of a chair and I avoided that irritation completely. \u00a0Getting ready for bed, I kept thinking it felt stingy-itchy, but I needed to stick (pun intended) it out.<\/p>\n

I woke up in the wee morning hours when I felt the Dexcom site pull off my thigh. \u00a0Seriously? I had IV3000’d the hell out of\u00a0it right before my Gilligan’s Island dinner tour and the IV tape\u00a0somehow dislodged from me in bed, got slightly stuck on the sheets and when I rolled to the side, I ripped that Dexcom site right out. \u00a0BG was in the 120s, so back to sleep.<\/p>\n

Early gym morning. \u00a0Replaced Dexcom and slathered the new one with SkinTac. \u00a0Good to go. \u00a0Pulled on my gym pants and felt something move on my back. \u00a0Well those gym pants are tough. \u00a0So incredibly tough that they *flicked* the pump site right off me. \u00a0Put a new site on my tummy and was off to the gym. \u00a0My phantom back site still hurt. \u00a0Ouch.<\/p>\n

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So what’s the deal? \u00a0Am I really the only one who can’t get these flank sites to work? \u00a0The pant flicking was unfortunate BUT that site was still hurting and I don’t think I would have made it the full day with that stabby site. \u00a0Thank you gym pants. \u00a0Well done. \u00a0All sarcasm aside (there is no such thing, so some sarcasm aside), does anyone have a flank site recommendation? \u00a0I had previously tried the 9mm and thought the 6mm would be the solution. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0Does this need to be a two man operation and I just need to get further back on my back? \u00a0Should I be going to yoga to get better contortionist moves? \u00a0Do I just have it in the wrong spot? \u00a0Anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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