This morning I stopped by my office building’s cafe to grab some breakfast, my standard, multigrain toast and a hard-boiled egg.\u00a0 Today I am wearing a black sleeveless dress and amazingly, (see pic from yesterday’s post), my fauna decorated Dexcom still looks perky after a shower (shocking, I figured it would dissolve). The Dex in my arm doesn’t seem to ever blend-in but the contrast today seems more significant.<\/p>\n
The woman behind me in line asked, “What’s that on your arm?”.<\/p>\n
Me: “Oh I’m diabetic and it’s a continuous glucose monitor so it shows me blood sugar trends” (pointed at Dex receiver on top of my phone on counter).<\/p>\n
Lady: “Oh my friend has diabetes but he has a…. ummm…” (pointing to her hip).<\/p>\n
Me: “Oh an insulin pump.” I grab my pump thru my dress, attached to underwear so she can see the boxy shape on my hip.<\/p>\n
Lady: (looking confused). “Oh his pump takes care of everything, he doesn’t need anything like that” (pointing to my arm).<\/p>\n
Me: “Yes, the thing in my arm gives me glucose readings.\u00a0 It helps me make decisions with the pump and alerts me if my glucose is too high or too low.\u00a0 It’s a new technology that’s been really helpful for me.”<\/p>\n
Lady: “The only problem he has with the pump is if we go to the theater and it goes off going through security, but otherwise it takes care of EVERYTHING.”<\/p>\n
I’ve decided I MUST find this theater loving man with a pump that takes care of EVERYTHING.<\/p>\n
This week has been filled with incredible BG frustration (and yes I am still taking +10% to +20% temp basal & multiple corrections per day with mild success).\u00a0 I got in the elevator and felt angry.\u00a0 In my moment of anger and frustration, I thought how much I would like to smack the man with his pump that takes care of everything.\u00a0 He has done a disservice to me and many others like me, letting this woman roam the earth thinking that his pump is a cure and its biggest frustration<\/strong> is that it sets off a metal detector sometimes, you know, at the theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning I stopped by my office building’s cafe to grab some breakfast, my standard, multigrain toast and a hard-boiled egg.\u00a0 Today I am wearing a black sleeveless dress and amazingly, (see pic from yesterday’s post), my fauna decorated Dexcom … Continue reading