I started a blog post a few nights ago about evaluating pump sites.\u00a0 As I wrote it, some interesting things occurred with the numbers and like I am prone to do, I was off on a tangent.<\/p>\n
I always liked math.\u00a0 I loved algebra and geometry.\u00a0 When I was a little girl I would actually dream about math problems and shapes.\u00a0 Later, I took my appreciation of math and interest in art as a sign to go to architecture school.\u00a0 Looking back, it was ridiculous that in my extremely sheltered world, I was supposed to be picking such a specific field of study and life path, at 16 years old, however at 12 years old, I knew I wanted to create.<\/p>\n
As long as I can remember, my favorite number has been 12.\u00a0 I recall a teacher saying that a favorite number should be a single digit.\u00a0 What did she know, right?\u00a0 On sports teams, I always tried to get “12” on my jersey.\u00a0 In architecture school I always tried to group design elements in derivatives of 12.\u00a0 When I write any list, I will keep adding things until I get to 12.\u00a0 My first and last name are both 6 letters.\u00a0 My career started with a company that was also a 6 and 6 name.\u00a0 Yep, 12.\u00a0 My current business is two 6 and 6 names.\u00a0 Again, 12.\u00a0 Most of the time I act like I’m 12.\u00a0 Twelve.\u00a0 What can I say, I just love it.<\/p>\n
So in my post about pump sites, I started doing the math.\u00a0 I took shots for 21 years (12 backwards).\u00a0 I have been on a pump for 12 years.\u00a0 I have had a Dexcom CGM for 12 months.\u00a0 With my warranty expiring on both my Animas PING pump and my Dexcom 7+ in the next few days, I have been filling out paperwork to get new versions of both.\u00a0 “12” keeps popping up all over the place.\u00a0 I had to ditch the pump site topic.\u00a0 Twelve was calling to me.<\/p>\n
In grade school we did the project envisioning where you will be in the year 2000.\u00a0 I used to change that topic to the year 2012.\u00a0 Flying cars and my Jetsons-esque lifestyle haven’t quite happened.\u00a0 Diabetes hasn’t been cured.\u00a0 I don’t have kids.\u00a0 But, I’m still here to celebrate 12.12.12.\u00a0 That counts, I AM HERE for 12.12.12.<\/p>\n
Happy 12.12.12 to all of you.\u00a0 I hope you get a chance to make it special.<\/p>\n
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I started a blog post a few nights ago about evaluating pump sites.\u00a0 As I wrote it, some interesting things occurred with the numbers and like I am prone to do, I was off on a tangent. I always liked … Continue reading