20 minutes of freedom
I've been on the pump for five or six years and have never felt the freedom that I just experienced. My resevoir was already low and so was my blood sugar. As I lay in my bed eating to raise my low I figured I could take off the pump and actually take out the set from my stomach.
FREEDOM. I felt weight lifted off of me. Thinking back this may be one of the only times that I was completely detached from the pump. Usually I change my set in the morning and I have the old infusion set hanging there until the new one is securely in my body. Tonight I was completely free, nothing was attached to me. It's the small things in life... I guess even if it was for twenty minutes it still felt great.
FREEDOM. I felt weight lifted off of me. Thinking back this may be one of the only times that I was completely detached from the pump. Usually I change my set in the morning and I have the old infusion set hanging there until the new one is securely in my body. Tonight I was completely free, nothing was attached to me. It's the small things in life... I guess even if it was for twenty minutes it still felt great.
posted by Rachel Segall at
10:00 PM
4 Comments:
Hey there Mytime,
Just read your post (I've been out of town for 2 weeks), and thought you might want to consider the "untethered regimen." This is where you combine a daily shot of Lantus with the pump. We tried this for the first time with Joseph while on vacation, and it worked pretty well. We'd give him a shot in the morning, then he'd stay disconnected most of the day (swimming in a lake, etc..)-- reconnecting for food boluses and then for the overnight (with a reduced basal rate).
Check out this link for more info on it: http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
/clinic/untethered.htm
While the pump truly is a wonderful tool-- one that none of us wants to give up-- it is, at the same time, a blatant reminder that every where you go you carry a burden far greater than the pump alone.
Take care,
Sandra
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Sandra Miller, at 9:52 AM, August 23, 2005
Hey Rachel!
I am all about my pump, but there are times when I just don't want to be attached to something...I have been on a pump for five years, and take about 3 weeks a year off from my pump, using Lantus and Humalog...and when I go back on my pump, I feel refreshed...That freedom from the pump is sweet, even if it is only 20 minutes!
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Anonymous, at 11:32 PM, December 01, 2005
That is a great feeling I know often if my resevoir is low and it is almost time for bed the whole thought of changing my site just make me grown I just want to pull it out and sleep alone but I then consider the alternative and this forces me to get up and fill or change but that 20 mins of freedom is great I so can identify
By
J, at 10:47 PM, January 07, 2006
That's cool. Now that you have discovered this freedom feeling, I'll bet you'll look for additional brief respites in the future?
Having recently been without my pump for 3 days due to a weekend malfunction, I wouldn't want to be without it for long either!
Cheers,
J.B.
By
Johnboy, at 10:51 AM, October 15, 2007
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