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December 2nd, 2008
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After a couple of days worth of Christmas Goodies my insulin pump was ready for a new reservoir. I thought about this on the drive home and somewhere throughout all the evening rituals suchs as checking emails and opening up mail I completely forgot about my pump.


It was right before we were going to sit down for dinner and I realized that I had not refilled. I check my pump that shows -:-- and the time left. Great! I grab my bottle of insulin and all my supplies. Is it just me or does insulin turn into champagne when you are in a hurry? I swear my reservoir looked like I had it filled with soap! There were bubbles everywhere.


I waited until they settled down and primed my infusion set. After choosing a not so hairy spot on my thigh I inserted the site and was off to dinner.


I always have music playing during dinner for two reasons. First, I love music and like to always have music playing. Second and more importantly, hearing people eat grosses me out! So as we are rocking out to a particularly happening jam my son says, "What is that beeping?"


I froze for a moment to tried and listen for the beeps. I kept shushing the stereo but Steely Dan did not get the point. As the music died down I heard frantic sounding beeps coming from my ankle. I have been copying my good friend who pumps and have been wearing mine in my sock. It is actually a great place except when you need to hear the alarms ringing.


I pulled out my pump and saw an unfamiliar site. NO DELIVERY. I have never seen this warning before and totally freaked out. My BG was already high and now this? I thought maybe the spill my pump took a while back may be affecting my pump now. I checked all the tubing and the site and it all looked good. I decided just to pull the site out and try again.


I did and have had no problems ever since. In fact, I woke up this morning with a 98 so I that worked out okay. Thank goodness.



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Re: Champagne in the resrvoir! I get this frequently, especially when I get aout half way through a vial. It seems less likely when it's cold. Sometimes when I put it back in the transfer guard in to let any dissolve air 'gas off.' I've had fairly good luck putting more air into the vial than the insulin I intend to draw off, leave an air space at the top as I fill the reservoir, then expel the air back into the vial. The only problem is that when you pull the reservoir off, you apray inulin all over the place. Let mt know if you've come up with any solutions!


Sorry - a missing word or two. When I put the vial back in the fridge I sometimes leave the transfer guard on.


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