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06-15-2007, 12:47 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 7
| | | Doesn't Dropping A Bottle Infuriate You????
I dropped 3 bottles so far. $240 down the drain. 
I could kill someone. Especially when you step on the glass for the next week.
JET |
06-15-2007, 01:53 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 5,810
| | | I have yet to ever do this. Knock on wood. I think because I pump I draw up 300 units, and don't touch the insulin bottle for another week. |
06-15-2007, 03:12 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NJ
Posts: 716
| | I was on MDI for 32 years and now the pump. I have dropped a few bottles but never broke one. Yes tha tdoes suck. I would try to do it on a softer floor if you are prone to dropping them. 
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Pump user since 10/17/06!
MM 522 pump
CGMS started 10/3/08
A1C 5/08: 6.0
A1C 10/08 5.7
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Keep on pedaling
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06-15-2007, 03:23 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | | Nope, it doesn't. I've only dropped about
3 but none broke. I normally open my Insulin
pouch on a table or counter.
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Type 1 for 46 yrs. %%%%%%%%%%
Dxd. Dec./1961 %%%%%%%%%%
MDI ~  %%%%%%%%%% ***CARLIE*** ~*~*~*~*~*~
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06-15-2007, 04:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
Posts: 4,588
| | Ummm, in one word- YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! 
__________________ I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
Well I cleaned this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done
I’ve faced myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done
Linkin Park~ "What I've Done"  |
06-15-2007, 05:55 AM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: florida
Posts: 39
| | | i broke one while drawing up in an airport bathroom on my way out of town.
blah.
good thing cvs is pretty much everywhere now.
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type 1 for 3 years or so
lantus in the AM
novalog pen with meals.
good times.  |
06-15-2007, 06:28 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,119
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Gordonm  I was on MDI for 32 years and now the pump. I have dropped a few bottles but never broke one. Yes tha tdoes suck. I would try to do it on a softer floor if you are prone to dropping them. | 
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06-15-2007, 07:05 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,682
| | I didn't think they would break!  Now something else to worry about. I have dropped vials before, but they didn't break. I will be more careful.
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I believe the children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be
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06-15-2007, 07:40 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Delaware, USA
Posts: 706
| | | I've never broken a bottle (knock on wood!), but I do remember seeing these little neoprene sleeves for insulin bottles that were supposed to cushion the bottles if they were dropped. I've definitely seen them on Ebay and I imagine that other websites would sell them too.
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Becky
T1 since 1998
Pumping since 1999
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06-15-2007, 10:17 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,412
| | (knock on wood) Never happened. |
06-15-2007, 10:40 AM
| | Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northern California
Posts: 353
| | | Butterfingers! I've never dropped a bottle, but it would seriously piss me off I dropped one, let alone 3. Insulin is just so expensive, even with insurance. |
06-15-2007, 11:19 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
Posts: 4,847
| | | I broke one a few days ago that I had only gotten 200 units out of. I really hate that.
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Brandy
My Little Princess
August 18, 1990 - May 3, 2006 
Say you'll share with
me one
love, one lifetime . . .
Lead me, save me
from my solitude . . .
Say you want me
with you ,
here beside you . . .
Anywhere you go
let me go to . . .
Christine,
that's all I ask of . . .
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06-15-2007, 07:58 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,297
| | | I had a bottle roll off the bathroom counter and break when it hit the floor. Talk about stinking. Ewwwwwwww!!
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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06-15-2007, 08:14 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Oh
Posts: 2,097
| | Never had one break by dropping it but have had a few ruined by schmuckleheads who decide "ooh! I found his insulin! I'd better do something stupid with it, otherwise it'll be safe and sound where he left it" cost me a few hundred dollars and a few minor panic attacks .
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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."
- George Eliot (1819-1880)
Here's my pet, Godzilla  Time to switch to decaf, eh?
Isaiah 32:5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal...
Better to remain silent and assumed a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
-Socrates
A wise man speaks cuz he has something to say, a fool speaks cuz he has to say something.
-Plato
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06-15-2007, 08:24 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,297
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by RLK I've never broken a bottle (knock on wood!), but I do remember seeing these little neoprene sleeves for insulin bottles that were supposed to cushion the bottles if they were dropped. I've definitely seen them on Ebay and I imagine that other websites would sell them too. | I had those sleeves back in my NPH and Reguar days. The ones I had were green and purple and had tops to them. Every inch of the bottle was completely protected.
__________________ Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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