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04-26-2008, 09:05 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island
Posts: 345
| | How do I wear my pump?
Very happily! 
During the workday, I wear it on the waistband of my slacks, at weekends/days off it's clipped to the pocket of my jeans. When I am working in the garden, I put it inside the pocket to protect it. I used to hide it but now I don't bother - it is fairly inconspicuous anyway.
__________________  Anne
Diagnosis: April 9, 1968
Pump (508): September 2001
522 + Sensor: February 18, 2008
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04-27-2008, 08:26 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in the irish sea!
Posts: 371
| | | daytime if i have a pocket goes in there, or if i wear a belt it clips on the back at the small of the back so its out of the way.
night time its loose in bed with me (tried under the pillow and clipping it to clothing which just didnt work for me)
so far no issues. at least until summer comes around and i have to try and wear it with a dress!
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04-28-2008, 01:44 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia, Melbourne
Posts: 234
| | | Clipped to waistband of jean with the holster or around waist with nylon case, if I wear trackpants in my pocket which I prefer.
__________________ Diagnosed 27/09/06
Pumping with MM522 since 05/11/07
Soon to be starting CGMS  |
04-28-2008, 03:05 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mesa, Arizona
Posts: 3
| | | I wear my MM722 on my belt with the holster always on the right side. Cell phone is on belt always on the left side. At night time I use the clip to the waistband of whatever I am wearing. |
04-28-2008, 08:55 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: logan, UT
Posts: 176
| | | Omnipod so it sticks to me. (Cant feel it really) and the controller is in my laptop case. Easy.
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When I have diabetes, I just stop having diabetes and be awesome instead!
Omnipod Pump user!
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04-29-2008, 11:29 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Near Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
Posts: 8
| | | I clip it on my jeans. |
04-29-2008, 12:46 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 1,008
| | I always have to wear a belt with my jeans these days since i've been losing weight A LOT  So i clip my pump onto the belt most often on my left side but sometimes back. And it bumps into EVERYTHING and i've sacrificed 2 or 3 sets at work during the month i've been wearing my pump at work  I sometimes wear my pump clipped onto my bra or if my sweater at work has somewhere to hold a pump i put it there, but i feel most comfortable having it clipped on the belt at my hip... Just wish every sticking out part or sharp edges at work could leave my tubing! And my pump has also gotten its fair share of bumps into things lately, so i'm looking into getting some kind of protective holster/bag for it that can be on a belt and can handle rough handling... As for night... it's just floating around freely in bed... i'm twisting and turning quite a bit at night so it's the most convenient for me...
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen |
04-29-2008, 11:39 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Columbus, GA
Posts: 11
| | | I clip to my belt during the day.
At night I usually just let it roam free in bed. Never had any problems this way. (i use the Silhouette infusion set w/ 43" tubing).
Cheers
-BEdmonson85 |
05-01-2008, 02:46 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: North Carolina
Posts: 187
| | | With my Minimed 722, I used to use the clips and clip it to a pocket, or waistband. Since the clips won't stop breaking, I've given up and just slip the pump into a pocket. Going to go find a cheap cell phone case to put it in here shortly.
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Type I (diagnosed 1991)
Minimed 722
"The departure of our boys to foreign parts with the ever-present possibility that they might never return, taught the real value of photography to every father and mother. To many a mother the photograph of her boy in his country's uniform was the one never-failing consolation." -Louis Fabian Bachrach
It’s much easier for governments to create the appearance of security, than the reality of security.
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05-01-2008, 03:04 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 2
| | | I wear mine on my waist band, but I turn to the inside so it is more concealed.
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dina
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05-01-2008, 03:32 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 590
| | | Man, never thought about it. Guess that is another good reason to be a type 2. Hope you find a good way
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Janlaton
type 2 40 years
Avandia, Glipzide & Metformin
Grandmother to 4 wonderful children
I have diabetes, It does not have me!
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05-01-2008, 06:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canada
Posts: 83
| | | For the summer I am going to try to design something to hold my pump for dresses that flow down without a waistband. I am thinking of making a light weight fabric bag with velcro that I can hook over the back bra strap so that it can hang just behind my arm.
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34 Years In
Pumping for 20
Minimed - Paradigm 722
A1C Previously - 8.5
Mar 2008 - 7.6
July 2008 - 7.4 - goin in the right direction
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05-04-2008, 11:32 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tacoma, WA
Posts: 47
| | Always in my left pocket which makes pocket-less pants and dresses a problem. I don't get the bra thing, think I am too petite because I've tried and it just looks odd. I've got a cloth case I'll safety pin to the insides of skirts on occasion and this is where I'll notice just how heavy the thing is. I remember somebody giving a suggestion way back when to use a body wrap camisole type of a thing, I have yet to try it but it seems like a good idea.
When I'm sleeping, it's a free floater and only occasionally wake up with the tubing wrapped around me, laying on top of it or on those rare days, both 
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dx 1984
H-tron+ 2001-2007
Currently on the Cozmo
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05-04-2008, 12:03 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,583
| | | I don't use a pump but am reading these great suggestions...I may need to buy some bigger "girls" to place it in my bra...if I decide to go the pump route!
I hate anything on my waistband...feel like my waist is large enough anyway...sounds like men have no problems clipping stuff to their waists...small of my back would work. |
05-08-2008, 09:14 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: ATL
Posts: 3
| | | For the 1st year I struggled with trying to use the clip. Finally I just put it in the pocket of my pants. What a liberation.
You ladies are lucky that you have the built-in places to conceal it.
D.
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Paradigm 522
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