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06-12-2008, 09:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
Posts: 181
| | | It pays to be prepared!
Wow. I got home last night and saw i had 22 units left in my cartridge. So i thought i would change in the morning. I slept, nullified the alarm and woke up, got changed and off to work i go. I didn't even see how many units i had left @ breakfast! 
Just before lunch i check my BG's and did a small correction: 3 units left!
So i've just got my spare cartridge and vial of insulin, refilled and have 187 units 
Lesson for a new pumper: carry spares for EVERYTHING!
__________________ Alex Type 1 & proud - since March 1989. ALEX'S BLOG & WEBSITE: http://diabetes-youth.com/ Animas 2020 with NovoRapid since 22 May 2008. 
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06-13-2008, 02:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 65
| | | How did the travelling with the pump go?? Any problems at the airport, etc?? |
06-13-2008, 02:55 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
Posts: 181
| | Posted about it here: First Overseas trip with my new baby
Went really well! I set off the metal detector twice leaving SFO, i accidentally left a Unite for Diabetes pin in my jean pockets, so i got taken out for a full pat-down and wand-down. They didn't care about the pump! When i got to Sydney i struck up a convo with a Customs agent who asked why i declared "weapons". Turned out he had Type-1 as well, on NovoRapid and Lantus, and we chatted about the pump, much to the dismay of the waiting passengers! So i didn't go through customs, he just let me go!
I had a one-day trip to Melbourne yesterday, and they pulled my bag off the x-ray to ask about my pens and needles, but the lady noticed i had a 'thingy' attached (in her words!) and just gave me my bag and let me go
__________________ Alex Type 1 & proud - since March 1989. ALEX'S BLOG & WEBSITE: http://diabetes-youth.com/ Animas 2020 with NovoRapid since 22 May 2008.
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06-13-2008, 03:43 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 6,991
| | | I always carry an extra reservoir, set, and insulin with me plus a syringe for emergencies.
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06-15-2008, 05:04 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Crestline, CA.
Posts: 176
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Originally Posted by Chappo 
Lesson for a new pumper: carry spares for EVERYTHING! | A HUGE "ROGER THAT". 
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A1c: 12/07 12.3
03/08 8.3
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06-15-2008, 07:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: California
Posts: 146
| | | Ok so I am a new pumper, are you saying that in my purse I should cary an extra vial of insulin, infusion set and the inserter?
God my purse is going to explode!!! I already have so much stuff for my D it's crazy!! lol
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06-15-2008, 07:56 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 61
| | | Just last week (after 2 months of pumping), I started carrying my current vial of insulin in my D pack that goes with me everywhere. Well it wasn't a moment too soon because the next day at work I got an alarm "Insulin Delivery Stopped - Change Pod Immediately".
I was proud of myself for having the insulin with me, I activated a new pod and when I went to put it on I dropped it on the bathroom floor and the alarm started screaming at me. Of course I was at the end of my vial of insulin and had to go all the way home to get more.
So now I am super prepared with my vial of insulin and syringes.
My purse is exploding too...
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Dx Type 2 12/20/05
Dx (correctly) Type 1 5/17/06
A1c: 6.7 (3/4/08)
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06-15-2008, 08:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia
Posts: 181
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Nifr Just last week (after 2 months of pumping), I started carrying my current vial of insulin in my D pack that goes with me everywhere. Well it wasn't a moment too soon because the next day at work I got an alarm "Insulin Delivery Stopped - Change Pod Immediately".
I was proud of myself for having the insulin with me, I activated a new pod and when I went to put it on I dropped it on the bathroom floor and the alarm started screaming at me. Of course I was at the end of my vial of insulin and had to go all the way home to get more.
So now I am super prepared with my vial of insulin and syringes.
My purse is exploding too... | Oh yeah, this one got me just in time :p So i now have a spare vial, 2 syringes, NovoRapid and Lantus pens with needles and a Glucagon kit in the fridge at work. I carry a spare infusion set, cartridge, vial and pens with me wherever i go now.
__________________ Alex Type 1 & proud - since March 1989. ALEX'S BLOG & WEBSITE: http://diabetes-youth.com/ Animas 2020 with NovoRapid since 22 May 2008.
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06-15-2008, 08:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NYC
Posts: 1,307
| | | I havea whole kit I toss in my backpack every day. Besides my meter (and backup meter!) I have a plastic Rubbermaid-type food storage container with 2 extra sets, a reservoir, current vial of insulin, 2 syringes, AAA batteries (for pump and meters), IV Prep & alcohol wipes, some Band Aids, a few Tegaderm/IV3000, up to 4 vials of strips and a coin (to open the battery cap). It sounds like a lot buut the plastic case isn't that big.
I take public transportation and I'm used to carrying around a big backpack. I can't just hop in my car and drive 15 minutes home to pick up extra supplies.
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Type 1 dx 4/1987
Minimed Paradigm 722 6/2008 + CGMS
Minimed Paradigm 715 5/2005 - 6/2008
13mm Silhouettes
Lifescan UltraSmart & UltraMini
Last A1c: 6/11/08: 5.4
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