So I was changing my pump site (I have a t slim x2insulin pump) and I forgot my Humalog so I got up and got it and went to go sit back down on my bed and sat on my site, and the needle went into my leg. I didn’t even feel it but I freaked out and then started laughing, I don’t know what quarantine is doing to me… please share any funny stories you have I won’t judge you, I mean I just had my site hanging from my leg.
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I can’t even count the amount of times that I’ve inserted a site without taking off the needle guard…
not really funny, but it is just another scatterbrain thing this week: My wife wanted to decon the groceries so I was just out of the shower and helped her get the bags and stuff up to the kitchen. many hours later I was on my computer and doing the new thing (zoom, webex, etc.,) when I heard my pump beep (It beeps really low when it has an alarm or is in “suspend”) and I thought to myself… “wow that things sounds like it is all the way across the room”… which it was… instead of being attached to me. totally forgot to put it back on. 10u emergency catch-up bolus and I was fine by dinner time.
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This happened years ago so isn’t “quarantine driven” but I’ll share a silly thing I did a while back - it was time to change my pump site, but genius here pulled out my CGM sensor instead! It was one of those things where you realize what you’re doing right in the middle of it, but that fraction of a second between my brain and my hand was just enough time for me to rip it out, followed by a mental OH NO:flushed:
! Thankfully I use my sensors past the 7 day limit (you didn’t hear that) which meant I had some extras, so I was able to just shake my head and laugh about my silly mistake.
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having to call dexcom to honestly explain that i forgot to peel the paper off the adhesive before injecting it into my site was a bit humbling. an OH CRA_ moment…they did send me a replacement…thanks for the laugh i really needed it right now. M
I did that too - you’ve got company:rofl:
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Guess what @Disco2 - in the words of Britney Spears - “Oops - I did it again”!
I was too embarrassed to call the last time so I used a Freestyle for a few days - I had some more to last me but figured I’d start on track that way. But thanks to your post I took a deep breath, shook my head (at myself) and called Tandem this time and they are sending a replacement.
There is a part of me that wishes the applicator worked the same as those for Tandem’s infusion sets - where you pull the tape off after insertion - but I’ll just have to remember to remember🤪…
Medtronic will replace their infusion sets for things like this as well. Haven’t done that recently but, you have to call and speak to tech support and they are pretty good about it. Every now and then I will have a rough week and go through a couple infusion sets and sensors… I remember one particularly bad day when a sensor died early and as I was putting on the new one I accidentally pulled the new one out of my arm. As I walked across the room to get o my phone the tubing for my infusion set caught on something and yanked that out too… Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed… Medtronic replaced everything…
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I went to change my infusion set one day and pulled my CGM sensor instead! Of course the realization came a fraction of a second too late…