sigh of reief (at least for now)
Wow…Frank, David, Audrey, Beth, Jan, you guys knew exactly what I
needed to hear!
It’d be nice, in a way, if I’d had more problems as motivation for
pumping — so far in 41 years I’ve had NO complications, which leaves my
only incentive a pretty generic "better flexibility, better control."
But so far I don’t have any sense of that actually happening (yeah,
right, like it’d happen in only three days!) so I need the "hang in
there" advice to keep me going. I’ve been delaying even TRYing another
infusion, but I know it won’t get easier without a lot of practice!
Meanwhile, does anybody have any suggestions for dealing with long
fingernails? I hate to give ‘em up…
Laurie, now feeling bolstered enough to go try an infusion — thanks,
guys!
www.authorspotlights.com/campbell
July 26th, 2004 at 5:18 pm
Laurie: Joan again…go to minimed.com and have them send you a couple of
samples of the different sets. Same with Disetronicusa.com
there are Comforts/Tenders; Softsets with softserter; rapids in 6, 8, and 10
mm needle lengths; bent needles similar to IV butterfly sets. Follow the
instructions that some with them, and meet with your Pump team……:)
July 27th, 2004 at 7:10 pm
Laurie-
Me again! I don’t know how long your nails are and if they’re natural or
artificial, but I have pretty long natural nails and find that as long as I
make sure I use my fingertips and not my nails, I don’t have too much
trouble. Some things, like disconnecting my Silhouette, took some practice,
and I found that I had to always insert from right to left to have ease of
disconnection. It’s back to the same litany I preached on my last
message–give yourself a break! You don’t need to be good at it from the
very start. Just relax and practice and find what works best for YOU and I
think you’ll be glad you did. Pumping isn’t for everybody, so if you really
don’t feel like you did the right thing after a month or two, you CAN go
back. But, if you stay with it, you’ll probably be discovering all kinds of
things that you can do much more "normally" and that in a short time you’ll
sometimes be able to practically forget that you are diabetic–and it’s a
FANTASTIC feeling!
Janet
July 28th, 2004 at 1:48 am
<< Laurie-
Me again! I don’t know how long your nails are and if they’re natural or
artificial, but I have pretty long natural nails and find that as long as I
make sure I use my fingertips and not my nails, I don’t have too much
trouble. Some things, like disconnecting my Silhouette, took some practice,
and I found that I had to always insert from right to left to have ease of
disconnection. It’s back to the same litany I preached on my last
message–give yourself a break! You don’t need to be good at it from the
very start. Just relax and practice and find what works best for YOU and I
think you’ll be glad you did. Pumping isn’t for everybody, so if you really
don’t feel like you did the right thing after a month or two, you CAN go
back. But, if you stay with it, you’ll probably be discovering all kinds of
things that you can do much more "normally" and that in a short time you’ll
sometimes be able to practically forget that you are diabetic–and it’s a
FANTASTIC feeling!
Janet
>>
AMEN TO THAT!!! Joan :))))