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Now that winter is closing in again (well, it has in Scotland anyway) I’ve resorted to wearing a jumper with my normal working uniform of shirt and jeans. I wear my pump on my belt and now have the sartorial dilemma of whether to a) put jumper over pump which leaves a huge, misshapen lump; b) hook jumper over top of pump, leaving me looking slimline but exposing pump to the world. What, dearest readers, do you do in such situations?
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I pull my jumper over my pump and sod anyone who thinks it looks odd.
Or I wear said pump in my bra. Not an option for all, but I’m sure you can give it a go, @Tim. -
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Sounds like a good job for a Breast pocket, or the knee pockets you get in combat trousers.
Issue with standard trouser pockets is that things fall out participially larger heavier items.
Guess its something I will have to think about over the next few weeks, if/when I get a pump…. (I have an appointment about the possibility of a pump week after next)
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Big pants with built in pocket?
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You could leave your shirt untucked so it covers your waistband then people would be so busy thinking did @tim get dressed in a rush/in the dark they wouldn’t notice the pump up your jumper.
I sometimes put my pump clipped to my waistband but inside my waistband against my stomach. Only possible if your trousers/skirt aren’t too tight, you still get an oblong lump just no one can see what it is.
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We could do with inflatable pumps which de-flate when we don’t look at them – bit like the wheels on buses – TGF!! Long week!
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Tim your missing a plug here for Katie and Stripykat! Surely you need to display your pump and cover to everyone for a price of course!
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@mustard – Plug http://www.stripyat.com (also follow on twitter here: https://twitter.com/stripykat/ and Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/stripykat) on Shoot Up? I would never sink so low!
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Rock climbing harness over the work trousers and put the pump in the chalk bag or on a carabiner? Nobody will bat an eye.
When I am pocketless or lacking a waistband (as one is when wearing a dress) I like the leg holster … which works well until it falls down as you are making a very public entrance somewhere. Maybe need to combine it with a garter belt? Ladies’ lingerie as a diabetic fashion statement … good for women, excellent for men. Again, no eyes batted for sure. -
I’ve told you before @Tim, wearing a bra will sort all your diabetes storage issues, I don’t see why you’re so reluctant to take this simple solution
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I hang mine from a soft stretchy pouch with a hook on from… um… forgotten. One of those pump people. Begins with an A. I think. It’s their new design and has worked quite well. It doesn’t show up at all, you can’t feel it and doesn’t impinge/press on delicate breast tissue – which can cause cancer, apparently. Good for under dresses and jumpers and everything. So yes, Tim, get a bra. Just do it. You’ll be glad in the end.
I cannot BEAR having the darned thing on my waistband. I’m not at all plump, but I find it digs in and stops me moving easily, and bending. And it looks ridiculous covered by any top at all.
Sometimes I put it in a pocket. That’s quite successful.
I have just got funding for a year of CGM, by the way. So now I’ll have to find places to put the darned sensor…
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