As I keep banging on about it, beloved readers of your soaraway Shoot Up will, by now, be well aware that I was hooked up to an insulin pump earlier this week. Anyway, I’m pleased to report that I’m still alive and all seems to be going well so far. Training started up at the… Read More »
In preparation for starting on Englebert “The Pump” Pumperdinck next week, I’ve put in my last evening dose of Lantus as I move to sticking my long-acting insulin in the morning for the next week. I’m going to be connected to Englebert sometime during the morning of 2 November and so I obviously don’t want… Read More »
My pump has been at it again. Having broken our confidentiality agreement last year and attempted to sell my secrets to the highest bidder, I’ve now discovered my pump has been penning some words of advice for the new pump on the blog…. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have a new… Read More »
Today started off with a slow trudge to the bus stop through a depressing dreich dismal ditch of despond. So pretty much the usual Monday morning then. However, I arrived at the office to find an eager delivery man champing at the door with a couple of large packages. A ray on sunshine broke through… Read More »
Finally, the hour draws near where I will reach the dizzy heights of the top of Lothian Health Board’s insulin pump therapy waiting list and receive a shiny new Medtronic Veo pump. As you can perhaps imagine, I’m rather looking forward to it. However, before I get connected to my new machine and thereafter become… Read More »
Avid readers of your soaraway Shoot Up may recall that I’m currently on the world’s longest waiting list for a Medtronic Veo pump. So long, in fact, that I last wrote about it in 1879, when Shoot Up was published on parchment as a monthly news-letter periodical. Tempus, however, does indeed fugit and I’m slowly… Read More »
People who read this blog for a long time (you poor souls) may dimly recall that in September 2009 I wrote an article where I mentioned I would be getting a pump (it’s here, if you don’t remember it). You may also dimly recall that I was a bit eggy about having to wait eighteen… Read More »
Mark Mansheim – friend of your soaraway Shoot Up and frequent contributor – has written an article over on his blog about his experience of reverting back from a pump to MDI. He covers off the pros and cons of each and gives an interesting view of the benefits of pumps. Well worth a read!… Read More »