#lantus

Inspired by this post, but with the insulins I grew up on and flowers that I associate with having a chronic illness (more discussion under the cut)

I think it's more because they've been so busy, but a much more reasonable situation here today (and most of yesterday): they've just left my insulin out where I can use it as required, with some needles.

They have been keeping it all locked in this drawer with some other meds that are specifically mine. (The liquid versions of several things now.) Then handing it to me with a new needle already on and the dose already dialed in.

Having free access means not having to hit the call button and then often wait a while before I can eat, since I am on the insulin schedule which doesn't follow hospital SOP now. With as busy as things have been staying around here, that's taken almost an hour before for nursing staff to make sure they had needles and just generally get it together so that I could use the Novorapid and eat.

So that defect where the ring pops off your reservoir holder and thus you can't really hold the reservoir in the pump that Medtronic warned us all about awhile back?

Yeah, it finally happened.

But I don't have any Lantus available, and the pump was "overnighted" but you know, there's a thing happening right now that really slows deliveries down.

Anyway, the point is that I used duct tape to keep my reservoir in my pump, and so far, so good.

However, I don't recommend this for others. This was my own stupid decision and not at all best practice. ♥️

*to the tune of The Sound Of Music at 12:05am*

The Diabetic's awake, with the fear of Lantus,

The needles have stung, For a thousand yearssssss!