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[whatweneversaid]

I've been diabetic for 14 years, and on a pump for nine years.  I've accepted having diabetes - it's part of my life

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[serenebean]

Been there! I've been on my pump for...almost 12 years now? And as much as I hate injections, some days I really just want to yank my tubing out and throw it across the room. :P You're definitely not alone. :)

Definitely play around with new site spots! I've been using my butt almost exclusively for something like 7-8 years. Every once in a while, I'll put it back in my belly, and it's like, "Oh god...ewewewewew, get it oooooooff!" I have tons more skin and fat in my butt than I do in my belly, lol.

[fumblerette1]

I've definitely found it necessary to take a pump vacation for a day or two. Sometimes you just need to disconnect. And usually by the end of two days I'm so sick of shooting up that I'm welcoming my pump with open arms again.

[vainchicken]

I've only been pumping for approximately a year but I understand what you mean. I get so sick of it. I just take small breaks from it in between changing sites. A half hour to an hour of not having anything stuck in me is very freeing. I hate what it's doing to my belly too. The bruises and the pain and the tissue that's building up. But as much as I am uncomfortable with it, it's still so much better than shots.

[belladonna]

I hear that. Last winter I wound up going back on MDIs for a month because I kept getting no delivery alarms and bad sites and I felt like I just had nowhere else to put the pump. So I went back to injections and then at the end of that, no more problems with sites. Hooray!