"Ha! Made you gush," said the Insulin Pump.

I keep getting nasty gushers. Like non-stop bleeding everywhere gushers. Half the time I put in a new infusion set and blood draws up through the canula right away. So, all this in mind, of course when I woke up at 4am the first thing thought in my brain was, "Oh, I forgot to take out my old site. I should rip that out RIGHT NOW." Smartness. I really wanted to have to get up to change clothes and bedding at that hour.

That's really just a sample size. It went EVERYWHERE. Maybe I should start pulling them out while standing over a basin or something?

Diabetes Art Day 2011

It's been hectic this summer, so I don't have much this year, but I like this day... and I wanted to contribute something... so, I give you this:

and, look, you can meme that:

You can read more about Diabetes Art Day at Lee Ann's blog or the official site.

This is important: Professor Jean Claude Mbanya, president of the IDF speaks about diabetes around the globe

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July 27th, 1921 insulin was discovered by Banting & Best and their dog friends. I think about them sometimes. Sometimes I wonder what I would said if I got to somehow skip back in time a bit and have a chat with them. I know when they realized that what they had and what it meant for people with diabetes, the group decided to sell the patent for $1. This allowed the drug speedier production. I wonder, considering this good will, what they would think of some of the situations described by Professor Mbanya, president of the International Diabetes Federation, where parents are faced with the grim reality that treating their one child with diabetes could mean devastating hardship or even death for the rest of the family? I would surely feel embarassed to tell them that at this point in time there are still people who die from diabetes, because they simply don't have access to the insulin they need.