Saturday, October 20, 2007

Diabetes365 day 13 October 20, 2007 - No Delivery

To control my type 1 diabetes, I use an insulin pump instead of taking injections.

Before each meal I use the pump to take additional insulin to cover the carbohydrates that are in the meal. The rest of the day (the whole 24 hours), the insulin pump delivers a small background dose (basal) of insulin.

And that's what normally happens for me. But this morning I was woken abruptly at 2:50 AM by a loud beeping and buzzing.

Diabetes365 Day 13 Oct. 20th 2007 - No Delivery

My insulin pump was displaying the error message No Delivery, which meant that it wasn't delivering insulin to me.

So I:
  1. Get out of bed to capture this photo.
  2. Get rid of the error message on the pump.
  3. Take additional insulin to cover my blood glucose level (around 220 mg/dL).
  4. Drink lots of water.
30 minutes later I'm back in bed asleep. Unlike my diabetes, which never sleeps.

There's no cure for diabetes. Yet.

We'd love it if you'd take part in the diabetes365 photo project.

See my diabetes365 photos here.

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