Meeting the others

    I was lucky because I got the chance to meet another pump carrying member of the t1 club. He noticed my pump before I ever new he had one. I was walking back to the dorms after dinner and he saw me and said "hey how long you been pumping?" I looked around for a minute because I was sure I knew all the diabetics, then he said hey you and pointed at me and I answered and we got into deep diabetic pump talk. It was great you know the feeling of meeting someone who "gets it". He is a nice guy and can count carbs as well as I can (for some reason I find that cool). Found a new D buddy and got excited have to get a pic with him next time.
We are up to 4 pump wearing type 1 diabetics on my campus and that my friends makes me a happy camper but I think we scare our school nurse in the clinic.

No more excuses....

     

           I love college life, it is so full of independence and finding yourself. The spring is a time of renewal and since the warmer weather is here I am jumping back into my outside workouts. I am lucky because we have amazing walking trails behind the athletic complex and makes it hard for me to come up with excuses on why I can't workout. I am good at excuses I mean at first it was "still too cold" and then it was "no one to jog with" and then on to "what if my blood sugars act up?" These were all valid excuses but 1 by 1 the solutions came. Too cold? not anymore nothing less then 70 degrees now. No one to join me? That's what an I Pod is for duh! and then the diabetes what ifs. For starters on our trails there are 4 emergency post with call buttons so if I am ever running for a creepy zombie it will be okay cause campus PD can get there ASAP. But what about those pesky lows you know the ones I am talking about. The I tested before started and was great what the heck happened? Well My friend Mark and I came up with a wicked sweet plan. I call him before I start my run and tell him my intended route and when I am done I call him. If he has not heard from me within an hr. (it takes me 45 Min's) then he calls to check on me and if no answer he comes down and alerts the pd to run out and check on me. Genius right? Well it works and well if you ask me. We as type 1 diabetics must plan for all things and especially in college when you are away from the comfort zone of mom and dad and friends who were always there to pick up your not so on point diabetes care. I take my kit with me as you can see in the picture above and that works for me. I use a glucose tabs necklace to help if needed as well. I am learning that I can still be independent and safe at the same time. This was one of the bigger things I worried about but after putting the plan into action I have found that this could indeed be used by other diabetics in college. We all know that with parents that still like to be "all up in my diabetes" as my other T1 friend puts it, that in the end they just want to know that we are advocating and caring for ourselves. Also another solution would be to use the Talley gear belts or pump pouches which I would be all over if I were not the broke college student. So what do you use when you go out and about for your exercise routine?