I use OmniPod's insulin pump and yesterday morning I applied a new pod, business as usual. For those of you not familiar with Omnipod, its a wireless pump that requires you to attach a sticky "Pod" to your body every 3 days or so. You have to fill it with insulin, stick it on you, it inserts a little canula into you and then it acts like a normal pump. It's waterproof, great for outdoors, etc etc.
Anyway, it was a little loud in the room I was priming the pod in, so when I filled it with insulin, I didn't hear it beep twice like usual. I assumed it DID beep twice and I just didn't hear it. I shouldn't have assumed. I applied the pod at 11am, and here were my numbers for the day:
11:30am: 180 mg/dL Ate a pretty low carb lunch, minimal bolus
2:30 pm: 27 mg/dL EATING TONS OF SUGAR, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
4:30pm: 213mg/dL Okay good seems like I overcorrected but I'm about to go on a 10 mile bike ride, so I will just leave it and check when I'm done exercising. It might still be high but I'll correct then, JUST IN CASE
6pm: 25 mg/dL Had I corrected before my bike ride, I'd be passed out on a bike trail somewhere.
I've never been this low before, let alone twice in a day. I can feel them, but in this case I was dropping so fast that I was barely deeling them in time. It turns out my pump was not properly primed and it was dumping way more insulin than usual into me for a basal. I immediately removed the pod and ate like a King for about 20 minutes at my gym. Tried explaining to my girlfriend how many ways I could have died yesterday, but it didn't feel like she could quite sympathize.
Thought you all might enjoy. Shit happens, stay safe, err on the side of caution, and keep the granola bars and juice boxes close, friends.
Edit 1: formatting and spelling
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