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Rejecting My Red Badges of Courage

Abdominal Scarring with Minimed PumpChicks dig scars. But not on themselves.

Or at least that’s my feeling– I’m self-conscious enough about my abdominal physique without having to add concerns about scars to the standard concerns about shape. But alas, my hi-tech diabetes tools– the insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor– wonderful as they are, are making mince-meat of my stomach. It was bad enough with just the pump, rotated every three days; now I have two insertion points, rotated every three days. And on top of the pain of the needs and inconvenience of the blood, I’m beginning to look quite polka-dotted.

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  • Looks ok to me!!!!! LOL Do diabetes chicks find bruises from injection hot????? Just a funny thought that popped into my head.

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