Alright so I have an update!!
A couple weeks ago... well more than that.. I can't remember when exactly - I did a Animas 2020 saline pump trial. I LOVED it. I love Animas and I love its pump. I wore the pump for 1 week and while still on injections.. I enjoyed having the pump to try on, to wear like I was wearing one myself ... It was kinda dd though because I wasn't benifiting from the pumps functions with insulin involved.
Weird because it didn't come with a clip... so I had to stick it into pockets, AND I had to buy a cellphone case to stick it in....good thing with this was that it FITS in a cellphone case - which means its small enough to hide in a pocket and pretend like you don't have one on.
The pump I wore was silver and I didn't mind having it attached to me - although I would definitely have to get used to that. It was odd having to get dressed while having a tube attached to my side.. peeing and other things too.
When I get my pump - it will come with a clip -THANK GOD so I will be able to clip it to my pants, to my skirts and to my underwear as I need to.
So after the trial... I decided that I 100% wanted an Animas pump and wasn't taking no for an answer.. so I called them and got the paperwork started.
I sent the papers to them, they contacted Empire Life and got them to send me a quote for MY insurance.. What we needed to do now was to get me on Martin's HR plan and added to his Alberta Blue Cross (ABC) plan.
So we sent the paperwork to the HR dept. and waiting for them to get back to us with follow-up....it seems like all of this went smoothly but ALAS it never does.. ABC fucked around and took control of everything and made us feel like small fish in a sea of others.
Finally today we got a call back from HR that I was added - PHEW. Tomorrow I will have a conference call with Animas and ABC and they will ship me my BRAND NEW Animas Ping! in GREEN!
Side note - ANIMAS PING CAME OUT IN CANADA 4 weeks ago! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
SO excited.... it will make this SO much easier.
Anyway.. will come back and update soon!
Andree
2 comments:
The ANIMAS ping is so awesome. You are well on your way to a little diabetic relief. I like how you mention that it will take some getting use to when you pee. I am still not use to that! Just don't let it drop in the toilet! But, hey, it is waterproof. :)
Wow, that's cool! I am looking into getting an Animas. I currently have the cozmore but it is being discontinued so I have to change soon. It can be a little weird having to deal with it when you are going to the bathroom but I usually clip my pump on my shirt collar or just disconnect and put it on the counter if it is in the way. Thanks for sharing this, it has helped me to have good information about the Animas pump.
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