Monday, May 28, 2007

Living with Pump

It's been 3 weeks since the first time I put on my pump. Other than hating the hanging tube, it's been fine. I have been keeping it on my tummy though since I am too thin to put it on other parts. My weight has been quite stable at 100 lbs now pheww...I was afraid to look like a walking skull. Anyway, my gastropharesis (slow digestion) problem has been on and on; I eat almost everything liquid now or at least semi liquid. Two days ago was quite scary; I thought I was really about to die. Here's the story. It was about 9:30 pm and I got little bit hypo. It was 75 mg/dL but for some reason I felt really hungry. So I ate my crackers and finally decide to eat chocolate bread for just one bite. I think the last time I ate chocolate bread was 12 years ago. It was so good that I forgot to chew it real well. Then about half an hour later I started feeling not good. I started screaming again but stopped when all the lights and sounds have been turned off. I was ok for a while but then suddenly it was so hard to breathe and I had abdominal pain too. O my God, it was terrible. But then I threw up some clear liquid and I got better. Then a little bit later it came back again. This time it was REALLY hard to breathe; I thought it was my time! But thank God...thank God I threw up the bread (Yes, the only 1 bite I got). Apparently it got stuck on its way down. Gosh...gotta keep breathing...gotta keep breathing!

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