# Pump Break?
**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695
**Category:** Tips, Tech & Gear
**Created:** [August 10, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695 "2018-08-10T03:31:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@sahmcolorado](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sahmcolorado)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/21 "2018-08-12T19:52:08Z")
Just reading all of this makes me realize that I don’t have the energy to deal with it. Everything is difficult and stressful enough with the pump. I’m not up for doing all this figuring and managing. I guess it will be up to my husband to take this on if he wants to. I’m just so completely tired.
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### Author:  [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/22 "2018-08-12T20:36:14Z")
You definitely want to make your diabetes changes when you have the energy. I think that is a healthy part of any checklist, i.e. do I have the energy to make these changes…
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### Author:  [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/23 "2018-08-12T20:44:12Z")
> [@sahmcolorado](#):
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> I just really don’t want to deal with middle-of-the-night corrections with syringes at a campsite, climbing into a tent full of girls. 😉 So much easier to just use the remote for her pump!
I forget - are you still on the Animas?
OMG - I loved the remote. If I had to come up with the number one thing I miss on the Animas as compared to the Tandem, it would be the remote.
Take the exact situation you describe and now imagine how much more difficult it is if you are the Father. I miss the remote.
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### Author:  [@sahmcolorado](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/sahmcolorado)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/24 "2018-08-12T21:04:42Z")
Yeah, and it will be her father at times!
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### Author:  [@Scotteric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Scotteric)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/25 "2018-08-12T21:29:43Z")
You really can’t manipulate the basal on MDI the way you can with a pump, it’s more about finding a dose that is adequate but often imperfect. It’s probably much harder for children on MDI with growth hormones causing basal needs to vary so much throughout the day. As an adult with simple basal needs I can do fine on MDI or the pump, but if I had a diabetic child I would think the pump would make a lot more sense and be less complicated overall.
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### Author:  [@Jen](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Jen)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/26 "2018-08-12T22:49:23Z")
> [@Chris](#):
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> Also pen cartridges are a super easy way to carry insulin rather than vials. Plus you don’t have to inject air.
> [@Scotteric](#):
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> Fair enough, I don’t have much, if any, experience with syringes but never had a problem fitting a pen in my pocket.
I like pens, but a small syringe and a pen cartridge are way more compact. And that syringe has half-unit markings, too.
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### Author:  [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/pump-break/4695/27 "2018-08-19T04:14:44Z")
So the first thing I do is take the pen cover off and toss it. :)😀
Then you pen becomes much smaller and easier to carry.
I also carry a syringe in case of pump failure. The newer ones are very compact.
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