On wearing a pump with a suit...

Posted by Kelly Love on November 26, 2007 at 7:35pm in Insulin Pumpers Forum

I'm growing up (apparently) and am getting ready to interview for some jobs at law firms for the summer (yep, I'm a law student...you can crack jokes if you want). I'm concerned though because the suits I've been trying on haven't exactly been accommodating for my pump.

I usually wear it with a clip on the waist of my pants, but for some reason my "suit pants" have a much higher rise than my jeans and my pump looks awful attached to the waist of my pants. It looks way bulkier than normal and my suit jacket has a funny looking bulge :( I tried sticking the brick in my bra, but I'm somewhat less endowed, so no dice....do any of you have a suggestion as to where I could somehow discretely wear this thing with a suit?

The law is such a conservative profession so I'd really really like to be able to hide it (at least for my interviews). I usually never feel self conscious about it, but I'm afraid that my interviewers will judge me based on what they think my pump is (a cell phone/beeper/etc) and I'd rather not disclose the 'beetus until I'm actually working somewhere.

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Permalink Reply by Robin on December 17, 2007 at 2:51pm: The CGMS I have by Minimed is essentially the pump but without the pump. I think it can be a pump though if made to be that way...does that make sense? In other words, you can see where the syringe would be housed if it were the pump.

I know they have an insulin pump that also has the cgms in it, so maybe they will just switch you over...its combined.

I hope I am making sense. I took something for pain as I am recovering from surgery, so if I am not making sense, please let me know. I will try and explain it better :).

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Permalink Reply by Six Until Me - Kerri Morrone on December 17, 2007 at 4:24pm: As Bernard suspected, I do have suggestions. :)

I wear my infusion set on my thigh and use the 23 inch tubing so when I wear a business suit, I snake the tubing down my leg and stash the pump, sans clip, in my trouser sock. This makes it essentially invisible. I do this almost every day.

If you are wearing your site on your abdomen or higher, you could also clip the pump to your pants, at the small of your back. It's not so comfortable to drive with it stashed there, but for an interview where you will be sitting up straight and at your posture-finest, it's again undetectable.

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