Okay here is my problem. My family is going on vacation to Las Vegas next week and as always when we are there the whole family goes skydiving. This will be the first year that I go that I have an insulin pump. Before I was doing the shot thing so I did not have to worry about anything but now I worry. I do not know what to do about my pump. How tomake sure it stay protected when I jump from the aircraft at 15,000 feet?

The skydiving place offered to lock it up in a safe for me, but I don't think it will be a good idea to be disconnected from my pump for that long. My Endo said that it would be okay to go but gave no idea as to how to protect my pump. Anyone has any ideas I leave next week Tue.

-Missy-

Okay im terms of protecting I use the mimimed pump do you have that one? I use a pump harness that keeps it out of site and places where it will fall out otherwise for soccer and basketball and working my fire fighter and EMS job all are hard activities and I have yet to have on issuse with this if not that let me do some research on it and get back tonight in fact even better are you a member of tudiabetes.com? if not then please do but loads of diabetes info from other diabetics you could post a blog on it and get mant an answers I will post on today and see what is advised

yes I have a minimed pump. no i am not a member of tudiabetes.com yet I am going to check that out now. A pump harness? never heard of that before.

There are a few members on Tudiabetes that I know SkyDive.  Would you like me to ask one of them for you?

Bill at 11:55AM on Mar 31, 2010

There are a few members on Tudiabetes that I know SkyDive.  Would you like me to ask one of them for you?

do you know everyone bill? j/k 

Bill at 11:55AM on Mar 31, 2010

There are a few members on Tudiabetes that I know SkyDive.  Would you like me to ask one of them for you?

Yes Bill thank you. I really would not want to miss out on that feeling that you get jumping at 15,000 feet. But safety comes first.

-Missy-