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I imagine all people with chronic illness have a complex relationship with the medications they need to survive. From the time of my diagnosis with type 1 diabetes I’ve felt grateful that I live in a place and a time where insulin is easily available, knowing that without it I would have died.<\/p>\n

But gratefulness doesn\u2019t sum up the way I feel towards my medication. I have found that I actually have very specific feelings towards the brands and companies that make the medications and devices I use. For example, before I started on the pump I was frustrated with my Lantus<\/a> insulin. I had started taking it because my doctor thought it would help me control my nighttime blood sugar levels. I think it helped a bit, but I never found the correct dose and I always felt frustrated with myself and with Lantus.<\/p>\n

When I went on the pump, almost three months ago, my doctor asked me which insulin I wanted to use in my pump, Sanofi\u2019s Apidra (which I was already using in a pen) or Novo Nordisk\u2019s Novorapid (Novolog<\/a> insulin is marketed outside the US under the name Novorapid) .<\/p>\n

I immediately said: \u201cNovorapid<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

The decision was based on nothing but feelings I had developed towards Sanofi because of my frustration with Lantus insulin.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned that pumpers also have feelings about their pumps which usually translate into brand loyalty or frustration with the makers of their pumps.<\/p>\n

\"Novolog<\/a>All of this occurred to me when Jessica and I were walking past the pharmacy near our home just as a truck pulled up and parked. The truck said Novolog in giant letters and for some strange reason this made me happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cJess, look, it\u2019s the Novolog truck!” I said.<\/p>\n

“Novolog truck!” Jess said.\u00a0 “But where’s that cute little blue Novo Nordisk bull logo?\u00a0 Why is the Novolog truck green and white?”<\/p>\n

“Maybe there’s another Novolog,” I said.<\/p>\n

“Another Novolog?\u00a0 How dare they!”<\/p>\n

Jess was joking, but I could sense in her voice that she was feeling protective of our<\/em> Novolog.<\/p>\n

“We need a picture,” I said.<\/p>\n

Jess and I approached the truck.\u00a0 The driver stared at us.\u00a0 I felt silly and tried to explain myself to him, flashing my pump as I said, “I have type 1 diabetes.”\u00a0 He gave me a WTF look and continued to unload the truck.<\/p>\n

After the picture taking Jess and I joked about how lucky we were that it wasn\u2019t the real Novolog truck.\u00a0 <\/em>“A rapid insulin truck,” I said, “we’d never have been fast enough to take its picture.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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