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Yesterday I went to the pharmacy to fill my monthly prescriptions \u2013 insulin, test strips, Medtronic infusion sets, cholesterol pills\u2026.<\/p>\n

It took a while to get everything since there was a line, but I got my diabetes supplies and walked out carrying a large semi-translucent blue shopping bag full of my diabetes supplies. \u00a0No matter how many times I do it, I always feel kind of uncomfortable when I walk out of the pharmacy with a large shopping bag of supplies.\u00a0 It’s not just that ‘having a chronic illness sucks<\/em>‘ feeeling.\u00a0 I also feel like everyone is staring at it.\u00a0 And apparently, I’m right about that.<\/p>\n

I crossed the street and went in to our local French pastry shop, The Patisserie, to get a cup of coffee. I said hello to the owner (a nice French woman with a heavy accent) and the young woman working behind the counter. \u00a0Within seconds the woman behind the counter jumped up, totally excited, and said,\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got one too!”<\/p>\n

\"Selling<\/a><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t sure what she was talking about until I realized she was pointing at my shopping bag. Then she reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue Medtronic insulin pump.<\/p>\n

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\"Pump<\/a><\/dt>\n
Pump Close Up<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

I took mine out and showed it to her, kind of like a secret hand shake, and asked if I could take her picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then after that moment of diabetes bonding we talked for a bit. She asked me how and when I \u201cgot\u201d my diabetes<\/a> and she told me how she was diagnosed after being in a car accident when she was 7-years- old (she is 24 now). The trauma from the accident may have triggered it.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t eat any of the things sold at The Patisserie, but I enjoy going in and looking at the beautiful cakes, breads and pastries, and I usually end up bringing something good home for the kids (the official name for these pastries in our home, thanks to Adam, is a yummy<\/em>). \u00a0\u00a0But I couldn’t imagine spending hours around all those baked goods, and not eating them.\u00a0 So I asked my new friend why, of all places, did she work at a pastry shop. \u00a0She told me she doesn\u2019t touch any of the food (except during a few lows) and that working there makes her stronger.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Running Update:<\/strong> Last week I ran 58 miles. I started speed training this week with what my coach calls a 5K test. I ran my first 5K ever, though it wasn\u2019t a race. We all ran on a track. Being my first 5K I have a new PR, 21:26<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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