{"id":7021,"date":"2010-04-23T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T14:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:46:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:46:38","slug":"rejecting-my-red-badges-of-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021","title":{"rendered":"Rejecting My Red Badges of Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/minilink_body.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7026 lazyload\" style=\"margin-right: 15px;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/minilink_body.jpg\" alt=\"Abdominal Scarring with Minimed Pump\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/minilink_body.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/minilink_body-100x90.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chicks dig scars. But not on themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Or at least that&#8217;s my feeling&#8211; I&#8217;m self-conscious enough about my abdominal physique without having to add concerns about scars to the standard concerns about shape. But alas, my hi-tech diabetes tools&#8211; the insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor&#8211; wonderful as they are, are making mince-meat of my stomach. It was bad enough with just the pump, rotated every three days; now I have two insertion points, rotated every three days. And on top of the pain of the needs and inconvenience of the blood, I&#8217;m beginning to look quite polka-dotted.<\/p>\n<p>Will these tiny little holes leave scars? I&#8217;m not sure yet. In the past, the pump insertion sites seemed mostly to fade with time, but the CGM is a smaller gauge needle (that is, has a larger diameter). And, it increases the number of insertions required two-fold, which probably has a greater than two-fold effect on the chance of scarring, as I imagine I am more likely to re-injure and thereby cause scarring in a spot that might otherwise heal.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s a girl to do? No, really; that&#8217;s a question. What do you do to reduce the likelihood and appearance of scar tissue? A friend of mine recommended <a href=\"http:\/\/mederma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mederma<\/a>; she had used it in the past and found it effective. It is relatively <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mederma-Skin-Scars-Topical-Bonus\/dp\/B000TT03JK\/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&amp;s=beauty&amp;qid=1271553134&amp;sr=8-10\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">well-reviewed on Amazon<\/a>, too, so I bought some (using the free shipping option, so I am still waiting to receive it).<\/p>\n<p>Any other recommendations out there? Does the pump or CGM actually cause scarring over time in your experience? When diabetes is cured (yes, <em>when<\/em>), will I be able to rid myself of the evidence of all these fabulous medical devices? Or should I just go ahead and buy a polka-dotted bikini and pretend it&#8217;s a one-piece?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":53098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mederma for Diabetes Scars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"my hi-tech diabetes tools-- the insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor-- wonderful as they are\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karmel Allison\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021\",\"name\":\"Mederma for Diabetes Scars\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-23T14:45:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-27T20:46:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f5fcddf5f602b824791c194a1ab8d4d3\"},\"description\":\"my hi-tech diabetes tools-- the insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor-- wonderful as they are\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/ASL-Social-Big-Square-3.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=7021#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rejecting My Red Badges of Courage\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/\",\"name\":\"ASweetLife\",\"description\":\"The Diabetes Magazine\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/f5fcddf5f602b824791c194a1ab8d4d3\",\"name\":\"Karmel Allison\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64faa2c004e005a70478b823e766a419?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64faa2c004e005a70478b823e766a419?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Karmel Allison\"},\"description\":\"Karmel was born in Southern California, diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of nine, and educated at UC Berkeley. 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