Wearing an insulin pump certainly comes with its fair share
of issues. They aren’t enough to make me think of every NOT wearing one, but
there are issues. Something that you nearly always hear from women insulin
pumpers is how annoying it is to wear a dress AND an insulin pump. In fact, I
can’t even count the number of times this has come up in conversations that I’ve
had with other women with diabetes.
There have been so many blog post written about it. More
than I could even tag here. Where to wear your insulin pump when you’re in a
dress…. Oh my. I’ve shared with so many women and had them share their stories
and tips with me and I LOVE it. Almost as much as I love dresses. But in truth,
I’m the world’s WORST for buying dresses and not wearing them.
I love dresses. I love pretty things. I love to wear them.
But I hate to wear them at the same time. Because in wearing a dress, my
insulin pump (and in turn, my cgms) become inaccessible. Or at least way more
difficult to be accessible. So, I don’t wear dresses that often. I buy them.
And don’t wear them.
But I recently discovered something. Target has dresses with
pockets. Really! Pockets! Pockets in a dress make an insulin pump the easiest
thing EVER. Just a seam ripper to take a couple of stitches out, and I can
thread my pump tubing through the pocket. And I have easy access to my pump AND I
can wear a dress.
So far, I’ve purchased 3 dresses with pockets. And in the
past two weeks, I’ve worn more dresses on more days than I’ve probably worn in
6 months. I love it. I want more of them. In fact, I want them ALL. Dresses
with pockets make me more fashion happy than I’ve been in a long time. I know
that with some minor alterations, any dress could have pockets added. But I’m
too lazy to make the alterations myself and too cheap to pay someone to make
the alterations.
Really, I can’t be the only woman who likes a dress with
pockets. For any reason, not just insulin pumps. Pockets in general are just
nice. Why don’t more dresses have them? What about you other ladies out there?
Have you found dresses with pockets? Where???? I need a few (dozen) more.
