Daily Archives: September 7, 2012

Meet my new pump, Epsilon


This is my new insulin pump.  Her name is Epsilon, and I haven’t even taken her out of the box yet.  Her parts have been reincarnated refurbished from an earlier life as an insulin pump. I have no idea what that life was like or what led to her premature demise.

She’s here because my previous pump, Delta, experienced Motor Errors on the past two consecutive Sundays.  Delta, herself, is a factory-refurbished model.  She was hired as a fill-in pancreas in July, after Gamma decided she didn’t want the job anymore.

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