If you wear a pump, have you ever gotten sunscreen on a pump site? If so, share if it had any effect and how you handled it in the comments!

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  I can't recall how long it's been since I last drank soda ... either 'regular' soda or 'diet' soda ... but I'm thinking that it's probably 25 years or more ago.
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  I drink several diet cokes (typically a store brand) per day. Doesn't impact my blood sugars. I am sure the artificial sweeteners aren't good for you but I avoid so many foods/drinks because of the impact to my blood sugars that I figure I'm allowed one unhealthy addiction!! :-)
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  I used to drink diet soda EVERY day -- and I finally quit many years ago. Within a few months after quitting, my tastebuds finally realized it tastes like pure chemicals. Bleh. Now I can't stand the taste of any fake chemical sugars.
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  I no longer drink diet sodas thought I used to love Dr Pepper! I just grew tired of them and started to prefer to drink water when I began hiking with a local group. Now I drink tons of water every day, though not from the tap since ours tastes yucky!
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  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  I never drink any kind of soda, diet or regular. On occasion, if I am having leg or foot cramps at night I will have some diet tonic. It helps! This was recommended to me by my podiatrist.
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  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  Grew up on Tab before I had diabetes, Loved Diet RC, Switched to Diet Coke, can tolerate Diet Pepsi, after 65 years, I am doing great.,
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  49 years with T1D. I used to drink diet soda on a daily basis, now less than rarely/never. Times change.
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  49 years with T1D. I used to drink diet soda on a daily basis, now less than rarely/never. Times change.
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  I used to drink diet all the time but have been reducing the amount. I know it’s bad, formaldehyde, for me and the taste has been off. The sparkling waters have been tasting better lately.
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  I drink several diet cokes (typically a store brand) per day. Doesn't impact my blood sugars. I am sure the artificial sweeteners aren't good for you but I avoid so many foods/drinks because of the impact to my blood sugars that I figure I'm allowed one unhealthy addiction!! :-)
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  I love Diet Coke. There are so many foods I stay away from because of how it affects my BG. And it’s my only vice!
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If you wear a pump, have you ever gotten sunscreen on a pump site? If so, share if it had any effect and how you handled it in the comments!

If you wear a device, do you use adhesive wipes to help your sites stick?

Sarah Howard

Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Marketing Manager at T1D Exchange. Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.

10 Comments

brettsmith115

No memory of sunscreen on a pump site having any effect whatsoever.

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Patricia Dalrymple

Pump sites are on stomach where they work best for me. Way too old to be needing sunscreen there. 😁

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Sherolyn Newell

How would you get sunscreen on a pump site? I use Omnipod, the insertion sites are covered by the pod. Isn’t the insertion site covered by the adhesive patch on the other kind?

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rick phillips

New pump site – got no choice – yuck

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Sharon Lillibridge

And I do not use sunscreen!

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TEH

I usually wear a swim shirt or T shirt to hide my infusin sight and CGM sensor, so no.

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Mark Schweim

No effect on pump infusion site, but sunscreen DID melt the plastic housing on my Medtronics Paradigm 723 Insulin Pump itself once! Permanent fingerprints melted into plastic after handling pump after applying sunscreen!

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Sahran Holiday

Sunscreen goes on after Omnipod is already attached. Nothing on my skin while applying it.

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Sasha Wooldridge

I had no idea sunscreen could cause problems. I can’t say I’ve ever even noticed whether I put it on near or around the site, but I’m pretty sure I must have – I live in Florida. No issues I guess?

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Rhet Hulbert

Can you clarify what this question even means?

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