Here’s an important tip for those who wear an insulin pump:
Write down your pump settings and put them in a safe place. Literally, write them on a piece of paper or an index card and put the paper/card somewhere you’ll remember (the safe, the “pump” file, the butter compartment, your jewelry box, your safe deposit box…you get the idea).
Feel free to also put your pump settings in your phone (in your “notes,” or whatever), but also write them on a piece of paper and here’s why: when your pump malfunctions (and there’s no guarantee that it will, but there’s also no guarantee that it won’t), your phone may not be available. You may have lost it, left it behind, upgraded to a new one, or your phone, too, could malfunction (timing is everything).
Just play it safe and keep an old-fashioned, hand-written copy of your pump settings around somewhere. Who knows, taking this extra precaution may protect you from ever needing it!