World Diabetes Day - Giveaway!
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 6:30AM Check out the video first than read the details below!
Awesome right? What better way to raise diabetes awareness than by sporting a sweet bacon skin on your Medtronic pump! Imagine how many people will ask, "What is that?" And that is the perfect opportunity to tell them all about diabetes!
So how did this all happen you ask?
After seeing Jessica and Sara go crazy over cupcake pump skins at Friends for Life, Medtronic hatched an idea with them to create a bacon skin. What more fun way to personalize a pump than with bacon skins? And when you think Bacon apparently my name comes up so why not let me host the give away! Right on!
Here's how it works, leave a comment that includes the phrase, "Bacon wrap my pump!" and you will be entered to win a bacon pump skin for your Medtronic pump. Comments will be closed for this post on Wednesday, November 16th at 10PM PST.
Six lucky winners will be chosen at random and announced right here on Thursday, November 17th so spread the word!
One last thing, if you don't have a Medtronic pump but still would love to get a sweet skin for another device, you can click this link to SkinIt and use the code MDTBacon for 25% off of your order! The code is good until November 30th so everyone wins!
I know this may seem silly to some but finding ways to have fun with this annoying disease makes living with it day in and day out a little easier. If that means tricking out your insulin pump with the best argument against becoming a vegan than so be it!
Good luck and be sure and let your friends know to enter to win!
Now go do The Big Blue Test again so we can be sure to reach the 8000 test goal and help so many people with diabetes in need!
Disclaimer: Medtronic is sponsoring the give away of 6 bacon pump skins for any Medtronic pumps shown on Skinit.com's website as available models for those chosen by the winners. I will receive a bacon pump skin for my pump but that is the only thing I received for hosting this give away. Ninjabetic, Medtronic, or anyone else in their right mind would never suggest anyone wrap their medical devices with actual strips of bacon regardless of how awesomely delicious it sounds.
Reader Comments (20)
If I used one, I'd definitely bacon wrap my pump!! :)
George - this was a magical VLOG post, and put a huge smile on my face. I'm all permagrin today, thanks to you!
Oh yes, totally bacon wrap MY pump! LMBO!!!!
Bacon wrap my pump!! Errr...one of my boys pumps!
What's that I smell? Is it BACON? Oh yeah, "Bacon Wrap My Pump!!!"
It will be hard to concentrate on bolusing while looking at all those yummy strips of awesomeness but I am willing to give it a go!
Benny (6) says: I want bacon!! Bacon wrap my pump!
For years my companion
that I'd love to abandon
For a life without 'betes
and low bloodsugar treaties
But until that day comes,
let me say this, my chums,
How boring, how dull,
how purple and small,
don't call me a chump,
help me bacon wrap my pump!
:) amylia
P.S. Thanks, George! This was fun! And I loves me some bacon! :)
ROTFLMAO!!! I can't wait to see someone's pump bacon wrapped! (but not mine because I have a Cozmo and I don't think the skin would work.) :-)
I can't use it - Ping person here. But - I have to say that's one of your best videos. Just watching you made me laugh. So thanks for a great laugh this evening!
Yes, I'm watching it again. :-)
I thought I left a comment earlier but I don't see it.
First of all, I had NO idea that Medtronic listened to Jess and I. We told them that BACON would be a big seller but they seemed skeptical.
Second of all, I had my friends watch your video during dinner tonight. That was their official introduction to the diabetes online community.
Third of all, bacon wrap my pump.
This Canadian lassie would like you to please bacon wrap my pump!
Then I can name my pump after the movie: Canadian Bacon
Bacon wrap my pump, please!
George: This is an outstanding video!!! Absolutely love it, my friend.
Oh, and this morning on the way to work, the radio DJ had the gall to say: "There's too much bacon-everything..."
I promptly changed the station.
Then, I remembered your post and decided that in retaliation I should "bacon-wrap my pump"... and that reminded me I hadn't left a comment... So here we are.
Go, Bacon!
really fun video. I don't think my little one would want to wrap her pump in bacon, but I wanted to say I enjoyed your vid.
I cannot think of a better way to start conversation. Please Bacon Wrap My Pump!
a Bacon Wrapped Pump! Whoo hoo!!
Everything is good with bacon on it
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