Don't you love the feeling of throwing out your days old infusion set and putting a clean fresh one on?
To me, it's like getting in a nice warm bed with freshly washed sheets just after a shower.
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Why yes Courtney i feel the exact same way.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is an infusion set?
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Forgive my ignorance, but what is an infusion set?
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for most pump users, it's the part that sticks through your skin to deliver insulin. most infusion sets are small teflon tubes (cannula) held in place with a band-aid type sticky tape. if you have a pod pump, the tubing and cannula are covered by the pump frame and so you can't see it. The recommendation by the pump manufacturer is: you should change your infusion set every 3 days.
here's an example of an infusion set by medtronics
http://www.minimed.com/products/infusionsets/quickset.html
but there are many types including metal needles.
regarding the original post - changing the sets, no, I like a well worn, proven set to the first 2 hours of a new set any day.
I've only been pumping for a few weeks now, but after a couple days my adhesive is usually all peeling off and has lint stuck to it and stuff. It's not pretty. Maybe I'm just not gentle enough with them... I did accidently rip one out last night, which turned into a giant fiasco which lasted from 2 AM-5 AM where my bg was close to 400. Oops.
I actually really dread putting in a new site! When I first started pumping over a year ago I was cool with it. But now that I have all kinds of scar tissue and bad sites it annoys me!
There is nothing better than an new site!! there is nothing worse than needing a new site and you have forgotten to order them :( haha
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There is nothing better than an new site!! there is nothing worse than needing a new site and you have forgotten to order them :( haha
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Yeah, Tim! I'm glad someone agrees wit me! What I especially love is taking out my old site, then getting to shower completely NAKED then putting a new one in after. I say this, because it is what I just did. Yeah for new sites!
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Yeah, Tim! I'm glad someone agrees wit me! What I especially love is taking out my old site, then getting to shower completely NAKED then putting a new one in after. I say this, because it is what I just did. Yeah for new sites!
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Courtney, This is exactly what I do. I love new sites. I find that if I ahve a site in for more then two days its starts getting irritated. Not in an "Ahhhh infection!" way but in an annoying "I'd like you to go away" sort of a way.
DITTO on the SHOWER. That is the best part. Then drying off sans infusion site to worry about........oh yeah baby!!!
A new infusion set is good as long the new site feels comfortable. I always worry about getting one in a blood vessel. After going to the lake swimming, then it seems like a new site is a must since the thought of my old site seems so dirty.