Animas Vibe users..Advice please

[Postleneo]

Hi kind folks just a bit of advice sought please regarding filling the Animas Vibe cartridge with insulin. I have reduced my carb intake and need to change infusion sets every 2 days opposed to 3 days. My query is that i am due to change sets tonight but still have 35 units of insulin left in my cartridge. can i just draw up additional insulin into the same cartridge (obviously completely change the cannula set) as am a bit reluctant to totally discard the insulin not used or is it always advisable to throw away any remaining insulin and fill up a new cartridge? Advice would be apprecialted.

Many thanks

 

[Deleted Account]

Unfortunately not. The insulin kind of slowly dilutes the plastic of the cartridge. This is is one of the reasons for changing the set every two to three days. I know it's a pain and you waste insulin.

 

[iHs]

Hi

you can change yr cartridge when it runs out of insulin. You don't have to change the set and the cartridge at the same time if you don't need to. I often replace the sensor on a different day to the cartridge. It's easy to do on the Vibe.

 

[mentat]

I'm stingy and I often suck the insulin from the tubing back into the cartridge, squirt the insulin into the new cartridge, and then top up with fresh insulin. There's a good 15 or 20 units in there, even when the pump says 0u.