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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1885597" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Bi [USER=129246]@Type1Bri[/USER], Thank you for your thoughtful review. Whilst I do not use a Dexcom at present (too expensive) I know how annoying the adhesion problems are with the needle inserts of my Animas pump (same white tape).</p><p>Living in Adelaide, Australia where summer temperatures max out at 40 degrees C some days, there is a constant need to check the needle insert site. I have ended up buying some of the same tape (or very similar) - Flixomull-stretch - made in Hamburg and using a large 5 cm by 15 cm 'patch over the needle insert to reduce the chance of detachment. Also tried use of Friar's balsam (an iodine based product) which drys on the skin and leaves a tacky residue - but for me this produced a rash.</p><p>My other thought, as yet untried, is to approach the organisations which support those with stomas - usually these persons attach a bag to the opening of the bowel on their abdomen (stoma) and use special adhesive pastes etc to hold these bags on.</p><p>Just some thoughts - I hope others reply with other suggestions.</p><p>Please keep up the great work !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 1885597, member: 468714"] Bi [USER=129246]@Type1Bri[/USER], Thank you for your thoughtful review. Whilst I do not use a Dexcom at present (too expensive) I know how annoying the adhesion problems are with the needle inserts of my Animas pump (same white tape). Living in Adelaide, Australia where summer temperatures max out at 40 degrees C some days, there is a constant need to check the needle insert site. I have ended up buying some of the same tape (or very similar) - Flixomull-stretch - made in Hamburg and using a large 5 cm by 15 cm 'patch over the needle insert to reduce the chance of detachment. Also tried use of Friar's balsam (an iodine based product) which drys on the skin and leaves a tacky residue - but for me this produced a rash. My other thought, as yet untried, is to approach the organisations which support those with stomas - usually these persons attach a bag to the opening of the bowel on their abdomen (stoma) and use special adhesive pastes etc to hold these bags on. Just some thoughts - I hope others reply with other suggestions. Please keep up the great work !! [/QUOTE]
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