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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
A week ago I went through 5 quicksets in a day with all but last kinking. First 2 I inserted manually, last 3 with the serter (usually have no issues either way). Bg went obviously crazy with ketones and I corrected with old school needles but not quickly enough so it got out of hand, and the needle corrections made it difficult to determine if the new sets were working or not.
By the end, having started the process at lunchtime, I was in tears at 2am as it seemed impossible to get the **** things inserted & working. Have had kinked sets before but not in this scale!
So, I was hoping to hear some thoughts on infusion sets - which haven't worked for you and which have... Etc.
I guess it's a matter of me trying others, but as the quicksets (6mm) more often than not do actually work for me, it feels like a tiresome mission to properly test & find a set that won't fail me. Or am I after something that does not exist?
The metallic ones won't kink, but I find those a bit... unpleasant (and I don't like the idea of having 2 stickers on me). Perhaps I need to get over that as they seem the obvious choice.
I'm slim (with an athletic past, tho not currently in super shape) and only use the lower back/top of bottom/sides for the infusion sets. After 2 decades of injecting on the stomach I have complete aversion to using it these days, and my legs are fairly muscular so don't think they would work - might be wrong.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated. I love my pump but am really getting anxious over set changes.
By the end, having started the process at lunchtime, I was in tears at 2am as it seemed impossible to get the **** things inserted & working. Have had kinked sets before but not in this scale!
So, I was hoping to hear some thoughts on infusion sets - which haven't worked for you and which have... Etc.
I guess it's a matter of me trying others, but as the quicksets (6mm) more often than not do actually work for me, it feels like a tiresome mission to properly test & find a set that won't fail me. Or am I after something that does not exist?
The metallic ones won't kink, but I find those a bit... unpleasant (and I don't like the idea of having 2 stickers on me). Perhaps I need to get over that as they seem the obvious choice.
I'm slim (with an athletic past, tho not currently in super shape) and only use the lower back/top of bottom/sides for the infusion sets. After 2 decades of injecting on the stomach I have complete aversion to using it these days, and my legs are fairly muscular so don't think they would work - might be wrong.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated. I love my pump but am really getting anxious over set changes.