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As you know, I'm eagerly awaiting my Veo. I've looked at the Medtronic set information, but I'm still not sure. Narrowed down to Quickset or Silhouette, the DSN says she has boxes of both in stock so I don't need to commit until the day I start.
I thought of starting with the Quickset and switching to Silhouette if the former didn't seem right. But now, I'm wondering whether to start with silhouette instead.
Silhouette seems to be aimed at very lean, very active people, whereas Quickset is recommended for 'average to heavier' build. I'm slim to average, and tend to do fast walking and swimming rather than contact sport, but I'm no couch potato. So I'm kind of in the middle. I have some 'padding' around my abdomen/belly but recent discussion about bending down causing kinking of the cannula made me wonder whether the Silhouette's 20-45 degree angle would be better for me than the 90 degree Quickset.
With the Silhouette, how easy is it to get a consistent insertion angle/depth? Does the introducer help with this, or is it purely down to 'feel'?
My DSN uses a Veo herself, not sure which set but she looks similar build to me, so I'll also discuss this with her too, but does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks in advance
I thought of starting with the Quickset and switching to Silhouette if the former didn't seem right. But now, I'm wondering whether to start with silhouette instead.
Silhouette seems to be aimed at very lean, very active people, whereas Quickset is recommended for 'average to heavier' build. I'm slim to average, and tend to do fast walking and swimming rather than contact sport, but I'm no couch potato. So I'm kind of in the middle. I have some 'padding' around my abdomen/belly but recent discussion about bending down causing kinking of the cannula made me wonder whether the Silhouette's 20-45 degree angle would be better for me than the 90 degree Quickset.
With the Silhouette, how easy is it to get a consistent insertion angle/depth? Does the introducer help with this, or is it purely down to 'feel'?
My DSN uses a Veo herself, not sure which set but she looks similar build to me, so I'll also discuss this with her too, but does anyone have any thoughts?
Thanks in advance