How easy are stainless sets to put in, want something simple and very reliable?
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I have a Medtronics paradigm and all their cannulas gave me problems. In my case major infections at the insertion site that took forever to heal and multiple trips to the hospital for treatments. I got ahold of a wonderful lady at insulin .ca her name is Melany and she helped me so much. I am on Cleo 90 for the infusion set and 3070 insulin pump syringe reservoir 3.0 ml size. They are from Applied Diabetic Research Inc. The Cleo 90 is a plastic cannula, I have no more infections since going to this and have never had any kinks. I insert in my abdomen in an alternating pattern. I hope this helpsHi, new to this so keep with me!
I've had a Paradigm Veo pump since September last year, and it's fantastic. I was very poorly controlled (8 years with a Hba in the teens and now it's 9) but it's worked wonders for me.
However, a few times over the winter the cannula would kink under my skin and the alarm wouldn't go off to tell me (think hair pin bend!). I would end up with blood sugars off the scale and extremely high ketones (to the point of vomiting).
I thought I had it taped by inserting the cannula whilst standing as opposed to sitting but on Friday I ran into the same old problem I was hospitalised with a reading of 33.8 (looking on the bright side of things pre-pump I probably wouldn't have felt a sugar level like this!) and +++ ketones. I realised what the problem was with the kinking/high sugars (I hadn't felt thirsty at all, just sore guts) and within two hours and a lot of water (and new set!) the problem was solved... But it's getting very scary and I'm seriously worried that one day I'm going to lose consciousness.
It sounds stupid but the days it's going to happen all of my skin is sore/I can't find a place where I'm going to feel happy inserting (I'm not at all phobic, it just doesn't feel "right"). I just don't know what to do to get it right, I badly want the pump to work as every other aspect is perfect for me and my lifestyle. It's really starting to rattle my confidence when inserting and I'm living on my nerves for several hours when I insert a new set now (to the point I'll pull out a set that isn't kinked out of paranoia). It really isn't fun any more
Any tips or hints would be ever so gratefully received!