Cannula inserter needle question

[Riri]

Hia - has anyone had their needle inserter snap as they were pulling them out? It's a morbid fear I have as I often think how thin they are and how easily they break when I dispose of them. I find that although i find the silouhettes brilliant in every aspect, I do struggle to take them out sometimes as they seem very stiff. Hopefully nobody will have experienced this so my fears will be misfounded

 

[phoenix]

I've certainly bent them and occasionally have had the same worries as you. I think problems are more likely to occur when you try to withdraw it in a 'mindless' way ie you've done it so often than you don't carefully press in the side 'catches'. I have to say when I deliberately tried to break one (not in me!) I thought that it took quite a lot of pressure which reassured me a bit,

 

[Riri]

Thanks Phoenix. They just look so flimsy don't they. I suppose if they were prone to breaking they wouldn't be safe to issue so that's another 'worry' I'll try and forget about!!! :crazy: As you say I'm very careful taking them out. I do remember the first few though, I really thought they were stuck in there and almost gave up on one until my husband came to the rescue and calmed me down and together we managed it.