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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jollymon" data-source="post: 1953165" data-attributes="member: 480011">I wish I could cite a good YouTube video on how to push an angled set in by hand.  I’ve just done it for so long that I don’t need one.  When I was told this might be a solution for me I was completely intimidated by them.  90 degree cannulas we’re so easy.  When I couldn’t make them last, I was ready to shelve my pump and walk away from it.  I was fortunate enough that a local nurse from the hospital here went through the same issue, and she showed my how to deal with them.  I was so thankful for her experience.Pinch up the skin to make a “tent”, shove the inserter into the front of that “tent”, lay it down, and then tape it down and pull out the inserter needle.  All cannulas just need to get through the skin layer.  All of them.  A 90 cannula goes straight in; an angle set goes through the skin on a hypotenuse angle.</blockquote>

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