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<blockquote data-quote="MushyPeaBrain" data-source="post: 219211" data-attributes="member: 27914"><p>My post yesterday tempted fate and had a set fail this morning <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I had unexpected visitors yesterday lunch so took a chance and did my change before an early dinner. Two hours post set BG 6.4. An hour later BG 5.2. All looked good. Woke up with 4.8 and went to bolus for breakfast. Occlusion alarms and pump would not let me fire any insulin in. So annoying. We were planning to go out today but had to cancel and put new set in. Waiting to see if it's working but won't really know until after 2 meals :roll: </p><p></p><p>Cally I use Inset II sets which I don't believe can be put in by hand. I wanted to use the Contact Detach metal sets, which I found very easy to insert and no worry of kinking etc. However every change my sugars went sky high (over 20!!) and nobody could figure out why. I personally believe that, as the needle is finer than teflon, the amounts of insulin I bolus where too much pressure and it leaked out. I did find insulin at the site at one point. Even with teflon sets I find I have stinging boluses as the Animas fires insulin through at a very fast rate. I tried the metal sets for two weeks and became so ill I had to abandon them.</p><p></p><p>Since storing my sets in the fridge I have had a lot less failures. It's bad enough when one does fail but I wish it didn't take so long to know that they are ok. I was always led to believe I'd know in 2 hours by my DSN.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MushyPeaBrain, post: 219211, member: 27914"] My post yesterday tempted fate and had a set fail this morning :( I had unexpected visitors yesterday lunch so took a chance and did my change before an early dinner. Two hours post set BG 6.4. An hour later BG 5.2. All looked good. Woke up with 4.8 and went to bolus for breakfast. Occlusion alarms and pump would not let me fire any insulin in. So annoying. We were planning to go out today but had to cancel and put new set in. Waiting to see if it's working but won't really know until after 2 meals :roll: Cally I use Inset II sets which I don't believe can be put in by hand. I wanted to use the Contact Detach metal sets, which I found very easy to insert and no worry of kinking etc. However every change my sugars went sky high (over 20!!) and nobody could figure out why. I personally believe that, as the needle is finer than teflon, the amounts of insulin I bolus where too much pressure and it leaked out. I did find insulin at the site at one point. Even with teflon sets I find I have stinging boluses as the Animas fires insulin through at a very fast rate. I tried the metal sets for two weeks and became so ill I had to abandon them. Since storing my sets in the fridge I have had a lot less failures. It's bad enough when one does fail but I wish it didn't take so long to know that they are ok. I was always led to believe I'd know in 2 hours by my DSN. [/QUOTE]
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