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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted Account" data-source="post: 1932398"><p>As [USER=468714]@kitedoc[/USER] is catchup on his beauty sleep, I will share my cannula insertion experience. </p><p>The Animas (and from the youtube videos I have watched for Medtronic) have an insertion mechanism similar to the Libre. It is mechanical but relatively straightforward. You can get caught out if you don't have the insertion device placed flat on your tummy (or wherever you are putting the cannula) or if you are trying to insert it too close to a bone (yes, stupidly, I tried to insert mine into my hip bone once ... but only once). And I guess there is a chance for the inserter to misbehave because you are wearing the wrong socks. </p><p>The standard Animas cannula has no window but my 30 degree ones (they don't go direct into me but go in at an angle of ... 30 degrees) have a nice window so I can check the insertion worked ok. </p><p>In my early pumping days, I could always feel my cannula which is why I changed to the inset 30s. </p><p>I always feel a prick when it goes in and sometimes I think I must hit a nerve/pressure point as I feel the prick in a different place. </p><p></p><p>The only time I have experienced problems, the cannula had not gone in properly. There was no bent cannula just a shallow cannula which needed to be replaced. </p><p>However, I try to check and correct my BG pre-pump change and avoid any food for the next couple of hours after which I check my BG again and can sort out my cannula if there is a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted Account, post: 1932398"] As [USER=468714]@kitedoc[/USER] is catchup on his beauty sleep, I will share my cannula insertion experience. The Animas (and from the youtube videos I have watched for Medtronic) have an insertion mechanism similar to the Libre. It is mechanical but relatively straightforward. You can get caught out if you don't have the insertion device placed flat on your tummy (or wherever you are putting the cannula) or if you are trying to insert it too close to a bone (yes, stupidly, I tried to insert mine into my hip bone once ... but only once). And I guess there is a chance for the inserter to misbehave because you are wearing the wrong socks. The standard Animas cannula has no window but my 30 degree ones (they don't go direct into me but go in at an angle of ... 30 degrees) have a nice window so I can check the insertion worked ok. In my early pumping days, I could always feel my cannula which is why I changed to the inset 30s. I always feel a prick when it goes in and sometimes I think I must hit a nerve/pressure point as I feel the prick in a different place. The only time I have experienced problems, the cannula had not gone in properly. There was no bent cannula just a shallow cannula which needed to be replaced. However, I try to check and correct my BG pre-pump change and avoid any food for the next couple of hours after which I check my BG again and can sort out my cannula if there is a problem. [/QUOTE]
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