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No Basal

caretaker

caretaker

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Location
essex
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
This seems to be the second time its happened.
i think it must be the a problem with the infusion set. all day long i was higher than normal for no reason and then there was a steady rise over 3 hours. i try a shot of 4 units with a syringe and the BG started coming down. i then changed the infusion set and tested every 2 hours. By midnight i had no active insulin and was relying on my basal rates to see me to morning.
Its all working fine now BG 4.7
How common is this. I've only been pumping 6 weeks.
 
Could be your site - that one place works less well.
Depends upon your sets too. I found similar to ths with flex sets. No reliability for me.
If a shot brings it down then normally its a set/site problem but you should change the set.

Did you change the set last night?
 
caretaker said:
How common is this. I've only been pumping 6 weeks.
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Very common. I think it is part of the normal leaning curve of getting to know a pump. Learning to get the infusion set in right, learning to spot when it's gone in wrong. Anyone who was perfect from the get-go can chime in, but my experience of the early days of pumping was much like yours. Be vigilant, and change the infusion set sooner rather than later if you even suspect a problem. Think of it as extra practice using the infusion sets.
 
Don't worry. I remember getting a 'no delivery' alarm soon after my first ever cannula change. You may or may not work out exactly why it happened but in the meantime I'd just worry about something else ;)

Edit: Actually seeing as it's your second time I would possibly map the area it happened. It's unlikey to be the set per se more likely the site in my experience. Did the cannula come out straight?
 
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