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<blockquote data-quote="ann34+" data-source="post: 1162716" data-attributes="member: 94348"><p>the major drawback for me - called the 'achilles heel' of pump therapy in a scientific paper - is the infusion set. i could never use the non metal sets but found the metal sets fine for many years, but more recently i have found my body starts rejecting the infusion needles, the skin has had so many infusion sets in over the years that it seems it cant take any more - the set sites get more and more sore, and there is intense pain when i take out a set and more likely than not, bleeding - both used to be rare. I can hardly believe that i used to forget sets were in sometimes. I am soldering on, changing sets when this happens, in the hope this is temporary, as the advantages are less hypos and - most of all - nights, as i use so little insulin then, and pumps can fine tune this and a morning rise. If i did not use such varying insulin, and was not so insulin sensitive, and did not have a history of hypo problems i would not be on the pump now. They are great short term, but after very many years - not so sure, at least that is my experience. I have always had very thin, sensitive skin, and a small weight loss has left even less areas suitable for sites - it might be different for others</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ann34+, post: 1162716, member: 94348"] the major drawback for me - called the 'achilles heel' of pump therapy in a scientific paper - is the infusion set. i could never use the non metal sets but found the metal sets fine for many years, but more recently i have found my body starts rejecting the infusion needles, the skin has had so many infusion sets in over the years that it seems it cant take any more - the set sites get more and more sore, and there is intense pain when i take out a set and more likely than not, bleeding - both used to be rare. I can hardly believe that i used to forget sets were in sometimes. I am soldering on, changing sets when this happens, in the hope this is temporary, as the advantages are less hypos and - most of all - nights, as i use so little insulin then, and pumps can fine tune this and a morning rise. If i did not use such varying insulin, and was not so insulin sensitive, and did not have a history of hypo problems i would not be on the pump now. They are great short term, but after very many years - not so sure, at least that is my experience. I have always had very thin, sensitive skin, and a small weight loss has left even less areas suitable for sites - it might be different for others [/QUOTE]
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