Ok but then you are using the same filling attachment ( no idea what its called) which could have remnants of insulin in it from your last fill and of course the filling attachment will not be sterile.One of the reasons that I don't like to change the reservoir every three days is that each of those little lumps of plastic costs £10. You save the NHS £600 a year by changing them every six days instead of every three. If you refill them for two weeks (again totally feasible and what a lot of self-funders do and I'm not aware of them suffering issues with this approach) then you save the NHS £900 a year. It starts to add up.
You will need to insure your pump for accidental damage and loss, it can be added to you home contents in most cases. Obviously if you have 3 grand to spare for a new pump if you break yours there's no need to insure itDoes everyone take out extra home insurance to cover their pump?
Agree, some people find things may be ok for 3 days with steel. others, myself included, certainly don't. And some may find, as i have done, that after many years of using steel sets for 3 days, and being ok, that control deteriorates seriously with 3 days. And that a site becomes inflamed etc etc even before the end of 2 days. So the manufacturers are correct to advise two - they have all the customer feedback. Feedback from long use patients as well. It would be unfair to say 3 , when that resulted in lots of problems for some.I know Tim, but just concerned that people know what the standard is from Companies... Especially if you get occlusions etc.. They want to know you are changing etc as and when the rule book states..
What we do at home may well vary...
Home ins is about £20/year extra for the pump and others ins for no extra, the company you have gone for is rather expensive to put things mildly.I've insured mine with insurance4insulinpumps.co.uk was really reasonable and recommended by the hospital team
Ok but then you are using the same filling attachment ( no idea what its called) which could have remnants of insulin in it from your last fill and of course the filling attachment will not be sterile.
Regards
Martin
If you don't change the needles every time prior to injection then no they're not sterile.And you think MDI is totally sterile?
We did ask with home insurance but didn't have the same cover as the specialist insurance hence why I went with them!
You are replying to a 2 year old thread.Does anyone find that sometimes their cannula works perfectly for 5/6 days and other times it’s not great after 2 days? Does pausing basal flow due to a low blood sugar impact it? What if you had basal off for a few hours, would that cause it to block?
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