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martina

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Hi everyone,I am pleased to say that I am getting to grips with the new meter,thanx once again for all the advice.We are going ahead with a pump in the summer.Our nurse has put us down for an accuchek combi as we already have the bloodsugar monitor which acts as the remote control.This makes sense,however I have read alot about bubbles blocking the tube and I was wondering how much of a problem that this might be.
 
martina said:
Hi everyone,I am pleased to say that I am getting to grips with the new meter,thanx once again for all the advice.We are going ahead with a pump in the summer.Our nurse has put us down for an accuchek combi as we already have the bloodsugar monitor which acts as the remote control.This makes sense,however I have read alot about bubbles blocking the tube and I was wondering how much of a problem that this might be.
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hi,

glad it's going well, i use the accu-chek combo. I also used the meter first for a month before i got the pump which i found really easy once i'd got the pump as i could concentrate on set changes and refilling the insulin resevoir! :)

I have only had two occulsion alarms, in the same day, the first time, i primed the pump and gave it a little bang to see if there was any air bubbles and primed through the whole of the tubing. but i couldn't see any. The next time it alarmed i changed the tubing and the set and it didn't alarm again so i assume it was a bad site that the cannula was in making it alarm.

I've heard that some pumps are more prone to air bubbles but i haven't personally experienced this with my pump.

Hope all goes well for you :)
 
My daughter has the Animas pump and we get the odd air bubble. I'm not sure how the frequency of our air bubbles compare to other pumps.
 
I am probably the worst person on this site for airbubbles with my accuchek pump. I have tried everything possible to eliminate them, but nothing has completely. For me I do a reprime after 4 hours and 24hours after a new reservoir (every 6 days). That way I definitely know the reservoir is completely free of bubbles. I used to find high levels after changing reservoirs, and this has been my only way of stopping them, but I am probably the worst person here with experiencing them.

I have only once seen them in my tubing, because say during the winter the tubing goes from my arm down to my legs and can can be under 5 layers of clothes and awkward to check. it is only a 2 minute job to actually bang the pump to get the bubbles out through repriming and this effectively is done when I go to bed and before tea the next day, so although I used to find it so frustrating, it is manageable and should not put people off the pump.
 
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