redness around canula site

johnpol said:

My largest basal rate is 12.5 iu an hour at 13:30 for three hrs, I run six different rates, have reduced some, and left others alone.

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Juicyj said:

Hi @johnpol forgot to ask what sets are you using ?

I ask as I was using mio sets and getting lumps, soreness and red marks which would last days, the Cavlon worked but it was still irritating me due to the plastic, so changed to sure t's and change sets every 2 days, I still get soreness from time to time but much better than the mios.

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johnpol said:

I have been on the pump for nearly three years now and it is brilliant, it has changed my control immensely, but the last few weeks I have been developing redness around the canula site after just a day. I do a full set change every two days because of the amount of insulin I have to use (240-280 units a day), I'm just wondering out loud if the amount of insulin is irritating the site, which has never happened before. And before anyone mentions it yes I know that it is a vast amount of insulin, but I am massively resistant to insulin, even when I retired from strength sports and lost a lot of weight I was still in the 200iu club ( must be just me). I was wondering if I should try daily canula changes? but this would increase my infusion set needs. The sites don't hurt as such they just feel hard underneath. It is a bit of a quandary. I see my Consultant in a couple of weeks and I will be bringing it up with them.

The only other possible solution is go back to daily injections to rest the sites???? Sorry for going on.

Take care everyone.

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