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Silhouette sets - question

Riri

Riri

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Type 1
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Hi - I've put 2 sets in now and all seems ok, well no alarms at least so I'm assuming everything is fine (I'm on saline until 9th November so 4 set changes to practice again).
I just need to ask about the set that went in this morning - it seems ok but I can definately see more of the Teflon cannula in the little clear window on the plaster - probably about half a cm of the tube showing. As it's a longer cannula, am I right to assume that if my pump in not alarming and the set itself is not hurting then it's ok? Hope this makes sense to those who use silhouettes!
 
Hi Riri
I use silhouettes but haven't had that much cannula showing. Obviously with the silhouette you see more cannula than with the quickset, but usually only 1-2mm. The only way to be sure if you weren't pumping saline would be to keep a close eye on your sugars and change the set if it didn't seem to be working well (assuming you'd eliminated other possible causes).

I've had some where my sugars haven't seemed as stable, and when I've removed the set it's been bruised (under the plastic connector where I couldn't see it). Today for the first time the cannula came out kinked, which may explain a big rise in my bs overnight.

Hope this helps - though after just 3 months I'm not exactly an expert on sets myself!
 
Thanks for your advice - i'll mention to my DSN before I switch to insulin.
 
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