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Permalink Reply by Zoe on March 16, 2011 at 2:48pm

I much prefer the 43 inch tubing, and it is sad that it only comes in gray because they assume only guys like the longer tubing! I would like colors, but not to help me keep track of when I change my sets, for that I either just remember or put it on my calendar. But basically I change when I am nearly out of insulin whether it is 2 days or 4. I wasted way too much insulin during my first couple months on the pump!

I have no clue what you mean by priming the tail so I'll let someone else answer that. If I have a set problem when I still have plenty of insulin, I just use the filled cartridge (another way I was wasting before!).

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Permalink Reply by Dee Meloche on March 16, 2011 at 7:09pm

I have a calendar board that I write the days and month in with a erasable marker.I write site on the day I change my set and cart,site when I do both.It is versatile for every month.

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Permalink Reply by Donna H on March 16, 2011 at 7:13pm

I know a lot of people like the longer tubing. I tried it once and almost hung myself with it. LOL - - I'm tall but I need to limit my tubing length to non lethal lengths. I'm with Zoe -- I change when I need more insulin and not before. I too wasted a lot of insulin before I changed to that method. But I also have a really good idea how much insulin I need for 3 days so for the most part that's when I change.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on March 16, 2011 at 7:26pm

I use Animas insets and there is a trick to priming the tail part and that is the part that goes into the skin if I am understanding correctly. What I do, is figure out how much insulin it takes for the needle part and reduce it by one unit (usually on a set I have just removed when I first started pumping). I then insert a dry set, undo the dry part that attaches to the cartridge and the inset, then attach the set that is attached to the pump to the new site. I then bolus the amount - the one unit and fill the cannula with the 1 unit which gives you about 1/2 a unit subcutaneously. Then you just go on about your business just as if nothing was wrong. The only thing that you really waste is the tubing and I have only done this 15 or 16 times since I began pumping 16+ years ago.

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Permalink Reply by Emily on March 17, 2011 at 3:03pm

Thanks! Need to order tomorrow... figured I could order a box of 23" tubing if I could figure out how to use the long tubing to connect in :-)

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