Removing the cannula
How do you do it? For the first few insertion site changes, I was very careful when removing the cannula...painstakingly undoing the tape first and then pulling out the cannula very gently - like removing the needle after an injection. But I got fed up of the time I wasted on doing it and began to rip it off like a band-aid. Ditto with the CGM.
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia F. on -
You're very welcome :) I forgot to add I use Silhouettes
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Permalink Reply by myriam josette joga on -
I rip mine off too. Has anyone ever taken their site out and have it bleed a lot? That's happened to me a couple of times and i think it's cuz i hit a vein or something. Just wondering if i was the only one.
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Permalink Reply by Kristin on -
Yeah, those are called gushers! Some of them can bleed forever. For me it happens even when there was no problem with absorption with the site.
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia F. on
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oh yes! I've had several, usually the ones on my stomach, the ones on my thighs or tuchus do not gush :)
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Permalink Reply by FatCatAnna on -
LOL - the first time I had a gusher - I was soooo annoyed - because I had to try and safe my clothing from getting splattered. Now I'm always prepared with a tissue to hold down on the infusion site - just incase. Luckily, I've only had a few gushers so far - and I'm getting less weak at the knees when I do have one (I'm such a wooze aren't I? After 42 years of jabbing, etc. I still hate needles!
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Permalink Reply by Cynthia F. on
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Think that's funny? I still pass out when they draw blood or start an IV. I get the "but you're a pumper and a diabetic".. SOOO? those are needles there!
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Permalink Reply by John Smith on -
When I go for my blood draws I always look away and close my eyes...I don't know if I'll ever be comfortable with needles...
The only way I could inject myself on MDI was with the spring-loaded injector from BD. Before that, I used to take forever to take one injection.
Now, with the pump, I go through that torture only twice a week.
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Permalink Reply by Denise Bevard on -
I too still passout at blood draws and iv's---sometimes it is close when I give myself a shot or when inserting a sensor--at least I don't pass out at the site if a syringe anmore
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Permalink Reply by Cassie Kile on -
Sometimes I bleed quite a bit when I take them out but today was quite an adventure. Like an idiot I decided to change my site really quick while waiting in the drive thru line at Dunkin Donuts! Lol I just happened to notice at that exact time that my adhesive was almost completely loose and, well since I had time on my hands.... :) The set change went fine and then, like an idiot, RIP I pulled the old one out, expecting the same amount of blood as usual. To my surprise, it was a "gusher" as Kristin put it. And I could not find a napkin in sight! I quickly put my left hand over my stomach to hold off as much as I could. I had to pull up to the drive thru window and pay and take my coffee with my right hand, while trying very hard to hide my blood-covered left hand. It was quite an adventure. Then I had to run in to work really quick and rinse my shirt and pants off because I couldn't completely save them :) To make matters worse, I was getting coffee for a coworker as well and I had to go up to him with his coffee in my wet shirt :) I explained the story to him and I'm not sure how much he enjoyed his coffee after that lol! We live, we learn!
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Permalink Reply by John Smith on
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Changing sites in a car while at a drive through? Wow! It literally takes me at least 30 min to do a site change!!! And you do this with which infusion set?
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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on -
They'll get faster, John. I remember when it took me 15-20min. Now I can do it in under 5, easy. I've changed my sets in some really weird places, too. Moving cars, movie theater hallways, under the table at restaurants, on boats, standing in a crowded amusement park, behind the organ during a church service (that was on Friday)...
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Permalink Reply by Cassie Kile on
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I use insets. I was only changing the infusion set, not the entire cartridge, etc., so it didn't take me quite as long as the whole process would have but I was pretty impressed with myself...until I bled out lol!
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