Silhouette Canula Bends
Hi Pumpers-
I am getting so frustrated with cannulas ending up bent while inserted. I'm on the Paradigm 522 with Silhouette sets. It happens pretty often that my sugars will start going higher, with correction boluses not seeming to have any effect. I generally figure I better change the infusion set and when I pull the old one out, sure enough there is a kink in it.
So here are my questions:
1) Why doesn't my pump give me a "NO DELIVERY" message when this happens?
2) Should I be trying a different type of infusion set or pump that reduces this tendency?
Thanks
Laura
I am getting so frustrated with cannulas ending up bent while inserted. I'm on the Paradigm 522 with Silhouette sets. It happens pretty often that my sugars will start going higher, with correction boluses not seeming to have any effect. I generally figure I better change the infusion set and when I pull the old one out, sure enough there is a kink in it.
So here are my questions:
1) Why doesn't my pump give me a "NO DELIVERY" message when this happens?
2) Should I be trying a different type of infusion set or pump that reduces this tendency?
Thanks
Laura
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Chris Sommers on -
Are you inserting it yourself or via the auto-injector? I've noticed whenever I used the auto-injector(only at the very beginning), it constantly gave me bent sets, perhaps due to the speed at which its inserted?
I've only had 1-2 bent sets otherwise when doing it manually, and that was my own fault.
If it's happening almost every time you change it, you might look into a different type of set.
As for no delivery, check and make sure you have it set to alarm, otherwise it could be that its such a minute issue that the pump isn't registering it. I've found that mine will only alarm if its significantly backed up or cut off.
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- Next ›
Advertisement
REsources
Groups
From the Diabetes Hands Foundation blog...
Congratulations Diabetes Advocates Scholarship Recipients!
The Diabetes Hands Foundation and Diabetes Advocates Program is proud to announce and congratulate the members of DA who were granted scholarships to attend diabetes conferences in 2013! Thanks to a generous grant from Novo Nordisk, in 2013 we were …Continue Reading
La Familia de EsTuDiabetes Sigue Creciendo
El Centro Nacional de Prevención de Enfermedades Crónicas y Promoción de la Salud en el Estados Unidos encontró que a partir de 2002-2009, el 11,8% de los hispanos mayores de 20 años, que viven en los EU, viven con diabetes …Continue Reading
TuDiabetes Team
DHF STAFF
 Manny Hernandez(Co-Founder, Editor, has LADA)
|
DHF VOLUNTEERS
Lead Administrator
 Bradford (has type 1) |
Administrators
 Lorraine (mother of type 1) |
 Marie B (has type 1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIKE us on Facebook
Spread the word
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: verify here.
© 2013 A community of people touched by diabetes, run by the Diabetes Hands Foundation.
