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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on May 19, 2011 at 9:09pm

I love my ping, have been using it for almost 2 months. I use the insets, I find them easy and comfortable. I do change every 3 days. Have worked out my insulin needs so I don't waste much. I rotate sites. I have 4 areas on each thigh, 6 on each side of abdomen, 2 on each love handle and one on each upper butt that I can reach - I'm pretty careful about rotating areas, and sites, so they don't get used more than every couple of months.

Glad you're getting used to it! There's a lot to learn.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Tumsuden on May 19, 2011 at 9:37pm

I have a ping also and use the Insets for going on nearly 3 weeks or so and ive noticed that in the past couple days my sets tend to prime fine but then they start acting up i bolus and insulin doesnt seem to enter my body or something along those lines and it goes up and doesnt seem to wanna go down untiil i take a shot then i hypo ughh and also i change the set after and then seem to do it again within the past 3 days ive changed my set 3 times overall im pretty aggravated

Permalink Reply by Sue on May 20, 2011 at 7:19am

Are you saying that you can leave your site in the same place for three WEEKS??? wow...

Permalink Reply by Andrew Tumsuden on May 20, 2011 at 7:38am

lol no what im saying is that something is happening where i change it then at night lately it just starts running high i bolus and nothing so im thinking something is happening with my tubing because i take a shot and within a hour it has dropped quite a bit

Permalink Reply by Sue on May 20, 2011 at 7:44am

It's a good sign if you have a couple of consecutive high sugars that you need to change your site. I had a lot of site problems until I went to a pump specialist who showed me more places I could put the site. Now I'm doing much better....My A1C in March was 9.7. They did one at the endo's office on Wednesday and it has dropped to 7.6...so I am happy about that!!!

Permalink Reply by kim on May 22, 2011 at 8:50am

that's a significant drop in you A1c Sue! that's fantastic. in november mine was 8.8, and in mar it had dropped to 7.9, and that's without the pump. i go again in june so am hoping that now with the pump it will have dropped again!! i would love a 6. that would make me very happy!! what are some of the other places you put your site? i have a frozen left shoulder and so am finding it difficult to move it too far and am not really comfortable with having my husband or daughter do it for me 8|

Permalink Reply by MossDog on May 20, 2011 at 9:48am

I had something similar happen. I found out for whatever reason I could not use Humalog insulin. When I use Humalog in the pump my sites are good for about 8-10 hours and then I would have to change.

Permalink Reply by jrtpup on May 20, 2011 at 7:42am

If you ARE using them for 3 weeks, as you said, then I'd say that's the problem. The tubing, reservoir and site will deteriorate.

Permalink Reply by rosieb on May 20, 2011 at 12:07pm

Andrew, just curious, are you priming your pump and then using fixed prime (MM term) to fill the cannula after insertion? If you miss this step then it would explain the highs that you are getting afterwards.

Good luck to you! It takes time to adjust to pumping.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Tumsuden on May 20, 2011 at 7:53pm

yes i was told by my educator and animas trainer not to fill cannula until the set is inside my body then once it is i proceed to fill it with .3 units

Permalink Reply by Phil Lindner on May 20, 2011 at 4:17am

I've been a pump user for four years. In that time I've only had to change a site early two times and then because of site problems. The canula kicked on insertion. Normally I change every three days. A couple of times it has gone to four days but not usually.

From everything I've heard and read, changing every three days greatly minimizes the possibilty of have skin, site and infection issues. It definitely has worked for me.

Permalink Reply by Sue on May 20, 2011 at 7:17am

I have a ping, too. I usually go four days, but find that after that, my site starts to itch and the insulin doesn't absorb as well. I use the Cleo sets. Used them with my last pump and really liked them...so stuck to them...haven't tried the ones from Animas yet...

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