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Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets
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Kevin Donovan replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
This is similiar to what Dave suggested. I have the Minimed and when I want to change a set, I recycle the remaining 10-15 or whatever units by taking a new resevoir, removing the blue top piece and the plunger, putting those 2 pieces on the remai...
November 8
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Hi Guys, I just wanted to reply to this thread. I have Snow Leopard, and I can get about 80% of my data downloaded, then the dongle disconnects and the software freezes up. Is this similar to your experiences? any word on a fix? Kinda bummed that ...
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Mary replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
Wow, I've never worried about this at all.....I do change reservoir and set at different times since I only use maybe 20units in a day.
October 26
Kristin replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I have a system for this. First of all, I very rarely change the reservoir and the set at the same time. When I change my reservoir on my Minimed 722 (every 10 days!), I removed the reservoir with the tubing still attached. Then I use the plunger ...
October 26
MelissaBL replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
Good points on all counts, Terry. (Of course, I refuse to throw out that much insulin, so I draw the insulin back out of pods and use it in a new one against their suggestions.)
October 25
Terry Keelan replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I used to wonder about this myself. The question is not what's in the reservoir. Assuming the reservoir is empty, there are still about 10-12 units in the tubing according to the OP. A 10ml vial has 1000 units. If I go through one vial a month, h...
October 25
MelissaBL replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I agree. I used to change my reservoir every 6 days - or every 2 set changes. Now that I'm podding, I get down to my last 5 units before changing it. (Below 5 units, the reservoir reads "low" and I can't be positive there's enough left for a dece...
October 25
Traicy replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I always let my cartridge run down to at least 5 units. There's an alarm when it gets down to 10 so then I know when it's getting low. If it gets to be more than 5 units left I just put the insulin back in the bottle using the disposable needle to...
October 25
Laura S. replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I use my insulin in the tube down to the very last drop and get as much out of it as if everything were just filled up. Btw, they do sell infusion set boxes with two sites and one tube, for just such a purpose.
October 25
Tara Koopman replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I'm glad you asked this. I'd been thinking about the same thing. I don't generally have a LOT left, but why have to pay for a refill on the insulin when you can make it stretch?
October 25
Dave   _ replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS, but... You could stick the end of the set's needle into your insulin vial and prime into the vial. For the amount of insulin I USE, vs what is wasted, I don't give it much thought.
October 25
Tom S replied to Chris's discussion 'Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets'
There is no requirement to change the reservor at the same time you change your site. Change the site. Use up the insulin, then cange the reservor. I rarely change both at same time - so a sto not waste the insulin.
October 25
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Wasting insulin when changing infusion sets
This might get chalked up under the "duh, why didnt I think of that" category, but here goes. There are about 10-12 units of insulin in my tubing. When I change infusion sets, this gets thrown away. Im just wondering if there is a way to purge th...
October 25

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