"I have not reused any of this, but I can't stand to lose so much insulin each time I change the quick-set. But I am a newbie with the pump. I didn't even know you could reuse any of this. I wait until the reservoir is almost empty, before…"
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earthling replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"No, I don't leave it in the same spot. Mine get sore too. So at 3 days I move the needle, trim away the adhesive circle, clean the needle w/ an alcohol swab, then use athletic tape to tape it down in a new spot. So the set lasts a week, but not…"
Equestrian replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"Note that medtronics sets include tubing and canula. So there is no monetary savings to reuse of tubing except for unused insulin left in the tubing. In another forum, it was posted that tubing, depending on length, holds between 5 and 8 units of…"
Spock replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"Back in the day of my Disetronic pump, tubing was to be used more than once. The cartridge held a lot of insulin, so I just attached the current tubing to the new set, primed and put in the new set. It was standard and the way I was taught to do it…"
Damon replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"That's what I do right now.. well.. every other site change, I change the tubing. But I think many people do it much more infrequently."
Damon replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"Yeah I alternate tubing and non-tubing.. the boxes used to be 5 of each rather than separate. I was told they changed it because people were reusing the tubing for longer so there was a demand for boxes with no tubing at all."
Damon replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"Do you leave the same set in for a whole week? I can't do that.. My sites are always starting to get red and irritated after 3-4 days."
GracieSF replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"I too change the tubing every 4 days when I change the reservoir. As long as you prime to make sure insulin is getting through it should be OK."
Nicole replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"Apparently re-using tubing and the reservoir can change the insulin consistency into almost a jelly instead of a liquid, thereby causing it not to work. I had a girl tell me that it happened to her often, but I've never had this experience.
I…"
still_young_at_heart replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"I don't reuse tubing but I only change the tubing when I change the reservoir which is every 4 or 5 days."
earthling replied to Damon's discussion 'Reusing tubing?'"I reuse everything. Tubing, cartridges, even sets (Animas contact-D has steel cannula and can be moved, re-taped). But I don't push it as far as some. Cartridges, twice; sets for the life of one cartridge fill = 1 week, tubing change when set…"
Damon posted a discussionReusing tubing?
Hi all! What do you all think about reusing tubing?You aren't 'supposed to'.. but is this like how you are supposed to change lancets every blood test? ;)I ask because (in Canada at least) the Medtronic Silhouette insertion sets come in boxes with tubing or without tubing. They used to come in boxes where 5 had tubing and 5 didn't.. but now they don't and it's kind of annoying. But is tubing really a thing where I could be fine if I just changed it when something was 'up' with it?A medtronic…See More
Damon replied to Craig's discussion 'Geeks! Could we build an open-source big data pancreas-brain?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes"I have had the same thought about what we could do with all that data, although I think there's a lot of steps to getting there. I worked on making a diabetes management application for my thesis project at college and then just needed to go…"
brokenpole left a comment for Damon"Happy Birthday, Damon!! Hope you have a wonderful day and get to have some fun. Enjoy your special day."
Peter replied to Damon's discussion 'iPhone apps for carb counting'"The GoMeals actually uses the CalorieKing Database for it's database too.I have the CalorieKing App, it's good for looking up foods however the GoMeals app is way better. For example: I am a coffee drinker and I make my own coffee at home…"
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- At 6:51am on May 19, 2012, brokenpole said…
Happy Birthday, Damon!! Hope you have a wonderful day and get to have some fun. Enjoy your special day.
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SEAGATOR said… Happy,Happy Birthday,Damon. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
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