Comment by Scott Wilkins on May 21, 2012 at 5:02pm

Do you have the 800 number for your pump manufacturer? If so, feel free to call them anytime you feel you need help. I'm sure they'd walk you through anything you need with your changes, etc.

Comment by Korrie on May 21, 2012 at 5:56pm

Hints re set changes - is usually better if insulin not just out of fridge, however, I can fill both room temp/fridge temp with no trouble. I think most important is to pull really really slowly to fill reservoir, insulin bottle pointing toward ceiling. Pull past where you want to stop, then tap a couple of times on reservoir, then push excess back out into insulin bottle. When priming, hold pump so that when you hold end of tubing the pump is "hanging" and the tubing is "reaching toward the ceiling" - this helps the air bubbles stay at the end of the reservoir and will prime out more easily. And you can always unhook and start over if the bubbles are to many just rewind and prime again to see if that will clear the bubbles. Good luck!

Comment by acidrock23 on May 21, 2012 at 8:20pm

I agree the bottle towards the ceiling helps and then I keep the "out" end of the reservoir pointed up the whole time I'm priming it, after tapping them out furiously. I haven't noticed any problems w/ bubbles at all when I do that. Like Korrie said, get the bubbles into the tube while you're priming them and you'll be set?

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