[IPp] Re: pop-digest V2 #349--sets and water
Melissa:
In our experience, the sets that go in at an angle rarely if ever come
loose or fall off from water or sweat. We have used the Comforts (now the
mini-Comforts) for 6 years, and never lost one after many, many hours of
swimming. Our routine is much simpler than yours--no tegaderm, no
tape--just an alcohol wipe, followed by a swipe of an IV Prep pad, and then
we paint the area with a q-tip soaked in "gorilla snot" (tincture of
Benzoin). Let it get tacky and put in the Comfort, at a very shallow angle.
Annie swims year-round on a competitive team and hasn't lost a set yet. We
use the upper buttocks and thighs only, not her belly.
And you have to use Unisolve wipes to loosen the set for removal!
Hope this helps!
Charlotte
Charlotte Holt, mama to Annie Platt, dx'd 12/97 at age 3, pumper since age
5, Animas IR1200 since 12/04
Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.
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