Re: [IPp] Site Changes after more than 3 days

["Amy Johnson" <email @ redacted>]

I Guess since she is still getting good numbers after those many days that 
is great it works for you. but If we leave one in for 4 days My Daughter 
gets high numbers even though we have to change the insulin every 3 days..
Amy
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Diaz" <email @ redacted>
To: <email @ redacted>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:23 AM
Subject: [IPp] Site Changes after more than 3 days
>
> This week my daughter had her regular quarterly endo visit.  (It's
> also an annual visit which marks her 3 year diagnosis anniversary
> which happened a few days after her birthday.)  But, being an annual
> visit, it's also the dreaded time for major blood work.  As an aside,
> I can't believe they take 3 tubes of blood out of her; seems much to
> me.
>
> Sorry for the digression, it was a great visit, no issues, we've been
> having great numbers and her A1c was below 7, with no major lows,
> which is our endo's target.  Lately, we have been changing sites every
> 7 days.  I checked the stats on this site, and saw that many families
> do the same.  When the endo asked, I told her the interval.  She said
> her concern was that even though there were no current issues and my
> daughter's numbers were great, that if sites are kept in that long,
> there could be time where absorption becomes impaired due to build up
> of scar tissue or other things.  (I don't remember her exact term.)
>
> So, now I'm unsure as to what's best.  I figure with longer site
> duration, old sites have longer time to heal, it's best for everyone
> since this is the worse part of pumping in our house, but also don't
> want to hurt her in the future.  We continue to have good numbers till
> site change, we have had no infections and there doesn't seem to be a
> problem as of now.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions or recommendations appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> .
.
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