RE: [IPk] new to pump and all sets failed so far!
Hi Pat,
What you have mentioned here makes a lot of sense and I would like Alex
to try the various sets out to see what suits her best. Would each set
have a different inserter? Will all three sets be available
irrespective of which pump we get for Alex?
Alex will use saline first, I'm just wondering if Marie would have known
things weren't working if Findley had gone on saline first or if she
only knew that things weren't working because of the high levels due to
the insulin not getting through?
Being new to this and not there yet just talking out loud as this is
something we will need to work through in the next month or two. I'm
making lots of notes so thanks to all.
Marion
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Quicksets are notorious for 'bending' in some people.
Ask your nurse for some soft-sets and silhouettes, and see if you get on
with those better.
Personally, I think it scandalous that you were let out the hospital
without the serter, and without a range of sets to experiment with.
Also, why weren't you started on saline, so that you could have a week
of 'dual running', getting confident with the sets and bolusing on the
pump, in parallel to still using injections for the insulin????
Cheers,
Pat
dm 30+, 508 3+, on a putting-the-world-to-rights kick
In message <email @ redacted>, Owen
Turrell <email @ redacted> writes
>Hello Everyone,
>
>Findley had his pump fitted yesterday afternoon, its the Minimed 512.
We
>were not provided with an inserter, but that is now on order.
>
>The nurse inserted the set, a 6mm quickset. After 4 hours his blood
sugars
>were still rising, I changed the set. The one I took out had left a
very
>small line indention in his skin. I put the second one in and after I
did
>the fixed prime it showed 'delivery failure' on the bolus dose, which
was
>done straight away.
>
>I persevered thinking I had done it wrong because it was my first
attempt. I
>inserted a third 6mm quickset, and for 5 hours he had really good blood
>sugars, so I know the bolus was getting through.
>
>At 6 this morning he was at 20 again, I bolused and he was still 20 an
hour
>later, I then gave him breakfast and bolused for that, he went to 26. I
have
>taken the set off and reverted back to injections for school. When I
took
>this 3rd one off I did a bolus without it attached to Findley, and I
could
>see the insulin dripping off the end, so even though there was bend in
the
>end the insulin is getting through. The site where I had taken the set
from
>was completely dry, although again there was this small line
indentation.
>
>The nurse has sugessted putting the sets in the freezer, which I will
try
>when he is home from school. I am also wondering where the insulin is
going
>as its getting through, his sugars are rising, but the site is
completely
>dry.
>
>We are using 6mm because he is only 4 years old and the nurse thought
him to
>small for a 9mm. Will it be because we are having to do it manually
until we
>get the inserter, but the nurse said some people prefer to do it that
way
>anyway.
>
>Any ideas please, for those 5 hours it worked it was fantastic!! (I
>religiously checked for air bubbles when changing the reservoir.) So
near
>and yet so far!!!
>
>MAny thanks
>
>Marie, mum to Findley, 4, dx'd 2001
>.
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