Re: [IPk] How robust is your pump!

[Diana Maynard <email @ redacted>]

Hi Karen
Yes, I have dropped my MM508 from a great height onto a concrete floor and had 
not even a scratch or dent!
However, I wouldn't recommend it for your own peace of mind!
DI

Karen Hennessy wrote:

 > Last night I found out how robust my Minimed 508 is. Whilst getting undressed
 > I attached my pump with the clip to the hem of my top but it slipped and
ended
> up crashing to the wooden floor of my bathroom.  I thought, oh no that's had
 > it and couldn't believe it when I found that it wasn't in bits! I done a self
> test and all was ok, checked that everything was where it should be and the
 > only problem was that there now seemed to be a lot of air in the reservoir
and
> at the pump end of the cannula, which I soon got rid of.  So it just goes to
> show that you can be a bit heavy handed every now and again.
> 
> Karen Hennessy
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