Comments on: New to pumping http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/ Blog for the diabetics who use an insulin pump to control diabetes Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: daphne400 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22857 daphne400 Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:37:44 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22857 ok, depending upon how much body fat you have---if you are thin with little subcutaneous fat, bunch up ---remember the cereal commercial for pinching an inch? a bit more than than if you can manage. If you're chunky, like me, and use the sof-setter, you can flatten the skin by stretching it between two fingers sort of like a "v"....the needle can't make your skin bunch ahead of it and cause more pain, can cause less because less nerve endings are exposed to the irritant - that wonderful needle! I'd draw a picture, but don't know how to send it to ya, so use that imagination! nite :) work tomorrow :) Joan ok, depending upon how much body fat you have—if you are thin with little
subcutaneous fat, bunch up —remember the cereal commercial for pinching an
inch? a bit more than than if you can manage. If you’re chunky, like me, and
use the sof-setter, you can flatten the skin by stretching it between two
fingers sort of like a "v"….the needle can’t make your skin bunch ahead of
it and cause more pain, can cause less because less nerve endings are exposed
to the irritant - that wonderful needle! I’d draw a picture, but don’t know
how to send it to ya, so use that imagination! nite :) work tomorrow :) Joan

]]> By: elmo_15 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22854 elmo_15 Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:32:14 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22854 Brian/Joan How do you do That?? I'm squeezing the skin into a bump and stickin it in, if I hit a nerve I just move to another site a 1/4 " away fp yup this is one thing i have always done but never even realized that i did it... --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Brian/Joan How do you do That??
I’m squeezing the skin into a bump and stickin it in, if I hit a nerve I
just move to another site a 1/4
" away
fp

yup this is one thing i have always done but never even realized
that i did it…

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]]> By: magen_200 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22852 magen_200 Mon, 24 Mar 2003 02:48:28 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22852 yup this is one thing i have always done but never even realized that i did it... yup this is one thing i have always done but never even realized
that i did it…

]]> By: daphne400 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22851 daphne400 Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:51:41 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22851 Hi Frank & Brian: stretching the skin to make it a little tighter works well too to keep it from hurting when inserting. When I teach our nurses how to start IVs, that's one of the tricks I pass on....reducing the pain is the most important in all of this...Joan:) Hi Frank & Brian:
stretching the skin to make it a little tighter works well too to keep it
from hurting when inserting. When I teach our nurses how to start IVs,
that’s one of the tricks I pass on….reducing the pain is the most important
in all of this…Joan:)

]]> By: kristan_180 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22848 kristan_180 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:10:04 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22848 Frank, I used the Soft Set and others for several years, with very spotty results. The worst problem: I didn't know the thing was failing until the BG hit 500 2 hrs after changing the set! David Frank wrote: Frank,
I used the Soft Set and others for several years, with very spotty results.
The worst problem: I didn’t know the thing was failing until the BG hit 500 2
hrs after changing the set!
David

Frank wrote:

]]> By: kristan_180 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22847 kristan_180 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 12:02:23 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22847 Certainly could be true, but I have never had any of the cited problems...no infections, no pain, no limited use. Not so with the alternatives.... David Brian Carter wrote: Certainly could be true, but I have never had any of the cited problems…no
infections, no pain, no limited use. Not so with the alternatives….
David

Brian Carter wrote:

]]> By: antoinette_5 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22846 antoinette_5 Fri, 21 Mar 2003 05:51:32 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22846 That is fine David, there are always new people to the list and we all find the information that you provide useful. I know that were are many Pump users who love the Bent Needle, and it does not hurt to try out a new set. Minimed and Disetronic do not mind sending out some samples, just ask them and they will be happy to send them. To all the members have a Happy And Safe 4th Of July! That is fine David, there are always new people to the list and we all find
the information that you provide useful. I know that were are many Pump
users who love the Bent Needle, and it does not hurt to try out a new set.
Minimed and Disetronic do not mind sending out some samples, just ask them
and they will be happy to send them.
To all the members have a Happy And Safe 4th Of July!

]]> By: magen_200 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22845 magen_200 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:31:43 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22845 one bad thing about bent needles is it seems to cause more irritation in some individuals more than in others and some seem to get infected more often.. and one other thing i find true about steel needles is that they don't last as long as the teflon needles... don't get me wrong they are all good i often switch between steel and teflon needles just for the change.. one bad thing about bent needles is it seems to cause more
irritation in some individuals more than in others and some seem to
get infected more often.. and one other thing i find true about steel
needles is that they don’t last as long as the teflon needles…

don’t get me wrong they are all good i often switch between steel
and teflon needles just for the change..

]]> By: kristan_180 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22844 kristan_180 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:39:22 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22844 Catie, I probably am repeating myself from recent posts, but thought I would mention again that I find the bent needle far superior to any of the fancy so-called painless sets. The bent needle has many advantages: 1. Much less expensive than the Soft Set and others 2. Simple to insert; held in place by tape (I can change sets in 1/2 the time it took with the Soft Set). 3. No complicated accessories required for installation 4. If it slips out, you can often re-install it and not lose the set (this is not recommended by the vendor, but I have done this without difficulty a number of times). 5. No more pain to install than a soft set. 6. No pain at all after installing <!--more--> Only down side I have heard is the squeamishness associated with having a needle in you all the time. It took me two years of struggle with the soft set to finally try the bent needle, and I am very happy that I did. My CDE/nurse educator at UCSF that taught me pump usage was also a diabetic, and used the bent needle by choice; she has been using pumps since 1980 or so. I have been using a pump since 1990, and the bent needle since 1993. David Frank wrote: Catie,

I probably am repeating myself from recent posts, but thought I would mention
again that I find the bent needle far superior to any of the fancy so-called
painless sets. The bent needle has many advantages:
1. Much less expensive than the Soft Set and others
2. Simple to insert; held in place by tape (I can change sets in 1/2 the time
it took with the Soft Set).
3. No complicated accessories required for installation
4. If it slips out, you can often re-install it and not lose the set (this is
not recommended by the vendor, but I have done this without difficulty a
number of times).
5. No more pain to install than a soft set.
6. No pain at all after installing


Only down side I have heard is the squeamishness associated with having a needle
in you all the time. It took me two years of struggle with the soft set to
finally try the bent needle, and I am very happy that I did. My CDE/nurse
educator at UCSF that taught me pump usage was also a diabetic, and used the
bent needle by choice; she has been using pumps since 1980 or so. I have been
using a pump since 1990, and the bent needle since 1993.

David

Frank wrote:

]]> By: magen_200 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22843 magen_200 Thu, 20 Mar 2003 01:16:22 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2003/03/18/new-to-pumping/#comment-22843 I just learned it a few weeks ago from the Insulin-Pumpers Group I just learned it a few weeks ago from the Insulin-Pumpers Group

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