Insulin Pump Users

I’ve been having some problems with my pump sites. They get itchy after a
day and when i take it off after 3 days my skin is dry and i have sores. I
have switched my adhesive to the kind for sensitive skin, but i realized it
the little "wings" on the tubbing that are irritating my skin, and the side
witht the anitbacterial strip seems to be doing the most damage. I’m thinking
that i might be allergic to the anitbacterial, does anyone know what i might
be able to make this itching bearble, or something?
Do well and doubt not
Julia

A special treat for US!!!!

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For those on medicare, I asked somewhere else about pumps and supply payments.
This is the response:
Jan

The SofSerter does make a difference. As far as batteries go, I get about 8
weeks out of my 3 little batteries my MiniMed 507c requires. I do anything
manually that I can to not deplete battery power. Filling the 42" tubing by
pushing it through with the plunger until I see a drip saves power. Then I
place the syringe in the pump and put the locking levers down as closely as
I can to it. Then I set a basal at 10u which is the *back end* of a bolus
(using down arrow key — not going up to 10). I press ACT until I see it
begin to come through the needle — then press STOP. Every *beep* I can
eliminate, and as much power as I don’t use helps preserve battery power.

Jan

HI…I am in line for an insulin pump and have recently joined this list to
learn more about it. What are the definitions of "infusion" and "tenders,
comforts"///Thanks

There’s a company in Denmark called Maersk who make infusion sets. They
don’t sell them direct to the public, but package them up for other
companies. When MiniMed sell them, they are called Silhouettes; when
Disetronic sell them, they are called Tenders; when Braun sell them, they
are called Comforts (at least that’s the company name in Germany -
sometimes they trade under different names in different countries). Apart
from the brand name on the back of the package, it is the identical product
inside. So Comfort = Tender = Silhouette.

John

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HEY, Gang!
I know I was a pest about voting for JDF and research monies. BUT, look
which one came out on top!!
Thanks for the votes. Let’s hope this makes a dent in the cure time. Merry
Christmas.
Jan (60 y/oi, T-1 11/5/50, pmpg 8/23/83)

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> I didn’t find the disetronic web pages very helpful
> at all and I printed it out for my daughter and only part of page prints
due
> to the way they put the print on the page on web site.
> Kathy

Kathy,
I think you can print the entire page if you change your print settings to
landscape for that site.
Jan

MiniMed 507c is also made of motorcycle helmet material - and mine’s blue.
Jan

I have a *museum* of evolution of diabetes products since1950. If someone
has a box without the canister of Advantage Accu Chek strips (RED ones) I
would surely appreciate having just the BOX — flattened and sent to me in
an envelope with 1-5 strips. I plan
to have a display for my 11/4/00 50th anniversary bash. I believe I was
instrumental in getting the Comfort Curve style (blue) as I was in the test
study and it took 3-5 strips to get ONE good test!! I complained that you
couldn’t
see to put red blood on a red patch.
The remaining strips could remain safely in the canister. It’s only the
carton and a couple of strips I’m interested in.
Let me know what I need to do.
Thanks,

Jan Hughey
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