Comments on: Rapids, the difference?

By: daphne400

daphne400 — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:36:52 +0000

Kathy:
might be a good idea to keep some glucose gel around for the just in
cases…might ask endo for a glucagon emergency kit, but hopefully you won’t
need it. you can always change the bolus on the disetronic before it
confirm-beeps back…just push the other button and it will erase and you can
start over…better to give a little less…have to allow of the basal plus
what she is bolusing for the meal. You can always give a little more later
on, so keep that in mind….glad you both like the pump…think youll find
the rapids are easier than tenders in the long run, only disadvantage is no
quick disconnect…later, Joan

By: belinda_20

belinda_20 — Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:44:23 +0000

she likes her pump a lot. but her bs are still running in the 200-300 range
mostly but her endo wants them there until we get a good idea of how much and
how far she will bottom out as she did the first night on the pump and then
tonight when dinner was late and she had been outside playing
we were d/c home this am from hospital stay
her current a1c was 7.9 up from previous of 7.5 but not too bad i was afraid
it was going to be even higher I have great hopes of next one being even
lower her endo likes them under 8 but our health ins wants them under 7
we are using the tenders right now but i did like the rapid it was much
easier to insert
i asked for them to send me some of 6mm and 8mm like a box of each just to
have on hand for different site uses and also i think it would be much easier
for alisha to insert when she is ready for that
so far we are getting the hang of pushing buttons
once i even gave her a bolus based on 10 carbs per unit instead of 15 carbs

per unit and of course she was full and wouldn’t even eat all that she should
have for the correct bolus much less what i gave she had 47 carbs and i gave
her a bolus of 4.7 oops it didn’t hurt one bit though
thanks for asking
kathy

By: daphne400

daphne400 — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:57:05 +0000

Hi Kathy:
How does Alisha like her pump? you can ask the supplier to swap the tenders
for the rapids…there is a definite benefit in cost saving too…Joan

By: orville_400

orville_400 — Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:16:08 +0000

hi,
my daughter’s rapids do not disconnect except from the disetronic pump
and currently it is in her arm.
she does not have any fat on her legs and little on her arms so we used 6mm
just to try it i thought it was much easier to insert than the tender.and the
dressing thing is smaller
it has not caused any problems yet and will be day number 2 in a few hrs i
put it in sun am 730
as far as i know the insertion sets or infusion sets can go anywhere you give
a shot and some are not as long as others as far as depth of needle or canula
rapid not even button like at all and the classic looks hard to insert as far
as holding on to it that needle is bent at 90 degrees angle
we were sent a three month supply of the tenders but i think i will ask for
more of the rapids too for a change
kathy