Well, I have been on the pump for quite a while, but im starting to get sick of using my stomach all the time. so i was wondering, there are many of you out there who have had the pump wayy long, my needles are 6, where are other places I can do my sets?
I’ve been using a pump for 8 years and have had to switch from using my abdomen because I was getting lipoatrophy. So now I use my upper tighs. I also use the 6mm canula.
i use my thighs from time to time, to give my tummy a break. lipoatrophy is common with pump users especially those who use the abdominal area more frequently… by the way, i use quickset 6mm too…
I have 6mm canula’s as well and I use my flanks um my arms my thighs and my tush every once in a while and my abdomen very rarely.
We put Eric’s on his butt because it’s the only place he has enough body fat, but I could see where that might be tough for you
Thighs, upper arms, flanks, just above the buttocks - basically anywhere where I have injected prior to going on the pump.
let us know how a different site works for ya michael… i’m also thinking about a new site for my infusion set… reason being because i waterski and fall a lot… i’m afraid that the site is going to rip out on my exposed stomach
Have you guys ever have your site ripped right out of you cause it got stuck on a door knob??? This happens to me alot!!! It freak’n hurts…
never on a door knob but my pump fell out of my pocket today and my friend sat on it… when i went to get up it pulled right out of me… good thing it was time to change the site anyway haha
LOL good job Mine has fallen alot and the cassing on the pump has cracked several times. I have made complaints with the company and said “if they make fisher price products so that they are durable when kids drop toys, shouldn’t you be making a product that width holds a fall?!?!?!?!?” I was so upset that this kept on happening all within a weeks time