Different sites you can use with Medtronic Infusion Sets

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?


Thankyou =D

Michael Hampton

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. :stuck_out_tongue: 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 :slight_smile:

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 :wink: 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