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Originally Posted by sleepy_hound  I've been pumping for one month and have been using the Insets. No problems with cannulas bending or anything but my skin is very sensitive to the adhesive! When I remove the set, I have a little spot where the cannula was, and then two little red spots that are from the indentation where the plastic piece stays on the adhesive (does that make sense?) After a few hours, the area itches, and those red spots are now red bumps...whole area stays red/itchy for about a week. |
This is what happened when I used the regular Tegaderm dressings on my stomach, except the spots were much bigger since the tegaderm has a much larger area. As for the insets, I use them for my pump and personally have never had this problem, but I know there are others here that have. You are probably allergic to the adhesive... you can try using something like
Bard or you can try putting an IV3000/Tegaderm HP (for allergies) over it. I use the Tegaderm over my glucose sensors, and it is much better than IV3000.
