Sensitive Skin?

[Charmed7]

My son is getting closer and closer to starting the pump. We are so excited. I have talked to the endo about his skin condition (I will get to that in a min) and she said she would try a few things out. But I wanted to see if anyone here has some suggestions.

My son was born with a rare skin disorder called Ichthyosis. Basically his skin regenerates at a much faster rate then normal skin. So he has a build up of skin in areas such as hands, knees and feet. Generally his trunk is dry and flakey and is prone to rashes. Normal Band-Aids and Plastic Band Aids will leave a bad prickly red bump type rash surrounding the area the band aid touched. The only kind I found to work was made with fabric. Because he heals so quickly, I hardly need to keep a band aid on for long. (I call him wolverine)

Does anyone else have any type of sensitive skin, and the adhesive that is used for the pump bothers you? What do you do? I could be getting ahead of myself but would like to have some options before Pump Day.

Thanks for your help.

Sheila

[HollyB]

Sheila if you could get your pump company to send some set samples you could actually try a few before your start up. Just sort of cut off the circle of tape and put that on. See how it looks after three days.

If his skin isn't happy with the set adhesive, you could try putting either IV 3000 or Skin Tac under the set. They have adhesive too, but many people seem to find them less irritating.

Hope it works out for him.

[iDream]

IV 3000 is beast. Call up minimed, they'll send samples. Thats freakin awesome that he heals so quick.....

[Charmed7]

I have the company sending samples. I hope he doesn't have any issues.
I've never heard about IV3000. Is that in the drug store?

Thanks for the thoughts.

Charmed.