[telizas]

Originally Posted by Dogen

You know, I think that might have been part of it... I'm not used to being tethered to anything, and I've pulled the cord a few times - dropping my pants, changing my pants, not realizing it slipped out of my pocket and then standing up... I need to become a woman, then clip it to my bra.

Yep! You need some tatas! J/k

If I've been keeping it in my pocket, I've been making it a point to clip it to the front of my shirt before taking down my pants to use the toilet. It keeps it out of the way entirely.

[Cluck]

I am just about to purchase a pump but haven't yet decided on a MM or Animas.

The infusion sets honestly completely freak me out. I'm a whimp I guess, although I have no problems with the tiny insulin syringes.

There is NO way I could do the SILs, that inserter is simply monsterous and the needle is SO long! I tried a 6mm Qset and that went straight through adipose tissue, was very painful even after the needle came out and there was quite a bit of blood when I removed it. The problem is clearly that the inserter needle is longer and when using the inserter it gets pushed way too deep and into muscle.

The only set I am comfortable inserting myself and which I can't really feel when it's in is the SureT with the little 6mm needle. I don't know that this will work as I have worries that it will come out. Right now, however, this is the only way I can see me beginning to pump.

I get to see all the Animas paraphenalia (sp?) tomorrow.

These blasted companies need to consult their customers more than their research teams. For me the infusion sets are what are most important. These are what we wear 24/7, that scar our bodies and make it harder and harder to treat our diabetes. These infusion sets are what need fixing!

Vent over.

[telizas]

I have a Ping, and the inserters make it less scary for me. The prospect of just jabbing something in like a blood draw scares me. But, I did get a sample of Orbit sets, and plan to try them next time I change....

All that said, you *can* use any infusion set with any pump. It may require one additional adaptor piece, but it can be done. So don't let that sway you. If you like a Minimed set, but prefer the Ping, you CAN have both. I will try to find a link to the thing you'd have to get (I want to find it myself so I can try the Minimed sets).

[sarahspins]

I got my sample box of Orbit sets last week.. they sent them to my Endo's office though? It wasn't a big deal since I was already headed there to pick up some Apidra to try when they called to let me know. I'm glad they sent a WHOLE box and not just 2 to try. I screwed up my first insertion which hurt a TON and resulted in blood running down my leg when I pulled it a couple of minutes later (it hurt too much to even attach the hub, which is why I pulled it). The second went better (no pain).. I'm looking forward to trying another after this one.

I had nothing but trouble with quicksets when I first started pumping with minimed in 2002.. and sort of swore off all 90 degree sets, but so far this one seems to be doing fine. I got my sample sets in 6mm with 30" tubing. I really like the tubing length.. it's just long enough for an arm site, and not too overwhelmingly long for a belly site like 42" tubing is.. The tape is interesting... it's different than the tapes used on other sets, and mine has wrinkled up a TON after a day and a half, however it is sticking surprisingly well and I didn't use any IV prep or anything underneath it. It isn't irritating my skin -at all- either.

I wonder if the hub being able to rotate freely will help keep the cannula in the skin from kinking... I always felt that may have been a big factor in quicksets failing to work for me - the set would get tugged, and that's enough motion to pull up the cannula a tiny bit and kink it... I had tried both cannula lengths and neither worked - back then I switched to sils and inserted them by hand, which was intimidating, but I had so much better results with them. In 3 years I could count on one hand the number that had kinked on me (usually thigh sites) and I was generally very happy with them.

I would really like to try the orbit 90 micro - that's a steel set.

Oh, and I have heard, but I can't find my quickserter to try it, that the Orbits are compatible with it...

[butterflykisses]

Originally Posted by Cluck

I am just about to purchase a pump but haven't yet decided on a MM or Animas.

The infusion sets honestly completely freak me out. I'm a whimp I guess, although I have no problems with the tiny insulin syringes.

There is NO way I could do the SILs, that inserter is simply monsterous and the needle is SO long! I tried a 6mm Qset and that went straight through adipose tissue, was very painful even after the needle came out and there was quite a bit of blood when I removed it. The problem is clearly that the inserter needle is longer and when using the inserter it gets pushed way too deep and into muscle.

The only set I am comfortable inserting myself and which I can't really feel when it's in is the SureT with the little 6mm needle. I don't know that this will work as I have worries that it will come out. Right now, however, this is the only way I can see me beginning to pump.

I get to see all the Animas paraphenalia (sp?) tomorrow.

These blasted companies need to consult their customers more than their research teams. For me the infusion sets are what are most important. These are what we wear 24/7, that scar our bodies and make it harder and harder to treat our diabetes. These infusion sets are what need fixing!

Vent over.

Sometimes you just hit a bad spot. It's possible that the Quickset would work for you, but then lots of people complain about them not working, so? If you go with Animas with the luer lock system you can also get steel sets in other brands that will work, like Accu-chek. Just a thought. Good luck in your quest.