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07-17-2005, 04:57 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Virginia
Posts: 629
| | | How many?
How many times
1 riped out the infusion site by accident
2 dropped on floor
1 <---this is the 1st time today and man did it suck b/c i had to re do it and then it wouldnt let me fill the tube b/c the cartridge was low enough to not work with it. ugh pita (pain in the a$$)
2 <--once a day or more lol
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April
T1 DX'd 4-16-96
Cozmo blue pump since 7-8-05
Latest A1C levels:
10-8-08 A1C 5.8
7-30-08 A1C 6.0
4-30-08 A1C 5.9
1-18-08 A1C 5.9
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07-17-2005, 06:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Miami, Fl
Posts: 3,120
| | 1-0 (have not had this happen just yet)
2- 3 times.. Walked off holding my cell think I had my pump in my hand 
__________________ T1- 25 yrs MM-715 (6/05)
A1C :
6/08- 5.8
3/08- 6.2
11/07 7.3 |
07-17-2005, 06:22 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,213
| | | Never ripped one out. (knock on wood)
Dropped it to the length of the tubing quite a few times.
Don't you just love that momentary panic feeling you get when you know it's falling and you are just waiting to see what happens!
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07-18-2005, 11:14 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 252
| | | On the dropping it item. Been there done that.
I have continually set my pump on a counter, in the bathroom, bedroom on a dresser, and in the kitchen counter. and I keep forgetting I did not re-clip it onto my cloths. So far nothing has come undone, but it has hit the floor many a time.
Very nerve wracking experiences!
Don |
07-18-2005, 11:21 AM
| | Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 156
| | | i've never had a site ripped out ... thank god. that would hurt so much since it takes me forever to get them out when its time for a site change. the tape on the quicksets is seriously sticky, at least for me anyways.
i probably drop my pump several times a week. especially if i'm wearing it in a pants pocket, it always seems to be making a run for it!
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reunited with pumpy mcpumperson dec 30th!
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07-18-2005, 02:33 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 2,868
| | | Does anybody use a "safety loop"?
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To err is human, to purr feline >^.^<
T1 since 1991, Cozmo Pump 11/05
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07-18-2005, 04:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 1,008
| | 1 has happened once. But it wasn't me, it was my cat My pump did a bungyjump from my pocket and my cat was there faster than anything else and just pulled the set out 
2 happens at least once every day when i'm on the pump  Though it never actually hits the floor since i'm using the 60cm tubing 
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4 
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen 
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07-18-2005, 05:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nebraska
Posts: 42
| | | I've never ripped one out....... yet.
I've dropped my pump a few times in the last 8 months, but it's never hit the floor as I use the short tubing. |
07-19-2005, 05:13 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: pa, usa
Posts: 457
| | | 1, has happened once, thanks t my neice thinking it was a toy to pull on.....
2 that happenes at least once or twice a day, especially when I get up in the morning and the pump falls out of my pocket....
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Paul. t1 , pumping from 5/22/05. minimed 715
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07-27-2005, 01:21 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pekin, Illinois
Posts: 53
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Originally Posted by amccrazgrl How many times
1 riped out the infusion site by accident
2 dropped on floor
1 <---this is the 1st time today and man did it suck b/c i had to re do it and then it wouldnt let me fill the tube b/c the cartridge was low enough to not work with it. ugh pita (pain in the a$$)
2 <--once a day or more lol |
1Millions and Millions of times
2 ditto^ |
07-27-2005, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by amccrazgrl 1 <---this is the 1st time today and man did it suck b/c i had to re do it and then it wouldnt let me fill the tube b/c the cartridge was low enough to not work with it. ugh pita (pain in the a$$) | How low does the cartridge have to be for the pump to not let you prime the new infusion set? And what happens if you run out of insulin before your infusion site is due for a change?
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Last edited by webpundit : 07-27-2005 at 02:01 PM.
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07-27-2005, 05:32 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: CT
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Ripped out infusion site?... Maybe 2 or 3 times in the past. 
Dropped pump?... Way too many times to count!
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07-28-2005, 11:28 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Virginia
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Originally Posted by webpundit How low does the cartridge have to be for the pump to not let you prime the new infusion set? And what happens if you run out of insulin before your infusion site is due for a change? | my cozmo is set to beep at 20units for low cartridge. to prime the tubing it takes about 14 untits or so and the cannula is .7 your should have an alert on ur pump depending which one you have that tells you when you are low and need to refill.
i use a 1.10 basal rate so thats like 26.4 units a day i think so i was going to take it down low before i changed it but couldnt.
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April
T1 DX'd 4-16-96
Cozmo blue pump since 7-8-05
Latest A1C levels:
10-8-08 A1C 5.8
7-30-08 A1C 6.0
4-30-08 A1C 5.9
1-18-08 A1C 5.9
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07-30-2005, 12:31 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York
Posts: 109
| | | Mine ripped out once. It was more frustrating than painful.
Never dropped it (yet).
One time (5 minutes after changing site) I got tubing caught in car door. The tubing is esilient but no match for a door slam!
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07-31-2005, 06:47 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 34
| |  Too Often
I rip one out about every other week...Its very frustrating..ugh |
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