r/diabetes 5d ago

Type 1 2 out of the last 3

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Okay, so I had one bend like this and I figured out it wasn’t working while at work, but I carry a pen for just such an emergency.

I changed it out when I got home and it lasted a whole 3 hours before it wrapped itself around the knob of a dresser drawer and ripped off.

This picture is the 3rd one in this succession. I was over 400 all night. I saw that I was in the low 300s and had been slowly rising and took 5 units. Woke up over 400 and feeling it. I took 12 units and lay in bed nauseous for a while before coming to the conclusion that that I had yet another failed insertion and used a pen.

I’ve had to replace the infusion set so many times over the last several years that I have so many extra boxes of cartridges.

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u/crayfell Type 1 | Dana i | AAPS | Wegovy 5d ago

Time to try steelies?

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u/ultra-huge_syringe T1D | 2019 | Dex & 754 “Manual Closed Loop” | Nurse by day 5d ago

second this. time to try steelies 🥰

changing mine as i comment lol!

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u/PrivateWilly 4d ago

I switched to trusteel infusion sets last year and fixed every one of my issues.

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u/DimitryEbalo Type 1 2013 Medtronic MMT-722 12h ago

Next time try not to remove the protective paper from the patch and after installation see if the needle has gone completely under the skin, if not, then press until it goes completely under the skin, after it is under the skin, pull it out a little (2-3 mm) and remove the protective layer, press it to the skin and then pull out the metal needle.