Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump: changing the site

A quick video showing how I change out my insulin pump. I was diagnosed when I was 15 and am coming up on my ten year "anniversary." I have been pumping since two months after my diagnosis. Hope this helps anyone who is thinking about changing to a pump. It will change your life. Go for it!

Please excuse my pjs. :)

Also, I wanted to explain really quickly why the "sugguested bolus" amt was only 2.5 when the pump said I needed 1.6 for the food and 2.7 (which would seem like the bolus should have been 4.2). The bolus wizards on Minimed pumps uses a formal to decide how much active insulin is still your body. Therefore, even though I need 4.2 to correct my high and account for the food, it only recommends 2.5 b/c I still have 1.7 active units still in my body (usually from a recent bolus). It's a great feature that cuts down on lows from over correcting highs.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Minimed
• Medtronic
• insulin
• insulin pump
• pumping
• infusion set
• changing out
• insulim pump therapy
• site change
• type 1 diabetes
• type one diabetes

[AlexEttelis]

I'm getting an insulin pump in about two months after 13 years of injections and what i don't like about pumps is that you have a device that is connected to you all the time and doesn't allow you to get stupid and those tubing and infusion >_> but these are things I'll have to get used to and the advantages beat the disadvantages by far. and I've got one question; if you must be connected to the pump all the time what do you do when you go to sleep? you could hit something accidentally over ni

[cemcalex]

@AlexEttelis hurt to roll over onto the pump, so i leave it clipped on my back b/c I don't sleep on my back. You can clip it where-ever is comfortable for you. And trust, it will come a day that you can't feel the pump at all! I always do a "pump check" in the car when i go out of town or something b/c I truly can't recognize the weight sometimes so I have to touch my jean pocket to make sure it's there! :)

[AlexEttelis]

@cemcalex Hey, I'm happy to say I have installed the insulin pump yesterday and so far I'm very out of balance but I have been told it is expected to be at first but I'm very pleased with it and the general idea of insulin pumps. I wanted to ask you a question, If i want to go to the beach what can I do? I heard I could disconnect the pump for 2 hours and less but when I'm at the beach I'm usually more than that

[cemcalex]

@AlexEttelis Humm, good question about the beach. I don't live near a beach so I've never had that issue. I do like to lay out by the pool and when I want to take a dip, i just disconnect and connect the little "stopper" (it's plastic and each infusion set comes with one), but that's usually only for about 30 minutes. Once you get a hang of your bolus and basal rates, you can probably just do a small bolus every 30 min to an hour that you are disconnected.

[cemcalex]

Meaning, if you get, say, 1 unit/hour on your basal for that hour of the day, you could check your BS 1 hour after disconnecting and bolus the amount of basal that you missed (1 unit). It's not perfect, but it would probably fix the high that you would be starting to get from being disconnected. Hope that helps, I'd ask your doctor too, he/she might have some tips!

[THEDARKSOLDER2]

@n4mjg1 Thank God i live in kuwait and Special thanks to kuwait Government Because they give us the insulin pump for free to any one who have Diabetes

[n4mjg1]

all those pump cost waaaay too much, i don't think my ins would not cover !

[GoblinBigears]

Medtroic is awsome

[Christheatheist1]

I'm getting a pump in October. Is this type of pump best?

[syv1000]

im getting a pump very soon but i going tho classes and dont know why i gotta go 2 for

[TheGymnasticschick]

i have that same pump! great video! (:

[cemcalex]

@AlexEttelis That won't happen. It makes too much pressure to activate the buttons, nothing to worry about there!