Samantha Walsh has lived with type 1 diabetes for over five years since 2017. After her T1D diagnosis, she was eager to give back to the diabetes community. She is the Community and Partner Manager for T1D Exchange and helps to manage the Online Community and recruit for the T1D Exchange Registry. Prior to T1D Exchange, Samantha fundraised at Joslin Diabetes Center. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelors degree in sociology and early childhood education.
Kinda hard to make this a meaningful question. Some months I’ve had as many as-6 bad insertions or rip outs, other months none. They seem to go in waves. This particular month hasn’t been as bad as some. I said two, as kind of an average.
As has already been stated, it’s difficult to ascertain, with any degree of certainty, exactly what’s being asked here.
IF you’re referring to the number of insulin infusion sets being changed, I change mine every 2 days, so I, therefore, change my infusion sets 3 times within the week that my Guardian 4 Sensors have expired.
IF you’re asking how many times the sensor is changed, I normally only change the sensor once a week, unless I get an unexpected detachment, which would result in my changing the sensor before the week long duration has expired.
Ever since I’ve started using the Tandem TruSteel sets I haven’t had a site “go bad” – it’s been many years.
Kinda hard to make this a meaningful question. Some months I’ve had as many as-6 bad insertions or rip outs, other months none. They seem to go in waves. This particular month hasn’t been as bad as some. I said two, as kind of an average.
As has already been stated, it’s difficult to ascertain, with any degree of certainty, exactly what’s being asked here.
IF you’re referring to the number of insulin infusion sets being changed, I change mine every 2 days, so I, therefore, change my infusion sets 3 times within the week that my Guardian 4 Sensors have expired.
IF you’re asking how many times the sensor is changed, I normally only change the sensor once a week, unless I get an unexpected detachment, which would result in my changing the sensor before the week long duration has expired.