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What time of the day do you usually change your insulin pump infusion set or Pod?
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I Change my pump site and cartridge when the cartridges down to a few units, unless I am not going to be home.
I change it when it alerts me so it changes every time
I don’t have a standard time for changing my pump. I use an Omnipod Dash which has 72 hour life + 8 hour grace period. I try to load sufficient insulin for the 72 hour+ period and change it when it runs out or the lifetime (80 hrs) is reached. I’ve found even when the app indicates there’s 0 (no insulin) left, there’s still a unit or two left (I’ve experienced 4-5 units left) and it will continue operation/dosing until it’s gone or the 80 hour mark is reached.
Whenever it works best into the daily plan.
No set time of day. Just change out whenever needed or when pump reminder alerts me it is time.
Like the other commenters, I change it whenever it is empty, though not in the middle of the night.
It varies. Depending on when the reservoir goes low.
I change it when it is under 10 units.
When my pump is empty
I usually change mine whenever it expires whatever time that is not to waist any insulin.
or.. if my iLet runs out of insulin either one when it expires or empty.
Rotate at 7am, then 3pm then 11pm. Omnipod 5 – 72 hours + 8 hour grace period. I use it for the full 80 hours.
When the current reservoir is nearly or completely empty. T1D is such an interruption! 🙂
I change the cartridge when it runs out of insulin.
I change whenever it runs out. I’m not a machine so my insulin use varies everyday. I wish I could actually plan the same time always.
I like to change it midmorning on the day. I need to change it to make sure everything‘s working right tend to go low rather have it happen during the day versus night.
Whenever the “20 units left” alarm goes off. Which can be at any time in a 24 hour period…
The time when I run or almost run out of insulin.
I change my pod every 80 hours whatever time that happens to be.
I change it when it is out of insulin or has expired. This varies greatly. Use the omnipod 5 it’s awesome. Lasts typically 3 days plus 8 hours.
No set time of the day. It varies and depends on when the reservoir is low and about to run out.
Whenever the reservoir runs low.
Whatever time of day when I need to replace the infusion set. Do any peer reviewed studies exist regarding best outcomes in A1c relating to time of day?
I change it when it runs out and that could be any time during the day.
I change when my insulin less than 20 units remaining. It’s not always the same time day.
Whenever my pump alerts me to the fact that my reservoir is down to 15 units of insulin, which varies dependent on whether I’ve infused larger amounts of insulin than ‘normal’.
I usually change mine either in the morning or late afternoon-evening. This works around my work schedule so I’m not having to do so at work.
Whenever I feel like it
It varies. I usually change it when I’m down to 4–6 units, earlier if my bG is stubbornly high. I try to change it before a meal
I change pump whenever it needS to be changed except the middle of the night
Whenever it’s needed.
When it is out of insulin, unless I will be away from home when I antic7it running out
I usually try to do it 2 hours before a meal, so before lunch or supper. But when I travel or have a concert or workshop to attend or a long flight, I have to fit it around those things. I do not want to change infusion sets at an airport. So if I am traveling to Europe, I change it in the morning before I leave and then again roughly 48 hours later. But it has to be during the daytime at my new location.
Time of day does not factor in. I change it when the amount of insulin remaining is low or depleted.
Whenever my insulin is almost all used up in my pump cartridge, so it my be anywhere from when I wake up till when I go to bed.
When it needs to be changed it could be morning, or night normally
I change my infusion set whenever my insulin runs out! That can be any time of the day.