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- 8 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  James Cheairs has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  With the release of DIY Loop 3.0, I can customize how much insulin is injected as part of the Omnipod pod change.
- 8 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  Andrea Hultman has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  Usually experience a decline in sensor glucose after a site change. If it rises, that most often indicates a bad site, and lo and behold, a bent cannula.
- 9 months ago
  
  Katie Craft has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I always experience a rise after a site change, and have started using Afrezza inhaled insulin to combat this once my bg reaches 200 after a site change. Brings it right down. Cannot take it before reaching 200 or I go low.
- 9 months ago
  
  Leona Hanson has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I've never noticed a big rose when changing my tubing it takes me only maybe 2 min. To change my tubing really not much of aa rise there is
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  Kristen Clifford has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  More often, I have a drop in my BGs after changing sites.
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  PamK has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I have noticed a slight rise in my blood sugar levels an hour or two after a site change. I adjusted my cannula fill setting from 0.5 to 0.7 units. This seems to take care of it!
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  Linda Zottoli has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I use 0.8 instead of the directed 0.7 for the cannula fill, and also bolus in the next few minutes -- for food (or occasionally correction), whether I had intended to eat or not (usually I'm changing the site before breakfast, so it isn't an issue). In the past, when I've noticed a problem with a rise after putting in a new set, it's always been when I didn't bolus for a while.
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  C B has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I always bolus for a site/pod change to avoid the rise
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  Adam Heath has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  We often give Adam a corrective SQ injection while waiting for the new site to work completely. The endocrinologist suggested trying inhaled insulin for these corrections, saying there would be less risk of rebound lows/stacked doses. Adam has Down syndrome and he is not great with the inhaler despite practice so I’m never sure how much insulin he’s getting. Other suggestions?
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  ELYSSE HELLER has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I often go low after a pod change, not high.
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  George Lovelace has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  I use a Teflon Cannula Set so instead of the Standard Prime of 0.7 U I always Prime a Full Unit, it all evens out
- 9 months, 1 week ago
  
  Stephen Woodward has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, when changing your pump site, do your blood glucose (BG) levels rise afterwards? If so, please share in the comments if you take any steps to adjust for the rise when changing your site.
  Whenever a new site is put in the old site should stay in for a few hours to absorb the insulin, the cannula should be filled, and the site should be primed to get the insulin to start being used as soon as possible. The priming is done to get the infusion site to absorb insulin asap, the insulin needs to break up the clumps, the form that keeps it stable in the vial, and then the insulin comes in contact with more fatty tissue sooner than if no priming is done. Yes it is a hack never taught, and that's a shame. For me for the last 30 yrs I've used 1u to fill my cannula and 1u to prime the site, using soft XC sets. The exact amount will vary from person to person and from site set to site set. This should be taught to everyone who uses a pump, as I was 31 yrs ago.
- 10 months ago
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  Tom Webb has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, which of the following factors best describe when you will get a new pump (assuming your current pump still works)? Select all that apply!
  I use a tandem pump with basal iq and it talks with my dexcom g6 to adjust my basal as needed. It shuts my insulin off when my blood sugar goes low and asks me to treat a high both have an alert to make me aware of changes in my blood sugar.
- 10 months ago
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  James Cheairs has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, which of the following factors best describe when you will get a new pump (assuming your current pump still works)? Select all that apply!
  Am on DIY Loop - Omnipod. I see no reason to switch unless the pump I am using is no longer supported by Loop
- 10 months, 1 week ago
  
  Kayci Marr has commented in the same post you commented in :
  If you use an insulin pump, which of the following factors best describe when you will get a new pump (assuming your current pump still works)? Select all that apply!
  I will upgrade to the Omnipod 5 when I get a job with insurance…
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