2/11/10
Hi--This is my first ever post here,
hope I do it
right. 71 yr old T2 w/Animas 1 year---One finger slow typist :-)
Anyhow, I found
that some of my
Animas Inserts were folding over instead of going in straight.
Finally, I
discovered that I was putting the tubing in the small slot (before pulling out
the white center plunger to "cock" the mechanism). When I would pull
out the
center mechanism, the white plastic piece was not level, both sides
not evenly
pulled out.
That meant, that
when the
plunger would go off, the needle would be driven at a slight angle,
and fold
over. The answer is for me (not) to put the tubing in the small slot,
but let it
hang loose, out of the way, inside of the mechanism. Then everything
is free,
the plastic center is not being held back on one side by the tubing,
it pulls
out to a level position, the insert goes in straight----
I was an Enguineerrr, retired,
and learned that a column, slightly tilted, would fail easily, and
using
standard column designs, the failure would be in thirds. Sure enough,
the
inserts were folding over, at about one third of the way up from
the
tip.
That gave me the clue.
Anyway, this is
my first post,
hope the tip is helpful, and hope I did it right..
Enguineerrr---
A mind is a terrible thing---
:-))) <grin>
