My son has been wearing his pod for 24 hours and we couldn't be happier. The training went well and I love how easy it is to program the PDM. Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions on my previous Discussion thread - they were very helpful. The only question I forgot to ask the CDE was does my son need to stay close to the PDM while the insulin is being delivered or ONLY while you are programming/confirming insulin delivery? I think the latter is true but he has been staying right next to the PDM during the entire insulin delivery incase it messes things up if he moves!
After he hears the beep, he can walk away....if he has set it to give him a beep. If no beep, as soon as it says it is delivering, he can walk away. It will continue to deliver as long as the 'cancel' key is not hit. I had my PDM in a case once that was too tight and the case would trigger the cancel button. Sounds like an exciting day!!
Did our first pod change this morning and it went great. Just wondering what, if anything, you put on the old pod site. I massaged in a little baby oil but welcome other suggestions.
Guess im the minority but I just rip the old one off quickly...
I wear them on my arms and occasionally i'll have a small bump where the old one was, but nothing major. Ive noticed that not as much of the adhesive on the new pods stays behind like it did on the old ones.
One more question. I presume if we do a temporary basal reduction for one hour the PDM does not need to be next to the pod in order for it to resume (meaning it will automatically return to full basal rate after an hour by itself)?
Congratulations! great to hear it works so good. If my insurance agrees I wil start with the omnipod soon. I'm exited to start and have better regulation.
