I am also realizing I need to do a small bolus/no food after a pod change. Again, another thing that doesn't make sense to me, but something I need to deal with.
This morning I changed a pod and did an extra bolus BEFORE the pod change (I ate alittle too) and I still went high. So bizarre.
This is a very interesting discussion. This is really what frustrates me the most with the OmniPod and no quick fix answers available. For the last 10 days, I´ve had to change 3 pods after only 36 hours because of very uncontrollable BG levels. I´m also wearing a Navigator CGM so I can see and understand immediately when the problem is the pump and not the carbo count or other matters. 3 pumps after each other. Could this be bad luck. I doubt it. Could it be the "batch". I saw somebody wrote something about the batteries. Never heard of tha before.I´m frustrated and thinking about turning back to my old friend "Medtronic ". Is it the canula? It doesn´t look bent at all, but as I said - I´ve no clues. I even had sky rocketting BGL after pod change today. I wish we new more...
I agree about the need to know more about high BG levels. I cannot afford to be changing pods early unless absolutely necessary because of the loss of insulin and the problems with refills.My insurance company has less and less tolerance for this. From the discussion on the board, the high BG could be caused by scar tissue, lapse in coverage when changing pods , insulin resistance, etc. Ironically, our endocrinologists are not as trained on the pods as we need them to be. So we need doctors connected to Omni pod to help patients in a more public way. This is what drove my friend to go back to pens and Dexcom monitor.
I'm new to the pod and have been running in the 300's for about two days. I've noticed my sugars have been much higher since I started omnipod and am ready to give up. Does it get better? I'm not used to feeling soooo badly. My a1c is usually around 5.6.
I know what you mean. I wouldn't say I'm convinced I'm going to stay with it yet. People keep telling me to hang in there, that it takes time to adjust all the ratios/factors and find the best placements. I do believe that placement is huge. Some spots for no reason don't work. If I have a good spot it works good, but sometimes I make bad decisions on counting carbs so that's my fault.
May I ask - what did you do before? Your a1c was good.
I´m so convinced now after one year on the OmniPod and having had discussions with Omnipod reps that the OmniPod teflon tip that´s being inserted needs to be entered into fleshy substance, there must be good tissue for it to work properly. I used to use 6 mm steal from Medtronic and never had problems. With the teflon tip entered at 45 degrees and only 8% in fat percentage, it is difficult to use most parts of the body. I´ve not had much success with the arms which I thought was a great new start for a pump placement.
I´ve not made up my mind yet.
Conclusion: Omnipod must and needs good and fatty tissue.
I agree with Hoffa. I am approaching my second year on Omni Pod, and I have many more problems on the areas with lower fat percentage. The problem is that if I cannot alternate sites, then I believe there is scar tissue interference. Also, I have trouble with Pods adhering to my arm tissue..they come loose during showers and are easy to bump. I like the ability to use pods while swimming and showering (if they stick). But given the problems that many of us have...Omni pod needs to ship more pods (to allow for errors) and it needs to give us coupons or ? for lost insulin when pods do not work. Insulin is not a tier one drug; it is expensive and insurance companies do not like us to lose it.
I was using Animas ping. I actually reconnected to my ping last night after I realized that my omnipod was. not. delivering. insulin. The cannula wasn't inserted at all! You can imagine the outcome. Needless to say I ended up very ill last night. I'll try the Pod again but am nervous, indeed. Site changes stress me out.
I never had the kind of issues that I have experienced with the Omnipod. I have been using for over 2 years. I never really had bad issued until they came out with the smaller pods. Not I have had 18 failures which Is absolutely unacceptable to me. this is my life and the Omnipod is messing with it. I will be in the middle of holding a meeting and it starts alarming that it is not working. So embarrassing little long an interruption of my life. I would rather take shots at this point in time. This is after having t1 for 30 years. I thought this was the latest and greatest. I throw pods away all the time. I have failures on a weekly basis. This product seems to need work. It would be an awesome product if it worked properly. I am still considering going back to shots. Anyone else have this happen with the new pods?
That's awful! Kudos to you, I would've given up already. Good job hanging in there.
Yes totally awful. I just put on my old Animas 1250. It is so depressing being tied down to the tubing again. The best thing about OmniPod is that I felt somewhat free. However when it works great it works really great but when it is bad it is really really bad. I am somewhat surprised one of the bigger insulin pump companies does not have a tubeless pump yet. I really hate trying to swim, exercise and etc with this heavy pump on. I almost feel like I am taking 12 steps back in my diabetes management.