Hey, Roxanne, have you tried the “No Sting” version of Skin Prep? Products
No but I’ll check into it. Thanks
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Your statement is so ironic DrBB, especially since I’m hooked on watching AD: The Bible Continues. But it does seem that way–people choosing their battle stance, weapons, and ready to charge. I think PWDs (as a newbie I’m still awaiting my pinning into the club for pumping/CGMing) are more passionate about their CGMs than their pumps.
I’m just saying… 
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I remember a blogger that read somewhere who uses a MM and Dexcom CGM and loves it. Me–I would for someone to create a tubeless pump with a built-in CGM and meter all-in-one. Now that’s what I’m talking about.
Yes, I know, Kate go check your sugar. {leaving to check my sugar level}
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Before I started using CGM I tended to think of it in terms of what I was familiar with which is a pump infusion set. It turns out a CGM probe has more differences than similarities to an infusion set. I expect that combining them using the existing technology would not be a happy union.
With current pump infusion sets most people don’t want to go longer than the recommended three days before changing it. In my case the more time that passes, the less effective the area around the infusion site seems to be in absorbing insulin. Sometimes I’ll change the set after two days.
I believe this has more to do with the fact that you’re pumping insulin into your body than just the fact there is a (sterile) tube inserted subcutaneously. I say that because, as you’ve probably read, some people will stretch wearing their CGM out over at least one to two to sometimes even three weeks.
Also, when I remove a CGM sensor after 6 days or so of use, I notice that there is not as much irritation around the insertion site as there is with my insulin infusion sites. Adhesive irriation sometimes, yes. But the actual “hole” where the probe was inserted is usually much less red & inflamed as what my infusion set cannula leaves behind.
So, unless they make some big, jaw droppingly large change in the underlying technologies, I definitely do not want to combine everything in one ungodly expensive widget which gets thrown out every two to three days. 
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No, I wasn’t talking about the transmitter in your body. I was talking about the PMD portion of the technology (aka that Omnipod/Ping has–meter/Receiver/Monitor combo). I know the powers-that-be say they can’t make the technology say that since the meter’s Bluetooth doesn’t agree with the CGM receiver, and there isn’t enough room, or it would make the thing too heavy, but a girl can still dream or hallucinate, can’t she? 
Does anyone here remember hearing talk of a combo insulin set/sensor, from MM? Seems like it would be difficult to be: 1) reliable, 2) cost-effective for the consumer, as we wear sets for 2-4 days and sensors longer than that. 3) Imagine a double needle insertion! IIRC it was quite a few years ago, and AFAIK, the idea was scrapped. I sure hope it was, anyway.
The next gen Omnipod PDM will integrate with the upcoming Dexcom G5 via Bluetooth. It also will have a built in meter (probably Freestyle Lite). Insulet is hoping to submit to the FDA by end of year.
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So Omnipod and Dexcom are still on good terms? Because at one time they had changed their minds and broken up.<Drama?>
It would be nice if they did come out with something convenient and functional.
Yeah, I remember seeing a prototype on someone’s website–Diabetes Mine or some site like that–that was one scary looking sensor/infusion set.
I wouldn’t want this near me. 
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You have to scroll down a bit for it, but this page has a preview of the new PDM that was shown at the 2015 ADA Scientific Sessions earlier this month.
Kate, those drawings of a proposed Duo is so off-putting , I don’t know where to start! 
O.k. Thanks Liz!
Definitely. They don’t help ‘sell’ the product that’s for sure.
Thanks so much Liz! Lots of great up-to-date information coming down the pipeline. I love to hear about innovation. When I worked in purchasing, I was like a kid in a candy store at trade shows. I miss those days. 
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The odd thing is that I sincerely don’t care what anyone else’s preferences are–that’s what I was trying to say. We all make our choices based on what we prefer and what bugs us too much to tolerate, and I regard it as nonsensical to try to persuade someone that those preferences are wrong, whether you’re talking about computers or CGMs. Roxanne was talking about just giving up on CGMs entirely because of her experience with Enlight. Since CGMs are by and large a good thing, I thought it was worth pointing out that you don’t have to use a Medtronic CGM just because you have a Medtronic pump, and sharing my own experience. Apparently it struck @phoenixbound the wrong way but I’m not sure why. My comment was directed to her.
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It’s not hard to fathom at all, I just don’t happen to share it. My comment was directed at Roxanne, who may share your feelings or may not. I wasn’t trying to claim we should all have the same preferences; quite the opposite. It really seems like there’s no grounds for an argument here. I certainly don’t want one–that was my whole point.
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Not sure why but that thing kind of reminds me of the creature in Alien.
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Ha ha ha! 
Yeah, it’s a scary sight indeed–I wouldn’t want it coming towards me. I’ve done a lot of ugly injections/needles, but that ones just fugly (freaking ugly).