My daughter only carries a pen with her, no pods. In over two years it has only happened once that she needed to use the pen because the pod occluded. Like everyone else said though, no need to refrigerate a vial of insulin that is open and you should never fill any insulin pump with cold insulin. If you forget to take one out of the fridge, you should roll it in your hands to warm it. Cold insulin causes bubbles to form in the reservoir.
As others have said, the insulin you use to inject into the Omnipod should not be refrigerated. The non-active vials of insulin should be refrigerated, but not the one in active use.
Whenever I call in to report failed pods, one question they always ask is, “Did you use cold insulin or was it room temperature.”
Brooklyn, I hope that you have much better luck with your new pump. I would be changing too if we had half that many failures. It really is hard to understand why some people seem to have a hard time and others simply do not. That is actually true of most pumps though, but more comments on the Omnipod for sure like that. When I read stories like yours it scares me like crazy that we just haven’t gotten to the bad boxes of pods. It really does seem like some people are just not meant for the Omnipod. I know that I was more than a bit concerned at the beginning because there is no choice of cannula, and we had problems with different sets at different times with other pumps.
The pod failures I have experienced with my daughters pod was when the insulin was to cold.
I use the Accucheck carrying case to carry the Omnipod. It fits perfect and the case is smaller.
https://www.accu-chek.com/us/estore/buy-meter-accessories.html?32
If my daughter has a pod failure and I didnt not bring any insulin with me, I suck the insulin out of the old pod and put it in the new pod. This has worked for me often. I usually keep extra pod in my car, in her bookbag and my purse.
i used to have the omni pod. The pods are the big problem. Its the company… My screen would crack for no reason and it happend like 3 times in a year. Finally the company told us we would have to start paying.
Tom
These things are sent to test us. The comments from MelissaB and Brad are up front and true. I have read about all the failiures with the Pod and with the Nav that M uses. I know now that the number of “unit failure” can be reduced by the user. By vigilant and always have a good supply of insulin and Pods, or sensors. I fly about every 2 weeks around europe and the US. When I get back I bin the lot. Start again. Its all about asking what you would do if you were taking a baby from a to b. You start again. The occulsions are and issue on long haul flights but no more than getting the flu.
gos