and there going to email me a picture and Ill post it up as soon as I get it! haha im super excited! they are saying it will come out around FEB!
I hope it is smaller, uses less batteries, and has a BETTER SCREEN!
yeah its suppose to look like a blackberry and have a colored screen!
Any idea what it will cost us to upgrade?
I can’t wait to see it.
Thanks Kenny.
well ive been on it since sept. but i feel pretty pro with it hah =] um they said it should be REALLY cheap or nothing at all.
Just in time!!–i cracked the screen on gigi’s PDM yesterday (say on it)
Do you know if the old one will still work as a backup?
Also, anyone have tips on dealing with a cracked screen? I was thinking about putting on one of those clear plastic screen protectors for the iPhone. Finally, any update on the new smaller pod–last I heard it was fall 2009
ouch! well good thing an upgrade is comming lol =]. but yeah they are still saying fall of 09 for the pods
Did they say when they’d email the photo? The rep I’m talking to still hasn’t said anything about it, and says she doesnt know any details besides it’s coming. I start the Omnipod on Dec. 19th.
I would contact Insulet to see if they will replace the PDM. I believe it is warranted for almost any damage.
If you decide to pay for the upgrade to the new PDM your old one will be usable as a backup since the pods are still the same. The only issue is if you lose or damage the PDM and need the backup you have to change pods also.
Anyone have any more news about smaller pods coming out? Have you heard anything from support or from your sales reps or physicians? I have been on the OmniPod for about a month now and like it except I think these pods are too big!
Mine’s got a small crack in the upper left portion of the screen where the nurse in my endo’s office dropped it. It really doesn’t hurt anything, though. It’s getting kind of scratched up from my pocket, but as long as it works, I’m not worred about it.
On another OmniPod user forum that I’m a member of, someone reported on a face-to-face meeting with reps who showed a demo of the new pods. I’ve asked him to post about it here - we’ll see if he follows through.
I met with the rep for Omnipod for lunch and was surprise by two things. I got to see two new things the demo for the pod with a CGMS built into it. It has a canula on each end and is rounded at both ends. Very egglike. He said that it will hold 700 to 1000 units of insulin.
I also got to see a sample of the new design. It has the same foot print but is about a 1/4 shorter with a bump or ridge where the insertion needle is.
Pictures…
We want pictures.
If Ihad known that they were going to show them to the endo’s I would have taken a camera. I thought it was just going to be a free lunch for me since I am the first person in the area to get the omnipod.
Are they going to offer two different designs – one with a continuous monitor and one without?
every day the pods seem to get smaller for me 
Is there a CGMS that you can use with the Omnipod? If so what is it and what is it like? Tubes or wireless? Size? Etc?
Answers to a few questions asked so far, at least from what I have been told. A cracked screen on a current PDM is just an annoyance, OmniPod apparently fixes more of them than anything else. The new PDM will have a replaceable screen so that it won’t be such a big issue with repair; don’t know if it will be a send it back or they will send to you fix though. As for the new pods, I’ve seen the demo for the CGM/Pod it is very cool, but I don’t know that the final size has been established. I would be very surprised if it were to hold 700+ units as that would make it very big. The limitation on the current pod size is that it has to be that big to hold 200 units. As well, CGM sensors are only indicated for 5 days so based on the current 200 units = 3 days I can’t see it holding more than 400-500 units; which will make it better for some who have significantly greater insulin requirements. I haven’t seen the smaller one with the described ridge yet, but I’ll see if I can annoy some of my contacts into sharing with me.
I thought there was a three-day limit on the pods because of an FDA directive that insertion sites must be changed that often to avoid infection. Isn’t there a similar limit on changing sites for conventional pumps?