I did, a friend of mine designed the technique, it’s called “Fun with Squares and Rectangles”.
Omnipod’s next generation controller, called a PDM or personal diabetes manager, will integrate with Dexcom CGM’s. It’s due out late this year, I believe.
Begins chanting, “Pump wars! Pump wars! Pump wars!”
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My son (2 years old) uses the Omnipod as well as the Dexcom G5 Platinum. We can “remote bolus” (which is a huge improvement over the MDI’s he had to receive (and hated), and the screen on the PDM is very user friendly and easy to program.
We love our POD and that, combined with the CGM have made our lives, our sons life (quality of life)…and my emotional stress, much less an issue in our lives these days.
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I don’t care whether people see my pump or not. I carry my pump in my pocket and clip it to the pocket to make sure it doesn’t fall out too easily. So the clip, the upper part of the pump and some tubing are visible, but often they’re hidden by shirttails. Most people don’t notice my pump or ignore it, even when I bolus. People rarely ask about my pump, but if they do, I am more than happy to explain what it is.
I have never worn a pump somewhere visible. I chose a Ping so I could bolus with a remote. I love that I don’t have to yank it out before I eat. I usually stick it in my bra…sometimes I hook it up the center of my bra. I love how discrete I can be. (I tried an Omnipod demo pod, but found it a little too lumpy under my clothes. Also, I only use about 10 units of insulin a day and the Omnipod would require me to waste too much insulin. )
I don’t purposely hide mine (Medtronic 530G) but it usually ends up out of view because I don’t generally tuck in my shirt and I wear the pump clipped to my belt.
When I first started using the pump I was a bit nervous so I had a meeting with my direct co-workers and showed them how to suspend the pump if they found me in my office passed out. Looking back it was totally unnecessary but I felt I needed to do it at the time.
Since then I’ve only had one person chide me about carrying a “pager” and it turned out to be a semi-related guy (he’s the brother of my wife’s brother’s wife, say that 3 time fast) who’s adopted 5 year old son is a diabetic. After I pointed out it was an insulin pump he was VERY embarrassed but I offered whatever help I could give with their son.
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When I used a pump I used to have “holes” in each of my pants pockets through which I fed the tubing when getting dressed, with the pump sitting in my pocket. This meant no tubing was outside my clothing regardless of infusion set placement.
Holes were made by sewing patches on each side of the pocket lining and then cutting an oblong slit just big enough for the clip at the end of the tubing to fit through. The hole was placed towards the top of the pocket so no small objects would accidentally fall through.
Took a bit of work but I found that it was a great solution.
I wear my minimed 630g clipped into the front of my bra in between my bra cups. Not easy to reach, but the remote bolus on the glucometor helps!
Here is a picture with my old Medtronic pump in the summer. Can’t tell its there, and works with almost any outfit! I used to just reach down into my bra and pull out the pump, or excuse myself to the ladies room.
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This one I tucked it behind my bandeau bra