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Permalink Reply by amy mercer on March 5, 2012 at 11:14am

Let me know how it goes....I'm always curious about switching to the other side, but I think I'd hate the tubing after having the omnipod for 3 years
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Permalink Reply by Danielle on March 5, 2012 at 11:20am

Agreed. I have been thinking about it. The last pods I've had in the last two months have been really bad. Randomly alerting and I have to take them off. Just had my first occlusion. And I had 5 pods poop out on me when I was on vacation.

I'm worried I would hate tubing though. Iveonly ever had the omnipod. And I like howit helps me feel "less diabetic". Cant see it and I can just leave it be on my arm. Idk...maybe I'll switch this summer. Let us know? I have the dexcom cgm. What tubed pumps work with dexcom?

Permalink Reply by Samantha RIley on March 5, 2012 at 11:44am

I had a minimed with tubing when I was 12. I switched because the no tubing wasn't ideal for me because I played sports when I was younger. But I am definitely sick of all the errors. Ive been reading a lot (not just on here) and a lot of people seem more satisfied with the minimed. You can wear your site on your arm/thigh and hide the tubing in your clothes - same with the sensor so that is nice. I also like not seeing my pod, but when I wear it on my back I just look like I have a tumor.

I don't know a lot about dex com. I don't know if they can communicate with any pump system? I guess if you wanted a tubed pump it would just work seperately from the dex just like the omnipod does. That's what is so appealing about the revel - the two communicate so your pump will alert you when your BG is going up/down.

I get hooked up Wednesday so we'll see how it goes. I'm going to keep my omnipod just in case I can't make due with the tubing.

Permalink Reply by Catherine Jane Vancak on March 5, 2012 at 11:27am

I switched from the Omnipod to an Animas for similar reasons as you, plus the cannula kinking. I'm a professional dancer and the omnipod just wasn't working. I thought the tubing would be annoying but it's less annoying than all the problems from the omnipod! I'm glad to switch but it all depends on what you're looking for in a pump.

Permalink Reply by jla on March 5, 2012 at 12:30pm

I hated the tubed Disetronic so have been willing to put up with the O'pod's character quirks. As to the last 8 hours of the 72 problem, I finally figured out 3+ years later that it wasn't the O'pod but the insulin (Apidra) I was using that caused the problems. I switched to Novolog in January 2012 and feel like I've discovered the Holy Grail. Novolog gives you a 6 day window of viability of insulin in the reservoir as opposed to Apidra and Humalog which only give you 2 days. Lots of the people on this blog say that the Minimed CGM is not very reliable. I use a DexCom and it's not perfect but better than nothing.

Permalink Reply by Putertech on March 6, 2012 at 12:34pm

I've used Humalog ever since I started pumping back in 2004. I would wear my Ping for sometimes 4-5 days without issue. I guess I'm a weird one that doesn't have higher numbers in the last 8 hours of the pod's life. I would only experience higher numbers on my Ping if I let it go for that 5th day...

Permalink Reply by Samantha RIley on March 6, 2012 at 10:00am

Where do you wear your pump when you wear a dress?

Permalink Reply by amy mercer on March 6, 2012 at 10:40am

I put the pod on my lower back when I wear a dress ;)

Permalink Reply by Danielle on March 6, 2012 at 10:51am

I think what I'm going to do is switched to a tubed pump for most of the time when I wear pants, etc. but in the summer and occasional (but rare) times I wear a dress, I will keep my omnipod and use that :)

Im thinking about switching to the Animas ping...


Anyone have other suggestions?

Permalink Reply by Samantha RIley on March 6, 2012 at 10:53am

That's kind of what I was thinking. If I give medtronic my Omni I get 500$ taken off the cost, but I think I'd rather keep it. Especially for summer time. Can't swim with a tubed pump!

Permalink Reply by Catherine Jane Vancak on March 6, 2012 at 10:59am

I kept my Omnipod too incase of an emergency but so far haven't needed it. My animas is waterproof so I swim with it all the time :)

Permalink Reply by Samantha RIley on March 6, 2012 at 11:09am

Wow! I think the first page in my minimed user guide said "Do not emerse in water" =( Really inconvienant because I like to float the river which takes 6-8 hours..Def couldn't be disconnected that long. &injecting every hour isn't very fun.

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