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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on May 23, 2012 at 1:58pm

I've been fine with the pod for beaches and pools. I find it can take 4-6 hours of continual water before it comes off. I've never made it through a water park day without losing it but usually by the time it falls off between sun and exercise I'm fine until I get home. That's been my experience. Of course, always keep a bottle of insulin and syringes with you just in case!

Permalink Reply by cjb on May 23, 2012 at 2:07pm

We went to Mexico on vacation and found out after the first day that it would be too hard to keep the pod on. She was spending all day in the water, and I don't think there was anything we could have done to keep the pod on.

As far as the Co-Pilot goes, I'd say just use a VM application of some sort on your Mac. I use VMware Fusion, but you could try "VirtualBox" (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads), if you are somewhat computer savvy.

Permalink Reply by cjb on May 23, 2012 at 3:04pm

I suppose I should add that our daughter is 2, so we are somewhat limited on placement locations for the pod. :)

Permalink Reply by Ladybug on May 23, 2012 at 2:45pm

well im not a kid but i just came back from a 2 week carribian cruise. As for my pod i wear it on my arm...and i bought vet wrap try a pet store or horse tac store and i wrapped the pod every day no issues with it at all and we spent most days at the beach or in the water. I also used skin tac to help with it staying on....the great thing about the vet wrap is that it sticks to itself and also it comes in lots of colours. I hope this helps enjoy your vacation

Permalink Reply by Stress on May 24, 2012 at 5:05am

Just wondering - I'm going on a cruise in a couple of months - did you go in a hot tub ar all?

Permalink Reply by Mike777 on May 24, 2012 at 5:35am

His endo suggested we not allow Spencer to get into hot tubs, due to the fact of the high temperature is not good for the insulin.

Permalink Reply by EllasMom on May 24, 2012 at 8:48am

We've allowed our daughter to go in hot tubs (usually try to time it to be the last day of the pod) and we try to make sure that she doesn't stay submerged for more than 5 minutes at a time since she wears it on her toosh. No problems with the insulin. We also keep our pool at around 95 degrees and she's in there for up to 3 hours at a time and no problems with that, either.

Permalink Reply by Mike777 on May 24, 2012 at 5:26am

Thanks for your suggestion, is the vetwrap waterproof?

Permalink Reply by Scott Wilkins on May 23, 2012 at 3:11pm

Check these out:

http://www.bands4life.net/

They help hold on an Omnipod.

MAC? Sorry. As good as these guys are they are still limited. There really is no good reason for buying a MAC any more, since they get viruses too these days. And, can't help you one bit for a social based personal info attack. If you bootcamp it fully with Windows 7, it should work just fine.

Permalink Reply by Ladybug on May 23, 2012 at 3:18pm

I also have the bands for life but i found them a bit of a challange when wet...i wear them more to cover the pod if i am wearing short sleaves.

Permalink Reply by Jacob's mom on May 23, 2012 at 5:11pm

hi mike we have weathered alot of beach, lake and pool with the pod. the only issue was jumping in the pool knocked it off or loosened it a bit so without jumping no real issues. his leg was the favorite for the beach so there was some coverage with his shorts, good for my self conscious boy. he also managed his belly site for lake swimming. we just started using tegaderm for his leg placement because he had an occlusion or two there last summer and i was leary. but 2 legs sites without issues ( well he partially knocked it off at school yesterday but it was due to be changed in an hour so no major damage...) he likes how the tegaderm just peels off after without having to remove the sticky stuff, the canuala goes right through it is suppose to help with occlusions and keeping it in place. but anyways best of luck with your vaca plan for some unexpected numbers with take out food and different activities but our last vaca to vermont, swimming, hiking was pretty uneventful diabetes wise! cant help with the mac question, we werent able to download the last time we tried but i'm old fashioned and keep a logbook but thats just me... have fun! amy

Permalink Reply by Mike777 on May 24, 2012 at 5:30am

We have been using the "sticky" stuff, which he HATES, because after removal & he goes to baseball practice/games, his arm where the pod was is black were the adhesive had picked up dirt. It then feels like sandpaper trying to get it off. Is the tegaderm like a film or something, and it just peels off after pod change and where do you purchase it?
Thanks!

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