Help us decide if the omnipod is worth it!
Ok...we have had the day from you know where. My son has been on the omnipod for two weeks. During those 2 weeks, in total, we have had 2 occusions, 1 pod failure during priming, 2 cannulas that have come out, and 1 cannula that was bent when it came out.
This morning he was scheduled to go to an all day volleyball camp. When he looked at his pod, the window had a fair amount of blood in it and his numbers were high. We thought it best to switch it out since he was going to be gone all day and didn't want to deal with it at camp. At this point, we only had 2 pods left becasue from what I have now found out, the ones that were shipped to us are missing (lost, who knows). So we changed pods and right in the middle of breakfast and getting his bolus, he had an occlusion. Now I am getting nervous. As we were priming the next one (and our last one) it had a pod failure. Luckily our omnipod rep was going to be in the area that his camp was being held and he met us there and gave us another box.
Has anyone had the same experience? Does it get better? My son is almost ready to go back to shots but he wants to try it for a few more weeks to see if it gets better. Thanks for listening!!!
This morning he was scheduled to go to an all day volleyball camp. When he looked at his pod, the window had a fair amount of blood in it and his numbers were high. We thought it best to switch it out since he was going to be gone all day and didn't want to deal with it at camp. At this point, we only had 2 pods left becasue from what I have now found out, the ones that were shipped to us are missing (lost, who knows). So we changed pods and right in the middle of breakfast and getting his bolus, he had an occlusion. Now I am getting nervous. As we were priming the next one (and our last one) it had a pod failure. Luckily our omnipod rep was going to be in the area that his camp was being held and he met us there and gave us another box.
Has anyone had the same experience? Does it get better? My son is almost ready to go back to shots but he wants to try it for a few more weeks to see if it gets better. Thanks for listening!!!
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Permalink Reply by Hilary Ward on
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I agree and yes, he has played volleyball at either a camp or open gym almost everyday since he has been on the pump. He is wearing it on his stomach now so we will see how he does at camp tomorrow!
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Permalink Reply by Amanda Ferraro on -
I have been on the omnipod for a little over a year and a half and I would say its def worth it!
I will admit I am a clumsy person. For a while I would run into the side of doors and there would go the pod. Just a couple days ago I was opening my car door to put stuff in my car and the door hit at just the right angle on my pod (which was on my arm) to make it come off.
Though I do think we have all experienced our batch of bad pods. I had 4 occulsion errors in one day (I think it was due to the fact that I was letting air into the pod when I put insulin in..but who really knows..). I had a lot more trouble with my stomach I think due to the fact that I have scar tissue on certain areas due to the old rapid D infusion sets (I don't know very many ppl who actually used those sets..) that I used for 4 years. I don't want to put the pump to high or to low either. I want it to set to my skin as close as possible. One of the reasons I liked the omnipod was so I could use it on my arm. I probably have more fat and muscle then your child. But I say give it a little more time. You will find out if the pump will work for you guys. GOOD LUCK! -
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Thank you to everyone who responded. I am happy to report that Christian has kept the same pod on now for 2 days (on stomach). He survived a 5 hour volleyball camp and 2 hour volleyball open gym yesterday and beach volleyball and boogey boarding today. He is currently in the pool. Things are looking better!!
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Permalink Reply by Janet on -
Hurray! I'm so glad to hear that you've had a stretch of at least 48 hours of good experience with the pod.
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