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Permalink Reply by Tonya H on June 7, 2011 at 10:06pm

Hi Mary, I just wanted to say thank you for writing this and we completely agree with you! We got the Omnipod for our daughter just after she turned 4 yrs old (after 2 yrs of MDIs) and it was an instant and wonderful life changer for her. we also find it to be extremely easy to use and have had extremely minimal problems with it.
So, thank you! In addition to all of the great info shared in this forum, it is nice to see a positive post! WE LOVE OUR OMNIPOD, TOO! :D

Permalink Reply by MaryHall on June 7, 2011 at 10:20pm

That's awesome Tonya! Your daughter was diagnosed very young. I was 12 when I was first diagnosed and the technology has come so far since then. I really cannot say enough good things about this pump and am glad you feel the same.

Permalink Reply by Tonya H on June 8, 2011 at 8:12am

She was dxd at 23 months. Talk about a shock... wow. My husband and I are glad she was too young to remember anything that happened at the hospital, nor will she remember her life before diabetes (which is both good and heartbreaking at the same time.) After reading the reply from clubkobe, I just want to clarify that it is only the Omnipod we "love." I hate everything about this disease and would give ANYTHING to remove it from my daughter's life (and from the lives of countless friends and family members.) As a mom, I know that my daughter will pick up her attitude about T1 from me, so the best thing I can do for her is to be strong, and teach her how to deal with these cards she was dealt. Everybody has something they deal with, right?
When I feel negative and cynical, I remind myself that there are dedicated scientists and researchers working to find our cure, and how far things have progressed - just in the last decade!
I hope and pray that through all of their efforts, combined with the fundraising and advocacy of PWD... that cure will come. But until then, we love our Omnipod. :)

Permalink Reply by clubkobe on June 7, 2011 at 10:34pm

Sorry in advance for this rant....I think using the word, LOVE, is stretching it a bit or a lot a bit. An incredibly overused word. I hate everything about this disease including all the crap we have to do to "control" it. I will agree that this is an improvement over shots and tubing pumps. But never will I say I love a device that is, at best, a poor replacement for what the body does best. I truly hope that someday, a pill or surgical remedy is commonly and widely available so people don't have to put up with devices such as this, that constantly need fine-tuning, based on the whim of diet, exercise, stress, sickness, age, pod peculiarities, insulin resistance and the like, and whatever else might interfere with normal control. I will never love the omnipod or minimed or whatever therapy is next invented. What I will love is when a "cure" is developed so we can live normal lives without all this extra wear and tear on our bodies creating a continual concern about blindness, heart failure, stroke, blah, blah, blah. I certainly do appreciate the technology that helps us better control diabetes but I will never love any of it. I am glad you are improving your control and I agree the omni has been beneficial for me too.

Permalink Reply by Catherine Jane Vancak on June 8, 2011 at 5:26am

Yay! I'm glad you love your Omnipod too! I think mine is fantastic as well. I love how they stay on despite being very active and that bolus calculator is heaven sent. I haven't had any failures at all actually :) it's been great for ballet and I actually just finished a run of shows where I got to wear it under my costume on stage.
Anyways, the thing I'm excited about is that those pods are getting smaller and that the dexcom is getting integrated! Don't you just love technology? :)

Permalink Reply by Gil DePaula on June 8, 2011 at 6:19am

It's definitely better than anything else available in the market today!

Permalink Reply by Katsz on June 8, 2011 at 1:58pm

So far ;)

Permalink Reply by MaryHall on June 8, 2011 at 6:23am

Clubkobe, if you think I "love" being a diabetic you are very wrong. Having been one since 1978 at the age of 12 I can tell you first hand about th challenges of controlling blood sugar, being a sick child and adolescent and complications. At 44 years old I suffer from gastroparesis and eye disease, because frankly, growing up the tools to control diabetes were not there like they are today. To put it clearly, this device has changed my life. I have not seen a blood sugar over 160 since said I have been on it and I average about 105. Prior to this, my sugars would swing wildly and I required a ton more Lantus on shots than I do now with just the fast acting Humalog. I am grateful that these tools exist and are helping me live a longer, healthier life and allowing me to completely control my complications. So, yes, I LOVE my Omnipod. Not because I love being a diabetic but because I believe it makes it so much easier to control it and like it or not, we do not have a cure yet, though like you, I pray for one some day. When I was a little girl, my Doctor used to smile at me and say " we will cure it in your lifetime" and I still hold on to that and believe we will get there. In the meantime, I am sorry you suffer with this terrible disease too, but you should embrace what this Omnipod is doing to help you. If we had been born 80 years ago, we would not be alive today so we have come leaps and bounds. Try to stay positive.

Permalink Reply by MaryHall on June 8, 2011 at 6:26am

What I meant say is if we had been born 80 years ago, we would not have lived very long after being diagnoosed.....

Permalink Reply by Katsz on June 8, 2011 at 9:52am

My son uses less insulin now too! Loving the Omnipod too! :) It is kinda the squeeky wheel syndrome..... most people only come to complain! We should all toot the Omnipod horn! It is awesome!

Permalink Reply by Catherine Jane Vancak on June 8, 2011 at 10:17am

Toot toot toot! Tee hee

Permalink Reply by FHS on June 8, 2011 at 11:40am

I hate my diabetes with a passion as well.

I can't say that I love my Omnipod either, but I do have tremendous appreciation for Insulet and the fact that they offer a product that helps me battle this horrible affliction with some measure of dignity. I love the Omnipod for what it is and what it can do for me as a diabetic. If I have to have diabetes, and if I choose to use a pump to help control diabetes, my choice, hands down, is the Omnipod.

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