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Permalink Reply by Tiffany G on April 19, 2011 at 12:58pm

Well, I'm glad to hear that the alarms are not that out of control :). I hope that they won't be a problem for me. If it is, I'll have to deal with it at that time. It seems like everyone who's been using the Pod is pretty happy with it. Hopefully I'll have good luck also! :)

Permalink Reply by rosieb on April 19, 2011 at 5:24pm

Tiffany, I wish you the best of luck! I will be trying my first pod tomorrow after 24+ years of tubed pumping. For some reason I'm a bit hesitant because of the difference in operations but, if this is all new to you, it might be a breeze. Please keep us posted as to how you make out.
BTW, IMO there's nothing better than pumping. Again, best wishes!

Permalink Reply by Tiffany G on April 19, 2011 at 10:27pm

Thanks so much! I wish you the best of luck! I'm sure it will be challenging to switch from one system to the next, but hopefully the freedom is worth it! You'll have to post about your experiences! I'm so excited for you! How long did it take to get it once you filled out the paperwork?

Permalink Reply by rosieb on April 20, 2011 at 5:01am

Oh goodness, it didn't take long to receive the working pump/pod kit at all. They work pretty hard to get approval through your insurance and, once they do, they ship everything out. Of course, they will need to contact your doctor for a prescription but, all in all, I think it was only a couple of weeks for me. Then you schedule training with an Insulet rep. Good luck with the process! I'll let you know how I make out.

Permalink Reply by Anna Banana on April 21, 2011 at 5:44pm

i was on the omni pod for a while and was really disaponted with it. The alarms would go off for no reason. The screen would crack and they would have to replace it. After the 3rd time it cracked they told me if something happens we have to pay for it. With that i went to the animas, My sugestion would to be to get the ping instead. The no tubeing part from the omni pod is noce but not only my parents but me to were disaponted

Permalink Reply by rosieb on April 22, 2011 at 12:13pm

The Ping is my back-up plan. I got in on an OmniPod promotion where I purchased the system out of pocket. If I decide after a few months that I don't care for it I will certainly try Animas' Ping. I was quite convinced to go with them first and then saw all the positive responses from the group here. After 3 days, I'm not sure I can clearly give you an opinion but, so far, I've had no alarms. Good luck with your Ping!

Permalink Reply by Tiffany G on April 22, 2011 at 1:19pm

Glad to hear that you've not run into any major issues so far. Can't wait to hear what your opinion is after having it for a while!

Permalink Reply by Victoria on April 26, 2011 at 1:13pm

Hi Tiffany, thought I would give you my two cents- I work in a busy, urban ED as a research coordinator so I have a little experience with running around in patient rooms. I have never had my omnipod alarm the long constant annoying alarm in a patients room in the 3 years I have been wearing it. I have had it beep reminders, etc. but I also wear a pager and I just ignore it like I do the pager when it is making noise lol. I used to wear a minimed and one of the things I hated was that patients could see it in my pocket, etc. and would always say "whats that?" or "wow you have two pagers". The omnipod is more discrete which is nice because I dont want to share my medical history with every patient/doctor/nurse/tech I work. I worked with one dr. every day for 6 months before one day she asked me why I had three phones (phone, dex, omnipod) - I laughed and told her what they were and she was so surprised because her best friend is a type 1 on a mm and she always thought she was down with the diabetes technology. I would say try it out- you can keep the pdm in your scrubs pocket for the first few weeks and see how it goes. I keep replacement pods in my locker just incase but have only had to replace at work maybe 10 times in three years. All in all I love my dex and omnipod and havent really had any issues with them. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Tiffany G on April 27, 2011 at 9:32pm

Thanks for sharing your experience! I thought about having to explain about the pump (if that's the route I would have went) when people ask, which I know they would. No matter what pump people use, people are going to ask questions. I guess there's no way around it. I'm happy to read that people have not had horrible experiences with the alarms inturrupting their work. I'm really excited to get mine. It's been a week and a half, and I would have thought I would have heard somthing by now. Hopfully I'll love mine as much as everyone else!

Permalink Reply by MidwestMommy on April 27, 2011 at 9:52pm

The red tape with our insurance took about 2 weeks (medical review and authorization), but I did hear from insulet with progress updates before that. You might want to give them a call and see what's shaking.

Permalink Reply by Tiffany G on April 27, 2011 at 11:53pm

I'll try calling them again tomorrow. The process for my Dex was so fast, that I really expected the same with this.

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