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Permalink Reply by Dawn on February 8, 2013 at 10:20am

My 9 year old had been using omni pod for over a year. She never considered anything else and would rather give shots than change. She is very slim do we sometimes have issues with areas we can put pod. Overall customer service is great on phone our clinical rep sucks. Give it at least 6 months it does take time to get used to simmer version now out yah

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 8, 2013 at 10:32am

Thank you Dawn! I appreciate your input. I look forward to hearing more from other members.

Permalink Reply by Steve D on February 8, 2013 at 10:53am

I have worn both....and came out on the POD side. (My only issue with the PIng was the tubing, really, but it is also a bit more difficult to situate and inject. Of course, fact is the POD has many issues, (I recommend you research all entries here and in other discussions), but, for me, the tubing was the "rub".

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 8, 2013 at 12:45pm

Yes, the tubing is really the issue. But we also want the best insulin delivery system. Is it even possible to describe any system as the best? I guess it is a leap of faith no matter which one you go with. All have their less desirable features to deal with. *sigh*

Permalink Reply by aimeeh2oski on February 8, 2013 at 11:13am

Hi Joey, we just started our then-3 year old daughter on the Pod in September. The Ping was our second choice, but it came down to the tubing (and for my husband, the endorsement of a pro snowboarder - ha ha!). This is all we've known, so I can't compare, but overall we are happy. Sure there have been issues - as there will be for any pump - but it gives us more freedom and flexibility than MDI. We just couldn't imagine her being connected to tubing all the time.

Not sure what the rep means by dosing precision. If they're referring to the fact that the Ping accounts for correction AND carb boluses in the insulin on board (IOB) while the Pod only accounts for correction boluses, that will change with the new, smaller pods, as they will take both into account.

Sorry I can't comment to the customer service in Canada, but I'm sure others in your area will chime in eventually. Good luck with your decision.

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 8, 2013 at 12:42pm

Ok, so just to understand correctly, the pod does not have a running total of IOB? So if you bolus 5u for a meal, that is not reflected in the IOB information? Only the correction is shown? So how do you know how not to bolus or correct too high or too low? Sorry for all the questions. Being in Canada we will not have the new smaller pods until maybe the fall. So any improvements to the system will be seen here for quite a while. The current system is what we'll be stuck with till we get the new system. Do you know if the PDM is also changing?

Permalink Reply by aimeeh2oski on February 8, 2013 at 1:01pm

That is correct. If there is any IOB left when you bolus again, it will only reflect IOB for the correction part of the previous bolus. The current pod version assumes that any carb bolus is necessary to cover food consumed, but Insulet changed that for the new pods, probably to level the playing field so competitors can't use that against them anymore. Either way, it didn't factor into our decision and I don't think it's been an issue for us.

I didn't know the new pods won't be released in Canada until after the U.S. Is that an Insulet decision or Canada gov't decision?

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 8, 2013 at 1:19pm

The delay is all to do with Health Canada giving their approval. Just bureaucracy. We will get it, but we are always behind. They cannot rely on foreign governments (i.e. USA) making decisions about medical devices or drugs on behalf of Canadians. There are way more pumps available in the USA than in Canada. I don't know if we'll ever see the t:slim, which I've heard about. We have a 10th of the USA population, so it's understandable. As for the IOB issue, I find this interesting. Is it not a concern for anyone? I guess it's a moot point with the new system available soon in the USA.

Permalink Reply by aimeeh2oski on February 8, 2013 at 8:02pm

Hmmm, I thought the US was always the last to approve, since we're always waaaay behind Europe.

Permalink Reply by Herman on February 9, 2013 at 1:14am

The onipod system came in januari 2011 for the first time to the Netherlands. So the US was far ahead of us.

Permalink Reply by Joey on February 12, 2013 at 6:40am

I found out that the Canadian version of the PDM already accounts for the carb and correction boluses. I was told by the rep we met that the Canadian PDM is a more advanced model than the USA model. I'm not sure why, as we are always behind with everything compared to the USA. Anyway, we decided to go with OmniPod. I am just so relieved to have made the decision already!

Permalink Reply by FHS on February 8, 2013 at 11:17am

Can't give you a comparison because I've only been on the pod, and I've been on it for almost 4 years. For me, the learning curve was steep. Lot's of mistakes and a long shake-down period. My "pod failure" rate was somewhere on the order of 10-20% for the first couple of shipments. Not sustainable, really, even with Insulet replacing many of the ones that failed mysteriously.

I stuck with it mostly because I just liked being on the pod a lot more than being on MDI and I didn't see a point in switching to a tubed pump, only to experience another learning curve.

My persistence paid off, big time. I haven't had a pod failure in over 6 months. I get one, maybe two, per 90 day supply. More importantly, my BG control is slightly better, overall, than it was when I was on MDI, for much less effort overall.

My only issue, and it's considereable, is keeping my pod attached when I'm training Brazilian Jiujitsu.

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