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Permalink Reply by Gail on April 5, 2011 at 7:59pm

Active insulin is calculated differently, just be aware as it could cause a low. When calculating a bolus, the MM calculates active insulin based upon any recent 'food' and 'correction bolus'. The Omnipod calculates active insulin from correction bolus' only. It's something that you should probably discuss with your trainer or doctor. Hope this makes sense.

Permalink Reply by Timsma on April 6, 2011 at 6:43pm

Thanks for that information! That's exactly what I was looking to find out.

Permalink Reply by clubkobe on April 5, 2011 at 8:01pm

Personally, I wouldn't forgo the training and would do this transition under the supervision of a diabetes educator or your doc who specializes in insulin pumps. Even more so because it concerns your son. The pod is unique and even if you learn one or two nuances from the training, it might be well worth it for you and your son. Why take any chances?

Permalink Reply by Kris Jarland on April 6, 2011 at 5:59am

Totally agree, I would always get the training from any insulin pump. I have been on three different pumps in my 15 years and each one is different with their programming. Please get the training with the Ominpod. Your son is worth it I'm sure!!

Permalink Reply by Rebecca on April 5, 2011 at 8:21pm

I have only ever used the Pods, but I have about 8 different basal rates set so I wouldn't hesitate if you need more. As far as I can tell you can set as many as you want.

Permalink Reply by Lorraine on April 6, 2011 at 10:24am

I believe you can only program 4 IC ratios but you can set much more than 4 basal rates as Rebecca has noted.I know we've had even more than 8 at certain times.

Permalink Reply by Timsma on April 6, 2011 at 6:45pm

Thanks. I guess I misunderstood what someone told me about the basal rates, I:C ratios. I had it backward. Good to know!

Permalink Reply by JohnS52 on April 6, 2011 at 1:45pm

I would highly recommend that you attend the training. I have used pumps for 14 years and each setup is different.

It's not worth the problems just for skipping a two hour meeting. Plus the OmniPod rep will be able to answer all of your questions.

Permalink Reply by johnnyjumpstart on April 6, 2011 at 1:52pm

I also would NOT forgo the training sessions. I learned a lot & made a friend whom I can depend on if I have any problem>that is invaluable!

Permalink Reply by Timsma on April 6, 2011 at 6:46pm

Thanks everyone for your advice. I'm rethinking the training. Will call Insulet to set it up tomorrow for hopefully, next week then.

Permalink Reply by MaryMary on April 7, 2011 at 7:06am

Kara, our training was only a half hour, so no big deal. Lorainne is correct, you can set lots of basal rates, but only 4 ratios. I wish there were more, but it is not a huge issue for us. I don't understand why Insulet did this though.

Permalink Reply by Timsma on April 8, 2011 at 5:41pm

Ours will be about 2 hours she said. Others will be there as well for their training. Oh well.

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