"I am not "being greedy", and I love my Omnipod. For my small child, though, it's a different story. I would put off my own conversion for years, if it meant we could get my son on a safer pump (not having a proper IOB, and not many…"
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Jen in CO replied to Erik's discussion 'Current Users Are Important to Insulet (LOL)' in the group OmniPod UsersJen in CO replied to Tracy's discussion 'Are there any T1 happy with Omnipod?' in the group OmniPod Users"My 7 year old son and I have both been on the omnipod for over 2 years now. Love it."
Jen in CO replied to MeganB's discussion 'Highs after pod changes again!!!!!' in the group OmniPod Users"Hi Megan. I am on the monopod, along with my 7 year old son. I have found that different sites run at different basal rates. I will oftentimes just use temp basals for specific sites to get them to behave. I have also found that different sites need…"
Jen in CO replied to Joey's discussion 'Please give feedback OmniPod vs. Animas' in the group OmniPod Users"My son (who is currently 7) and I have been on Omnipod for 2 1/5 years. We both picked Omnipod because of the tubing issues with other pumps. He was five at the time, but I let him decide, and he chose the pods. We both love our pods (as much as one…"
Jen in CO replied to Herman's discussion '2e generation Omnipod' in the group OmniPod Users"I'm actually more interested in the new PDM. It calculates all insulin on board now, correct? (Important for us with little people, when others are bolusing them)."
Jen in CO replied to Terry's discussion 'Pod change highs' in the group OmniPod Users"I use a temporary basal every time I change my pod and my son's (he's 7). For myself, I use a temp increase of 50% for 1 hour, for my son, 40%. If you are having this increase for 8 hours - maybe 20% increase for 5 hours?"
Jack's Mom replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"My friends on other pumps (Medtronic, etc) had the same issue with sites only lasting two days with the Novolog / Humalog issue. Maybe it's worth getting a bottle of Novolog from your endo and trying it before switching pumps. If that's…"
Jen in CO replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"I have never heard that before about Humalog/Novolog! Unfortunately, our insurance company decides on which we use - but I will look into this more.
For any others that are reading this - my main reason for posting is because I am considering…"
Jack's Mom replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"I know this has been said before but .... we only got two days out of the Omnipod when we used Humalog (this is for my 3 yr old son, who has been pumping with Omnipod since 18 months old). When we switched to Novolog all the problems stopped and we…"
Jacob's mom replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"Hi Jen, this may be a pain but i think one or two parents need to change their childs pod every two days for this same issue, and their perscription is written that way, i'm thinking lorraine and calab but i am not positive. jacob some times…"
daneenm replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"My son's omniPod sites almost always last 3 days. That would be tough to have repeated issues one day in."
Cheryl replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"My son has skin sensitivities. When he first started pumping at age 14 we had to change his infusion set, every other day. Now that he is older, 19, he is getting 3 days out of many sets, just not all of them."
jake42 replied to Jen in CO's discussion 'how long do your child's pump sites last?' in the group parents of kids with Type 1"Jen, my daughter (12yo) has been using Medtronic Paradigm Veo with Mio infusion sets for over a year now. We generally get a good 2 days from each set with more often than not significant deterioration in infusion at 2.5 days. If we forget…"
Jen in CO added a discussion to the group parents of kids with Type 1
how long do your child's pump sites last?
Hello all. My 7 year old son and I are both on the omnipod. For myself, it is great. I have zero issues and love it. But for my son, after 20 or so hours, his sites start to go bad. I can usually keep it going for a few more hours by increasing the temp basal, but then he jumps into the 300s. Is this just an omnipod thing,, or do any of you tubed~pumpers experience this? Thanks much.See More
Jen in CO replied to daneenm's discussion 'Thanks to Insulet' in the group OmniPod Users"We have also had issues on vacation. My son's PDM was having issues, and they overnighted a new PDM to our hotel."
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- December 28, 1988
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- 7.0
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- At 2:30pm on June 12, 2011,
Linda G said… - Greetings and.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jen!!
Best Wishes on your Special Day....and on the next 364 days!
How's it all going? Do you have any questions or comments?
- At 7:15am on June 12, 2011,
lotsofshots said… - I hope that you have a super fantastic Happy Birthday today!
- At 4:31am on June 12, 2011,
SEAGATOR said… - Happy,Happy Birthday,Jen. I wish for you a most wonderful day. ENJOY!!!
- At 7:51pm on October 6, 2010,
Gail said… - Welcome Jen! Glad you've joined the community! And happy pumping....think you're going to love it!
- At 1:54pm on September 28, 2010,
Marie B said…
- At 9:02am on September 28, 2010,
Doris D said… - WELCOME TO OUR REALLY BIG AND LOVING FAMILY Jen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here's a link to help our new member's get to know more about us: http://www.tudiabetes.org/notes
Also please put up a picture (of any kind) so we can tell you from other's on our Forum.
- At 9:24pm on September 27, 2010, Linda G said…
Welcome home Jen!
Take a peek at some the groups when you get a chance. Just go to the top of your page, and click on "Groups". Once in, you can either peruse the wide array of available groups....or simply type a specific interest in the space provided. Take in some of the blogs/discussions as well.
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Hope you find the support and information you came looking for. Here are a few useful links to get you on your way:
http://www.tudiabetes.org/group/minimedparadigmusers
http://www.tudiabetes.org/notes/New_Member_Guide
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and I also wanted to invite you to enter your A1c through the TuAnalyze application:
http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/profile/apps
so we can light up the TuAnalyze map:
http://www.tuanalyze.org
I wanted to make you aware of the TuAnalyze application we've launched on TuDiabetes, which is now mapping averages of A1c values in the US and Canada.
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If you click on "About Us" on the top banner, you will find the explanation of the founding of TuDiabetes and the name
http://www.tudiabetes.org/notes/index/show?noteKey=What_is_TuDiabetes%3F
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Take care....and keep in touch
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