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Victoria
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  • Chicago, IL
  • United States
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I have a few thoughts- One, I work for a large hospitalist group (the relatively new specialty doctors that act as your primary care doctor would have in the past when you are admitted to the hospital) at an academic medical center and just like p...
October 28
I have only had two pod failures since I started the omnipod (over a year ago) but both times they sent me a replacement at the begining of the next month. My insurance pays for enough pods that I never run low so I never thought about it but I ca...
August 23
I fly a lot and had never even heard not to send the omnipod (or other glucose meters) through the x-ray machine at the airport. Needless to say I have traveled extensively (probably close to 20 round trip flights in the last year) and never had a...
August 23
Victoria updated their profile
August 23
Hi Mark, I have used two Minimed pumps (508 and 512) in the past and have had the pod for a year now. Feel free to send me a message if you still want to talk to someone.
June 3
Just as an FYI, I fly maybe once, twice a month and have never had anyone at any airport in the US (or over seas) question my diabetic supplies- pods included. The only time anyone has ever asked me was when I wore a MM and in my pocket it looked ...
April 17
Hi John, My endo is at Northwestern Memorial- technically Northwestern Memorial Faculty Foundation- Dr. Grazia Aleppo. I have been diabetic for almost 15 years and she is one of the most knowledgable doctors I have had. Office Number is 312 695 79...
April 17
Hi! I actually used a MM 508 (for 5 years) and 722 (for 4 years) before switching to the omnipod. For me it was a matter of the MM constantly failing. It seemed like they were always sending me a replacement pump and I was always having issues wit...
April 14

Profile Information

Hometown (where you come from):
Orlando
Do you have diabetes?
Yes
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Date diagnosed
December 20, 1996
Most recent A1C (Blood Glucose Average) Value
7.1 <--- down from 7.4 =)
What glucose meter do you use?
free style
Type of treatment you use
Pump
What pump model do you use, if any?
OmniPod
How did you find out about us? What were you searching for?
OmniPod
What do you do for a living?
Research

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At 11:21am on August 10, 2008, Kristin said…
Welcome to TuDiabetes Victoria! Glad that you are here!

I love the profile photo!

Check out this guide for new members. It has lots of tips about finding your way around this community!
At 5:58pm on August 7, 2008, Cara said…
Welcome to the site! I hope you enjoy it.
At 4:40pm on August 7, 2008, Kathy said…
Hi Victoria. Nice to have you with us.
Please stop over and join the Great Lakes Group, for those of us living in the bordering states. I live in Minneapolis.
Welcome to Tu Diabetes.
At 11:32pm on August 6, 2008, Jonah said…
Hey, I live in Chicago, too.
At 7:38pm on August 6, 2008, Steve RRR said…
HI Victoria and welcome.
At 3:03pm on August 6, 2008, Karen Doering said…
Welcome to TuDiabetes, glad you found us!!!

We are neighbors!!
At 2:24pm on August 6, 2008, Jeffrey said…
Victoria, here is giving you a warm and friendly welcome to TuDiabetes.com. This is a very neat site/blog that we all use to help and support each other. I hope to see you and your participation often. We look forward to seeing you post a Picture in your profile. Please feel free to join any of our Groups and Forums. If I can be of any assistance please feel free to ask. Again, welcome aboard!!
At 2:00pm on August 6, 2008, MelissaBL said…
Welcome to our community, Victoria!

To add a profile photo so we can recognize you in our forum discussions, follow the instructions here.

I see you joined our omnipod users group. You might also be interested in our
Great Lakes Diabetics group, our Freestyle Users group, or our Diabetes and Women group.
At 1:54pm on August 6, 2008, Doris Ann Dickerson said…
Welcome to our growing family Victoria!!! When you get a chance will you please put up a pic for us so we can identify you in our discussions?
 
 

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