Shannon Oh goodness, I had the same experience as your daughter and the nurse did not do a very good job at helping (we switched doctors after that). My doctor really thinks the Ping is a great choice too. He's not too fond of the Omnipob, but it's so intruiging to the eye!
Oh goodness, I had the same experience as your daughter and the nurse did not do a very good job at helping (we switched doctors after that). My doctor really thinks the Ping is a great choice too. He's not too fond of the Omnipob, but it's so intruiging to the eye!
That's ironic because the omnipod is the only pump that my doctor has ever suggested. He's mentioned it the last three times I've gone in for a my 3mo appointment.
Matt Johnson
Dx. 7/23/07
"Don't take life too seriously... you'll never make it out alive"
I've heard a lot of good things about the Omnipod too. The only thing my doctor is worried about is that sometimes when patients change their Omnipod to a new set, their blood glucose levels will elevate (SOMETIMES) which is very frustrating to him and his staff. Other endocinologists in the area said the same thing, BUT I have yet to find anyone on this site who has had those problems.
oiy vey.....getting a new pump is similar to shopping for a new car.
I Just posted this on Matt's thread about OmniPod too-- sorry for cross posting, but I wanted to get as many responses as possible...
It IS like shopping for a car! And some of the sales people are just as pushy!!!
Has anyone on this thread ever used a different insulin pump and then switched to Omnipod? I have been pumping for 9 years and have had great experience with Animas, which is now owned by Johnson & Johnson. It seems that all the other pump companies (not Omnipod, or am I wrong?) are moving toward an integrated CGM system which definitely would be amazing.
I am totally sick of tubing- it is annoying as a woman to have to figure out if your pump is going to stay put (in bra, waistband of underwear) if you don't have pants with pockets, particularly while working out. But if I don't need to pull it out all the time to bolus, etc. then maybe the One Touch Ping would be just fine.
I'm also concerned about Omnipod because my CDE just told me that some patients using it also take a back up small dose of Lantus - because if you bump it on a doorway and it comes dislodged, you can get ketones and start puking within a couple of hours. Of course this is true for ANY pump using only short term insulin, but with the pod you are less likely to know if a bump or something can make it pull out or have other occlusions, whereas with a regular set, you can push on it and feel the pain, or see blood if you have a bad set.
I have the omnipod and I'm ready to go, but I'm worried about all these things. I definitely do not want to take lantus as a backup because that totally DEFEATS the purpose of having a pump at all!
Thanks, advice welcome, esp from those who used Omnipod AFTER using a different system.
Betsy
we are looking at putting our son on the pump (as soon as we can afford it!) and would choose the omnipod hands down, but since we are in canada and it isn't available here we will likely have to go with the ping which is our second choice. I have not heard anything about ppl going high after changing a pod and love the idea of no tubing.
Ya i got the animas one touch ping & i love it! you can give insulin straight from the meter so you really don't have to take it off, etc. & overall its a pretty good pump. its my first one though too.