- Messages
- 259
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hello lovely friends,
I hope you are very well.
Please, I need your advice.
Yesterday, I had my meeting with my diabetes nurse at the hospital as I was offered an Omnipod Dash. I have been a Type 1 for 13 years and my HbA1c is at 7.2. We decided that it was time for me to have the assistance of a pump to deliver better HbA1c results.
My training at the hospital lasted for about 2 hours. I will confide in you I am not at all comfortable with the training that my diabetes nurse offered as she did not seem to fully comprehend how the basal/bolus scheme affects blood sugars during the day and depending on the circadian rhythm requirements combined with glycemic loads etc etc. I am confident you all already know the hazards of being a diabetic.
So here I am, with my inactivated pod on filled with salt water for now, watching Youtube tutorials on how to operate the PDM, whilst staring at my Omnipod Kit feeling baffled.
I have a series of questions for you… my first one is, how did you switch from the pens to the Omnipod?
In my case, I inject 13 units of Levemir in the morning and 6 units in the evening. If I wish to start with the Omnipod in the morning, do I skip my 13 unit Levemir injection and start with the basal program that has been calculated in my PDM?
In such a case, wouldn’t I risk a hypoglycemic episode during the time that my 6 units of evening Levemir overlap with the Omnipod basal program for some hours?
Please forgive me if I am becoming pedantic. I feel so perplexed.
Looking forward to your advice.
Jossie
I hope you are very well.
Please, I need your advice.
Yesterday, I had my meeting with my diabetes nurse at the hospital as I was offered an Omnipod Dash. I have been a Type 1 for 13 years and my HbA1c is at 7.2. We decided that it was time for me to have the assistance of a pump to deliver better HbA1c results.
My training at the hospital lasted for about 2 hours. I will confide in you I am not at all comfortable with the training that my diabetes nurse offered as she did not seem to fully comprehend how the basal/bolus scheme affects blood sugars during the day and depending on the circadian rhythm requirements combined with glycemic loads etc etc. I am confident you all already know the hazards of being a diabetic.
So here I am, with my inactivated pod on filled with salt water for now, watching Youtube tutorials on how to operate the PDM, whilst staring at my Omnipod Kit feeling baffled.
I have a series of questions for you… my first one is, how did you switch from the pens to the Omnipod?
In my case, I inject 13 units of Levemir in the morning and 6 units in the evening. If I wish to start with the Omnipod in the morning, do I skip my 13 unit Levemir injection and start with the basal program that has been calculated in my PDM?
In such a case, wouldn’t I risk a hypoglycemic episode during the time that my 6 units of evening Levemir overlap with the Omnipod basal program for some hours?
Please forgive me if I am becoming pedantic. I feel so perplexed.
Looking forward to your advice.
Jossie