Fairygodmother

Went to clinic today & I start on Omnipod 5 as soon as they can sort out the training for it Great news but a big change for me after...

Hi @peat5961. I hope that Omnipod5 will help to stabilise your glucose readings. I will start on my third pump in the middle of this...

Tried it. Nope, it hasn’t worked, still getting spikes. Next step split doses - it’s getting as onerous as MDI

I’ll see what happens when I raise the carb part. I was thinking like I did with MDI but am learning how different a pump is

Thanks Nicola. Do you mean you’d lowered the carb for each unit? If that’s so, I’ll try raising my ratios. I was lowering them as I...

I found that when I spiked at lunch (which I did often) it was because my carb ratios were too strong so it was pausing my basal which...

Just over six weeks ago I started using the Medtronic Hybrid Closed Loop pump. For the first few days it was good but I’m getting ready...

Hi I am an Omnipod 5 user Like others I am curious as to why you have to start using a pump ? . As a tubeless pump Omnipod 5 does...

These days I don’t get actual hypos , you know the ones when you eat the contents of the fridge and any other chocolate cupboard in the...

My question would be, why have you got to start using one if you don’t want to. There are many people who would love one but are unable...

I have medtronic seven-eighty g (words as a computing glitch doesn’t accept figures from my phone) and I’ve not caught the tubing on...

The ease of inserting and starting a new sensor with Instinct is amazing! Literally takes seconds. Warm up is 1 hour. It’s so much...

Hello, As usual you can find positive and negative reviews from actual users about all sensors available. Let us say you have the...

I would argue that if you are getting hypos you need to reduce the insulin acting at the times you are getting them. Some people need...

Hi Europa01, I feel for your partner and their frequent nighttime hypos! When I was using Levemir, which I liked, I found that my...