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omnipod 5

SamGre89

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi Everybody!

I'm Sam new to this site, hoping to hear from other people and their experiences with insulin pumps! Over the last 4 months i have started using the Omnipod 5 which is my first pump in over 10 years, lots has changed with the variety of pumps that are now available and the technology that's now included. The Omnipod 5 has been a good experience so far however being, becuase I live outside the USA, (in Australia) we only have access to a controller pdm to run the Omnipod app. There is no phone based app available in my country. Has anybody experienced any frustrations with this aspect?? I'm hoping the app becomes available soon so i can ditch the controller and just carry one device, acessing on my phone.
 
Good morning Sam. I am also an Omnipod 5 user. I am based in UK.

It would be great if the controller was on your phone. For me in particular overnight I cannot hear the alarms on the pdm. It has taken up to 14 notifications for me to hear the alarm. I wear hearing aids which I remove at night. During the day not so much of a problem.

I have spoken to the pump team locally and Omnipod, unfortunately they do not have any solution to this.
Meantime I go to bed higher than I should so there is less chance of a low overnight.

Maybe one day the app will be available for your phone in places other than USA
 
Hi Everybody!

I'm Sam new to this site, hoping to hear from other people and their experiences with insulin pumps! Over the last 4 months i have started using the Omnipod 5 which is my first pump in over 10 years, lots has changed with the variety of pumps that are now available and the technology that's now included. The Omnipod 5 has been a good experience so far however being, becuase I live outside the USA, (in Australia) we only have access to a controller pdm to run the Omnipod app. There is no phone based app available in my country. Has anybody experienced any frustrations with this aspect?? I'm hoping the app becomes available soon so i can ditch the controller and just carry one device, acessing on my phone.
Have a read of these two threads for a start :



Short answer - yes, it's not as good as it could be, and it's not likely to go to phones.

Though the trial of the linking to librelink on phone in real time looks positive, because it might then be possible to forward that to a watch, which would mean no need to have phone or controller to hand and they could live in a bag. Useful during activity.

(Dexcom can already do this).

If you've got sugars visible, then the controller can stay less to hand - you only need it for bolus and mode switching. The pod does all the background dosage calculations itself.
 
It’s something to do with phone manufacturers not actually wanting to have their equipment considered as medical devices, which I fully understand. However, these same manufacturers are prepared to license such use on one continent but not another, which begs a whole series of other questions. That said, I use my phone most of the time to monitor glucose levels and my controller only when I have to. Yes, it means two pieces of equipment but it isn’t causing me problems.
 
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