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    Keeping Omnipod on legs

    I invariably keep mine at the top of my thighs, travelling across my stomach area and to the other leg. At first I found myself catching the pod but that’s fairly rare now and I have never ripped one off. That might be luck rather than anything else! Sorry, I don’t have any great tips, for me it...
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    Type 1 Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] searching for a sensor

    I hope it doesn’t happen again either! Many thanks for taking the time to try and help. I hope you can find a way to give your arms a rest too.
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    Type 1 Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] searching for a sensor

    Thanks for your response. I had no difficulty on Sunday connecting the sensor to the PDM. My problem arose today, so [emoji638] days later, when the PDM decided it couldn’t find the sensor. Considering I was sitting down right next to it, I was more than worried. It took over an hour to...
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    Type 1 Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] searching for a sensor

    Yes, that’s exactly what I’m using right now. Any tips you can give me will be gratefully appreciated.
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    Type 1 Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] searching for a sensor

    Last weekend, at the behest of my consultant, I moved from Dexcom 6 to Libre 2+. I’d been told I would only get readings on the reader, not on my phone but today the reader was searching for the sensor for over an hour before it settled down. The sensor is next to the pump, so it’s not a...
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    Type 1 You could lose your CGM and Pump

    There’s clearly a lot of training needed by people dealing with diabetics. I remember doing a [emoji637]st Aid course and the trainer saying imagine you found (me) lying unconscious in town and you found something in my bag to say I was a diabetic, what would you do? The others all said give...
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    Type 1 You could lose your CGM and Pump

    Sorry, I don’t have a link, it’s something that was discussed at a research meeting last week. Perhaps where you live the care home staff managers have a more pragmatic and sensitive approach to this treatment? I’m delighted to hear that 3 people in your dad’s care home still have CGMs and at...
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    Type 1 You could lose your CGM and Pump

    I was at a research meeting last week and 2 people brought it up. One was the researcher and the other is a member of various diabetes forums. The researcher had visited care homes and asked staff there about diabetic residents and was told none had CGMs or pumps any longer. The other person is...
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    Type 1 You could lose your CGM and Pump

    Did you know that if you have to go into a care or nursing home you will have your CGM and insulin pump taken away from you because their staff don’t have the training to handle either of these? Even if you stay at home and have a District Nurse visit you, the chances of retaining your CGM/pump...
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    omnipod 5

    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...
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    Any general advice on HCL models?

    I didn’t want to be bothered with tubing as I am pretty certain I would have ripped it out, in much the same way as I was forever knocking my Freestyle Libre off my arm. Clumsy! I’m very happy with the Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] and Dexcom and have only once managed to dislodge the...
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    Omnipod 5 libre, 2+, HCL, insulin

    I have used both Fiasp and Lyumjev with my Omnipod [emoji6[emoji640][emoji637]] as my diabetes nurse phoned all [emoji639] companies to find out if they would work or not. As Nicola M said, it was all simply because they hadn’t been tested. I was fine with Fiasp but Lyumjev stung a lot so I went...
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    Travelling with sensors in hot countries

    I too use Dexcom and have never had any problems. I know my consultant is thinking of changing everyone to FS Libre 2+ so if anyone has any experience there it would be helpful.
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    Being referred to consultant for a pump, any advice/what to expect?

    Hi AnimateRach. Great question. My consultant asked why I wanted a pump now (I’d rejected one years ago because they were so clumsy and uninspiring) and what I hoped to get from it that I currently didn’t achieve. I mentioned other health issues (arthritis in my hands) and he understood where I...
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    dexcom 6 with omnipod 5? Rather than libre 2 plus

    Hi Siobhan. Like suk, I use the Dexcom 6 and the Omnipod 5 on my stomach. Have you tried putting the Libre 2 plus on your stomach instead of your arm? I asked my consultant if this was possible when I’m changed over to Libre and he said absolutely. In his opinion, being told to wear it on your...
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    That one thing about your pump?

    I have got used to the Omnipod 5 but have never used any other pump so I can’t help you with the T-slim or indeed any other tubed system. I didn’t want to have tubes and am still pleased I don’t have them. At first I found it irritating that I had to carry around the PDM but quickly got used to...
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    That one thing about your pump?

    My consultant told me that the Libre 2 plus would be available this year and in the meantime I am continuing with the Dexcom 6. Seemingly the reason for moving people to Libre is because it’s so much cheaper and will help balance the cost of the expensive Omnipod 5. Libre 2 plus has been...
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    Fiasp is unavailable

    Thanks again for everyone’s help here. I phoned round all the local pharmacies and eventually found one that did have some Fiasp vials in stock . My diabetes nurse even phoned the manufacturers who expressed surprise that I was having difficulty in getting hold of Fiasp vials because, as far as...
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    Fiasp is unavailable

    Thanks for your suggestions. I have previously tried experimenting with using cartridges but it was all rather messy - lack of skill or practice? In any case, they aren’t a long term solution. I’ve never tried Humalog but note that it needs to be “injected” between 15 and 20 minutes before a...
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