I was wondering if anyone had been in a similar position and could offer help.
I am currently having severe issues with the Omnipod 5 and Libre 2 plus sensors. Since the start of the year I have found the quality of the Sensors to be atrociously bad.
Sensors are frequently finding Phantom Hypos (I.e. Low Blood Sugar events that cannot be verified by repeated Blood Tests). Eventually the automatic suspensions of the Omnipod 5 send me high because I was never low in the first place etc.
I have reported these faulty sensors to Abbott who always replace them but I’m always stuck with them until my next pod change because of the syncing with the Omnipod 5 and site rotation etc.
Most sensors are not lasting “go bad” on day 2 or 3, a lot go bad on day 4.
I reported this issue to my Doctor but they are refusing to take anything I say seriously because “the fundamental problem is you have too many hypos so you need to scale back your Bolus.”
This is despite me showing all my Blood Sugar readings. This despite is my time at high blood sugar levels increasing despite this.
I just had an hour long meeting with my diabetes nurse who gaslit all my concerns and refused to provide any help of any kind until I reduced my Bolus doses. Despite outlining my position clearly and calmly, she point back refused to do anything to help me until I made change that, for me, is completely unjustified. As the frequent unjustified basal suspensions are already causing me to go high after every meal.
I am really concerned I am going to be unable to do my job on Monday if I’m essentially forced by my nurse to take insufficient insulin to deal with my food, and broader level that I am going to lose my job if I have to do all my work whilst my Blood Sugar is persistently very high (as I find it exceptionally difficult to think when my Blood Sugar is like this).
But as my Nurse is refusing to offer any help if I don’t do this, I feel like I’m currently being forced to chose between ruining my life in one of two ways.
I am currently having severe issues with the Omnipod 5 and Libre 2 plus sensors. Since the start of the year I have found the quality of the Sensors to be atrociously bad.
Sensors are frequently finding Phantom Hypos (I.e. Low Blood Sugar events that cannot be verified by repeated Blood Tests). Eventually the automatic suspensions of the Omnipod 5 send me high because I was never low in the first place etc.
I have reported these faulty sensors to Abbott who always replace them but I’m always stuck with them until my next pod change because of the syncing with the Omnipod 5 and site rotation etc.
Most sensors are not lasting “go bad” on day 2 or 3, a lot go bad on day 4.
I reported this issue to my Doctor but they are refusing to take anything I say seriously because “the fundamental problem is you have too many hypos so you need to scale back your Bolus.”
This is despite me showing all my Blood Sugar readings. This despite is my time at high blood sugar levels increasing despite this.
I just had an hour long meeting with my diabetes nurse who gaslit all my concerns and refused to provide any help of any kind until I reduced my Bolus doses. Despite outlining my position clearly and calmly, she point back refused to do anything to help me until I made change that, for me, is completely unjustified. As the frequent unjustified basal suspensions are already causing me to go high after every meal.
I am really concerned I am going to be unable to do my job on Monday if I’m essentially forced by my nurse to take insufficient insulin to deal with my food, and broader level that I am going to lose my job if I have to do all my work whilst my Blood Sugar is persistently very high (as I find it exceptionally difficult to think when my Blood Sugar is like this).
But as my Nurse is refusing to offer any help if I don’t do this, I feel like I’m currently being forced to chose between ruining my life in one of two ways.