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Do I replace omnipod?

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carak1987

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Hi. I've got in the bath and the sticky bit of my omnipod has started to peel off. Now I only replaced it yesterday with 200 units and I feel I'm wasting alot of money replacing it now. Can I get away with just taping it up as long as its not leaking or do I need to replace it and ring the place I get them from as it was obviously a faulty sticky pad as it shouldn't come off in Bath surely? I hate wasting money lol
 
testing over the next couple of hours will give you the answer
take your last test as your baseline and if you have increased above a comfortable range for you ( we all are different in what is comfortable to us )
I would change

alternatively -- wait a bit longer -- set an alarm for 1AM or so -- test and change if above 14~15

the money side of things is irrelevant in my opinion
( if you do nothing but tape it up and are in DKA by tomorrow morning the NHS will spend a couple of thousand on you with ambulance , and time and treatment in A&E
 


Yeah, well I'm at work tomorrow morning so at least they will know I'm ill when I turn up on my ward as a patient ha ha

I've taped it up for now. It was 12.6 so took a correction dose and will check it later. If it's gone up I'll change it.

I know my questions seem silly ha ha
 
your question is so far from silly -- blimey young lady -- it is our very lives and existence on this planet,
given that we only have fast acting insulin keeping us alive ( unlike when we were on MDI )

based on yearly running cost for omnipod -- changing 1 individual pod early amounts to around £26 in additional cost
i would value your life a hell of a lot more than that !!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

Oh I do don't worry. I've already changed one early due to trauma lol. I'm off to sleep bit setting my alarm for 11pm to read check. Thankyou. You have been a star last couple days replying to my messages
 
haha -- we D's are a team !!!! all for one ...........................
 
carak1987 said:
Can I get away with just taping it up as long as its not leaking or do I need to replace it and ring the place I get them from as it was obviously a faulty sticky pad as it shouldn't come off in Bath surely?
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Is it just the outer edge? If so you could use tape to secure it but if the Pod is coming away at the cannula end then I'd just replace it, as @himtoo says monitor your bg and see how you get on, but if in doubt just change it anyway.

himtoo said:
based on yearly running cost for omnipod -- changing 1 individual pod early amounts to around £26 in additional cost
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They are cheaper than that, it depends on the buying power of the PCT but I believe it's nearer £20.
 
I'm sure you sorted this issue now, just wanted to say that I was in the supermarket yesterday at the checkout, pump on front of thigh, I was rushing to pack my bags so fast I caught the pump on the corner of the checkout. Really hurt, I was sure I'd ripped it off. Waited till I got home and it was half hanging off. Checked cannula was still in which it was so I just stuck a bit of tape over it lols. Seemed to work ok till it expired the next day! Got a big bruise today on the side that ripped off!
 
I taped it through the night but when I woke my bms were sky high so had to change it in the morning. I dunno why it's falling off in the bath. My bms have been much better today. Mainly below 8. Had 2 hypos though so did a 10% decrease on my basal for the rest of my shift.
 
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