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Geordie Girl

Geordie Girl

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Location
Hertfordshire
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Dislikes
Hypos/high blood sugars
I have just been told I am eligible to get the Omnipod 5 in the New Year. As a beginner how have people found it, and what teething problems did people have.

Thank you
 
Congratulations on getting a pump - its life changing (13 years on pumps and never wanted to go back to injections).

Was on the Omnipod Dash - great pump, easy to wear and control from the handset, and I hooked it into DIY looping (assume you'll get the loop option on the 5) - thats life changing once you have it set-up - basically announce your carbs and it keeps you in range, through whatever life throws at you.

Remember those sick day rules? Pretty much you can forget them as your loop will help keep you on the rails.

There is a lot of tuning to get your basal right (this is key) and to get your IC ratio set correctly, but once there you'll just tweak settings.
Really a great step forward - amazing stuff to improve your quality of life
 
CheeseSeaker said:
Congratulations on getting a pump - its life changing (13 years on pumps and never wanted to go back to injections).

Was on the Omnipod Dash - great pump, easy to wear and control from the handset, and I hooked it into DIY looping (assume you'll get the loop option on the 5) - thats life changing once you have it set-up - basically announce your carbs and it keeps you in range, through whatever life throws at you.

Remember those sick day rules? Pretty much you can forget them as your loop will help keep you on the rails.

There is a lot of tuning to get your basal right (this is key) and to get your IC ratio set correctly, but once there you'll just tweak settings.
Really a great step forward - amazing stuff to improve your quality of life
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I’m so looking forward to not injecting having done so for 64 years. Glad to have something that will hopefully make life a little easier.
 
Geordie Girl said:
I’m so looking forward to not injecting having done so for 64 years.
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Its brill - few differences to get it set-up and get used to how the cannulas work, but so much better than MDI

If you get highs or lows at first - its cos the settings are wrong, you'll need advice from your diabetes team (and on-line are very good) to help you get them right. Once you're through the first 2 weeks - you'll be feeling better, carry less diabetes stuff with you and start to be able to forget injections and how much of a pain they are to manage.

Its one of the 'great leaps forward' I've had since being diagnosed - others were Libre, ultrafast insulin and looping. All made my life a lot better than it was when I was diagnosed (one injection a day and a strict diet)
 
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