Omnipod Dash Pump Change - High blood sugars

[anniefriar84]

Hi all - I have been on the Omnipod Dash for a number of years and this has always been a problem but has got much worse recently.

I change in the morning before breakfast- give myself a 0.8 Bolus on my old pod - Then put a new pod on - bolus for breakfast as normal and add an extra unit and put a temporary basal rate on and still go high - over 20 within 1-2 hours. Then stay high for hours and then crash in the afternoon.

I don’t know what to do to manage this - I can’t change the time of day I change my pump due to lifestyle/ work. But it’s now becoming a real issue and giving me real anxiety.

Does anyone else have this or have any suggestions on how to manage?

Thanks

 

[h884]

Hi all - I have been on the Omnipod Dash for a number of years and this has always been a problem but has got much worse recently.

I change in the morning before breakfast- give myself a 0.8 Bolus on my old pod - Then put a new pod on - bolus for breakfast as normal and add an extra unit and put a temporary basal rate on and still go high - over 20 within 1-2 hours. Then stay high for hours and then crash in the afternoon.

I don’t know what to do to manage this - I can’t change the time of day I change my pump due to lifestyle/ work. But it’s now becoming a real issue and giving me real anxiety.

Does anyone else have this or have any suggestions on how to manage?

Thanks

Hi anniefriar84

I am an Omnipod 5 / Dexcom G7 closed loop user. I have recently switched back to manual mode as I was getting woken most nights by alarms.

I experience similar problems (although not as severe as yourself) associated with pod change. I tried the strategies that you have used and they did help. The other strategies which I wonder might help would be altering your basal rate or your insulin to carb ratio. Obviously if you only experience this problem with pod change this might not help. You may have to create another basal programme to help manage this.

Have you spoken with your DSN to see if they have solutions

Hope this of some help