Omnipod insulin pump

[carak1987]

It is. I got.it down to 4.1 then worried I was gonna hypo, as I still had 5 units iob so that was it ha ha went back to 10.8 lmao

 

[himtoo]

It is. I got.it down to 4.1 then worried I was gonna hypo, as I still had 5 units iob so that was it ha ha went back to 10.8 lmao

did you treat the 4.1 with carbs and not bolus for it -- or did it just drop to 4.1 and then climb to 10.8 all by itself -- LOL

 

[carak1987]

did you treat the 4.1 with carbs and not bolus for it -- or did it just drop to 4.1 and then climb to 10.8 all by itself -- LOL

I treated it with carbs and no bolus no lol

 

[himtoo]

I treated it with carbs and no bolus no lol

as you get more experience with the pump -- you will be able to trust it more.

I definitely have gained a lot of confidence in mine over the 10 months -- it is at first like
"well I know what I am doing cuz I been D for xx years" -- but then turning over your control to a machine is a bit daunting
and so the trust needs building up over weeks and really even months
( at least that has been my experience )

 

[carak1987]

Well I've changed my pod. My bms were 16.0 I did a correction and it hurt. Took pod off and I have a lump where my cannula was inserted. My new cannula didn't even sting. I barely felt it. So the last one was defo on scar tissue.

 

[himtoo]

best choice !! onward and downward ( BG levels that is )

 

[Snapsy]

haha -- before i went on a pump my HbA1c's have been "perfect" for a number of years ( well perfect in my opinion)
between 39-42 for the last few years
but my latest 1 -- after 6 months on the pump -- has shot up to 49 -- i was not so happy -- the consultant was literally doing cartwheels round the room -- he thinks i run too low
i must admit to much less hypos now -- so perhaps he has a point

This was exactly my experience at my recent review! I was gutted that I'd gone from 42 to 46, but their opinion was that that was better. Massively fewer hypos and a much steadier line!

 

[tim2000s]

I definitely have gained a lot of confidence in mine over the 10 months -- it is at first like
"well I know what I am doing cuz I been D for xx years" -- but then turning over your control to a machine is a bit daunting
and so the trust needs building up over weeks and really even months
( at least that has been my experience )

It's an interesting one. I think it really depends on how you think about it. Really (regardless of which pump you are using), what you are doing is simply swapping a basal injection for a basal rate, and they are equivalent. Now the management of your condition is done in almost realtime, instead of way ahead of time.

Put in that context, it's often easier to think about how everything works!