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<blockquote data-quote="LittleSue" data-source="post: 982404" data-attributes="member: 6295"><p>My dear old "purple friend" - Medtronic Veo - has served me well, but today I switched to the Omnipod. Overall impressions are good, but I'm concerned about the timing of Pod replacements. Maybe I misunderstood, hope so!</p><p></p><p>As I understand it, each pod lasts 72 hrs, but there's a 5 hour grace period, so absolute maximum pod life is 77 hours. Ok so far.</p><p> Apparently at the 72-hr stage a siren goes off, which can only be silenced by sticking a paperclip in the reset hole on the back/bottom of the pod. </p><p></p><p>What concerns me is on a workday I'd be starting a new pod at 6am but if that was a Thursday, the next change would be due at 6am on Sunday, when I prefer to be asleep. It seems I (and boyfriend if present) will be woken by the siren at 6am and have to fiddle with a paperclip to silence it. How practical is that, without accidentally pulling the pod out, when you've just been so rudely awakened?</p><p> </p><p>Am I worrying about nothing? The pump nurse was more interested in the fact you can't forget to change the pod and how loud the siren is. For example, can I set a reminder for 10 hours prior, silence that on the PDM and sleep in til 8am undisturbed?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleSue, post: 982404, member: 6295"] My dear old "purple friend" - Medtronic Veo - has served me well, but today I switched to the Omnipod. Overall impressions are good, but I'm concerned about the timing of Pod replacements. Maybe I misunderstood, hope so! As I understand it, each pod lasts 72 hrs, but there's a 5 hour grace period, so absolute maximum pod life is 77 hours. Ok so far. Apparently at the 72-hr stage a siren goes off, which can only be silenced by sticking a paperclip in the reset hole on the back/bottom of the pod. What concerns me is on a workday I'd be starting a new pod at 6am but if that was a Thursday, the next change would be due at 6am on Sunday, when I prefer to be asleep. It seems I (and boyfriend if present) will be woken by the siren at 6am and have to fiddle with a paperclip to silence it. How practical is that, without accidentally pulling the pod out, when you've just been so rudely awakened? Am I worrying about nothing? The pump nurse was more interested in the fact you can't forget to change the pod and how loud the siren is. For example, can I set a reminder for 10 hours prior, silence that on the PDM and sleep in til 8am undisturbed? Thanks [/QUOTE]
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