Omnipod

Anybody else deal with infections from their Omnipods? I only see to get them on my thighs. I make sure to clean the site with alcohol wipes and everything prior to insertion, and I seem to always have this issue only on my thighs. I’m a hairy fellow, but I’ve even tried shaving the site beforehand and nothing. I am relatively athletic and don’t have a ton of fat in this area either and the sites can be a bit painful. I attached some pictures for reference, let me know what you guys think or if anyone else has dealt with this! submitted by /u/shangill22 to r/Type1Diabetes [link] [comments]

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BZZZZZRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT BZZZRRRRRRRRTTTTTTTTTTTTT BZZZZZRRRRTTTTTTTTTTT BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP It's like... kind of a lot right? And if you have alarms from the Dexcom on your phone paired with it?! I feel like it is genuinely having an effect on my mental health! submitted by /u/cow-funk to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

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I had an in-person office event at my work and it was mid management to senior management level, about 25 people in total. Pretty important meeting where we were discussing strategy for next year going forward. The Omnipod system was a total disaster during the entire thing and has caused me professional embarrassment. A low alert happened and I silenced it, tho even tho I’d silenced it then it must have recurred at least 4 further times. My theory is if it exits and enters the low range it will reset the alerts (this obviously needs fixed). I treated the low of course in the meeting. Then came the urgent low alarm which was even louder and I couldn’t silence at all and kept going off. This went on for about at least 30 minutes and it was obviously a major distraction to everyone in the meeting. It made me feel pretty awful. I left in the end until the alerts were totally stopped and missed some important things being discussed that I probably should have been there for. These alerts are a total disaster and obviously not designed for diabetics who want to lead a normal life. It makes my diabetes an even worse hindrance in my life that I feel it needs to be. Get it together Omnipod submitted by /u/hydroxy to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

FYI an omnipod recall got sent out to emails. Somehow my mom got this email, while I did not and she forwarded it to me. It was for the 12th of March. Apparently there was an issue with a few lot numbers of theirs not fully inserting and heavily puttinginsulin into the pod (leaking) rather than the body. These lot numbers are apparently USA only. Ironically, when they present the data “1.5% of production globally” GLOBALLY KEYWORD. Yet earlier in the email, “these lots are only in the US” So how much higher is the % of faulty ones in the US. Insulet is downplaying the numbers by throwing us off in the email. “Only USA” and then switching their % from affected to a global scale a few paragraphs lower. 1,5% GLOBABLLY IS INSANELY HIGH. Imagine how much worse it is considering (according to them) it’s all USA based batches. Link to check: https://www.omnipod.com/mdc-3-26/check-pod-lot The LOT # must start with PH1U ######## submitted by /u/Temporary_Plan1055 to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]

Hi all, this is a snapshot of the type of numbers I've been getting for the past 6 weeks of using the omnipod 5. I know there is supposed to be a "learning curve" where the algorithm gets to know my insulin requirements, but I'm feeling pretty discouraged. It feels important to note that I have NEVER had success with pumping insulin...I used the medtronic 670 g for many years and had terrible control. Very high blood sugars that wouldn't budge no matter how many corrective doses I gave. It seems the same is happening with the omnipod. If I can get my bloodsugar down to about 110, the omnipod seems to do a good job of keeping it there. However the familiar pattern that I saw on the medtronic seems to be happening on the omnipod. Namely, any time my bloodsugar gets above 200 it levels out at about 250-275 and stays there for a very, very long time. I'm currently going on about hour 16 of being above 250. Despite having bolused for breakfast this morning, my blood sugar has not come down, so I still haven't eaten anything today. I almost never ever get low bloodsugars when pumping insulin. For a couple years between the Omnipod and the Medtronic pump I went back on pen injections with a cgm and got somewhat better control and lower A1Cs, but when I got 2 A1Cs over 7 in a row, my endo and a I decided it might be good to go back to a new pump system (omnipod). Confused, frustrated, and uncertain what my next step(s) should be. EDIT: Thank you all VERY much for the thoughtful responses. The big takeaways I'm getting are: Don't be shy about bolusing a lot/manually overriding my pump's IOB limitations to get my BG lower. Also don't be shy about adjusting all of the settings, including basal rate maximums. As the Omnipod is seeing that the TDD I'm requiring is significantly higher than where the pump was initially programmed, it will begin to increase the basal rate to catch up. submitted by /u/naan_existenz to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

Typed in my pump number, said to immediately remove and replace? I’m at work rn so can’t. Tried calling omnipod and chatting but no one’s answering. Should I be concerned. 😅 submitted by /u/Brilliant-Trick-4311 to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

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okay so, I like omnipod and love its system. I have a Dexcom g7. but I can’t get the omnipod to stay on.. I thought omnipod would be a great option. It worked good for a bit but I always got so mad about it falling off or that very stiff tube it has that stays in your skin either bubbling my insulin under my skin or dislodging itself to where id have to rip it off because there’s not enough tape by where it injects since the injector is so close to the edge. The tape peels a lot and doesn’t adhere well. I also have bumpy skin due to my psoriasis. due to that the omnipod always peels off like a cheap bandaid for me and without fail I’m left with bubbled insulin under the skin and crazy bleeding like I just ripped out a IV cannula.. can someone suggest new pumps that are compatible with dexcom G7?? I used to have Medtronic almost a decade ago when I was 10 and know the ways they do things now must’ve changed a ton. and I wouldn’t like anything Medtronic because that thing sent me to the hospital like 4 times when I first got it. I think I’d prefer tubed pumps this time.. this omnipod pump just has me over my limits. i just turned 18 and I gotta switch to adult endo from pediatric. any advice you have for me would be great. submitted by /u/Educational-Dress970 to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

Hi everyone 👋 my doctor wants me to start on the omnipod and says how it’ll be super life changing, helping prevent lows and highs and keep me super in range. I’m currently on mdi and I have a dexcom g7. I personally like MDI although it can be inconvenient having to stick yourself with needles all day if you’re high. I’m on novolog and Lantus and I know with omnipod you only use 1 type of insulin and don’t use a 24 hour insulin. Can anyone explain this and how it works? I’m on a low carb lifestyle which I love and it keeps me at a 5.6 a1c (thank God 🙏) I know the doctors say you just count your carbs, put it into the PDM and it boluses for you. I don’t eat many carbs probably under 15g-20g a day I know how much insulin I need for fat and protein, so can I just choose how much I want to bolus for and give myself? I also don’t like the technology. I’m young but I don’t like the idea of having the pump breakdown, having to replace it with new pods, etc. if the pod fails then what? Wouldn’t I need to keep pens on me anyway? Also the insulin vials freak me out. I don’t like the idea of taking the insulin out of a vial and putting it into the pod and fear I’ll do it wrong. I just fear it’ll be so much technology the pump, pdm, the vials, the extra pens, etc it doesn’t seem like it’s simplifying my life it seems like it’s complicating my life. I like how with the mdi I just take the shot and I’m done. The dexcom will let me know what my sugars are and if im high I just take another shot . Can anyone relate? Or can anyone convince me that it’s really good to get on omnipod? I’m also insulin resistant and I don’t want the pump making me even more insulin resistant. My doctor is pushy on it but idk. Please let me know what you guys think and thanks so much in advance! submitted by /u/Ok-Algae3382 to r/Type1Diabetes [link] [comments]

I recently switched from insulin pens to the Omnipod Dash after a 4-day hospital training program. Everything went smoothly during the hospital stay, but since I've been home, it's been a nightmare. First pod malfunctioned completely and I went into ketosis. Then I placed the second pod on my thigh, but that site was overused from years of pen injections - the insulin wasn't absorbing properly and my control went to hell. I'm starting to wonder if the pod is really worth it, or if I should just go back to pens which worked reliably for me. Has anyone here made the switch from pens to pods and then switched back to pens? What made you decide to return to MDI? I'd really appreciate hearing about your experiences - whether you stuck it out and it got better, or whether you found pens were just a better fit for your lifestyle. Thanks in advance. EDIT Thanks everyone for the advice and perspectives. I've decided to stick with the Dash and wait out the 6 months before transitioning to the Omnipod 5 with looping. For those asking why I got the Dash instead of the 5 directly, in France, when you're first prescribed a pump, the healthcare system requires you to start with a basic pump. Only after 6 months can you upgrade to a closed-loop system. This allows you to master pump basics first, proves your commitment to the device, and helps optimize your basal rates and ratios before adding automation. It's frustrating to wait, but I understand the logic. Appreciate all the input. Looking forward to that looping upgrade down the road. Take care guys submitted by /u/Comfortable-Cow5212 to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]

I just need to vent about this here, and maybe talking about it here will get some change. I am type 1 diabetic and depend on insulin to survive, since 2021 I've been using Insulet's OmniPod Dash pump just because using needles got annoying. It uses a device called the "PDM" to control it, and I have some spare ones (had to get replacements after certain ones had issues, had a replacement after a battery recall, all of that) and about two years ago I got into custom ROM development for old phones, and I decided to take a look into one of my spare Dash PDMs, and I realized something They run Android. Which uses the Linux kernel. Running uname -r, I was able to see it was 3.18.19, which is very ancient and kinda surprising for a medical device, but whatever, I then decided to contact Insulet to get the kernel source code for it, being GPLv2 licensed, they're obligated to provide it. I tried at several emails, no response. The PDM hardware is a rebranded Chinese phone, a Nuu A1+, so I decided to try to go to Nuu to see if they could provide it. They gave me a simple one line response: "Thank you for contacting NUU Support. I am sorry but we wouldn't be able to at this time.". I replied again saying they're obligated to, it's GPLv2 licensed, and got the response "Again, would not be able to send that to you at this time. I can reach to our engineers but I would not hear anything back from them about that until mid next week.", I agreed, then a week later got the email "Unfortunately, it can not be sent.". That was nearly two years ago, and despite multiple attempts, I haven't managed to get any further response from Nuu or Insulet. This honestly disgusts me. GPL violations are already bad on their own, but on a medical device? That me, and thousands of people rely on to stay alive? It's absolutely inexcusable behaviour. It takes 30 seconds to just create a .tar.gz file with the kernel source, host it somewhere, and send it to me, but for some reason, Insulet and their ODM Nuu have a hard refusal for it. Being on kernel 3.18 too, something that's been EOL for over 8 years, and on top of that it's also Android Marshmallow, EOL for 7 years, and it communicates to the actual pump itself over Bluetooth, everything about this device is a massive security hole and the fact they're refusing to share the kernel source makes it even sketchier. What is so bad about this kernel source that Insulet cannot provide it at any cost? Also, kinda unrelated to the kernel source, but this thing also has no AVB or any form of partition verification at all. As if the 8 years of missing security patches weren't bad enough, anyone with access to your PDM, a MicroUSB cable, and a copy of mtkclient can flash whatever the hell they want on it. On another subreddit I've shown me rooting the PDM, it's ridiculous that a 21 billion dollar company can't put security measures in their device that $50 phones have. Please, if anyone is able, spread awareness about Insulet and their GPL violations. It's absolutely disgusting that I'm still fighting for this nearly 2 years after my initial contact attempt and still haven't gotten anywhere. Honestly, I am completely out of ideas for what to do. EDIT: A lot of people are saying I'm out of luck since the ODM (Nuu) is a Chinese company, I don't believe this is true. I believe Insulet also has access to the kernel source, as they made a ton of modifications to the software, and in a hardware revision that happened ~2022 (i have enough pdms to know this), there was a modification made that caused the boot.img from the original Nuu A1+ to stop working on a PDM, indicating Insulet made some sort of bootloader and kernel modification. Insulet is American. submitted by /u/Lost-Entrepreneur439 to r/linux [link] [comments]

This algorithm is horrific and I really don’t know how it works for anyone that wants 90%+ TIR. I’ve adjusted my setting many many times with my Endo and it’s been 2 months so that algorithm has had plenty of time to learn. I have had about 2-3 pods never communicate with the app. I’ve had probably 6-8 leaky pods, 2 pods that didn’t inject the cannula and the rest that did work had a crap algorithm behind it and kept my sugars high for longer than I’d like. I’m done. Hopefully they give more settings in the future to auto mode such as an actual basal rate, extended blouses, temp basal rates, tighter glucose targets. My sugars have never been worse in 11 years. I made a post similar to this a month ago, spoke with many of yall, spoke to my Endo multiple times, and did my very best and it never got any better. My blood sugars have never been worse than when on this system and I’m going back to Tandem. See ya community and thank you for helping when I had questions in the beginning 👋🏽 submitted by /u/Gweeds13 to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

I have spent years on the TSlim and am completing my third year on Omnipod. I saw my endo last week and am trying to decide whether to go back to TSlim or to try one of the newer ones. Any experiences/advice are welcome!! In my experience with the Omnipods the algorithm is garbage with literally one of the girls on Instagram who I saw an ad for O5 today on this page saying the solution is to just keep "factory resetting and be more aggressive with your correction and dosage" as if that is a solution to their garbage algorithm (spoiler: it's not). My a1c was massively better and more controlled with the tslim and the convenience of the pod is just not worth it, personally. submitted by /u/rav3lcet to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]

Previous to August 4th, I was using tandem tslim. My most recent a1c, taken that week, showed a 6.5, the best I’ve ever had in many many years! I was so excited, especially after being told in July I’ve developed mild retinopathy. Since switching to Omnipod, I’ve had so many issues. My blood glucose feels entirely out of control. I thought it was bad pods/delivery issues at first… maybe it is? I don’t know. At first, I was dealing with chronic highs but reduced lows compared to tandem. I saw my Endo and she told me to turn off reverse corrections and to be patient. Cue a few weeks later… I eat breakfast. 6 carbs. Go up to 270 by lunchtime. Skip lunch. Get to 192. Eat a sandwich at 3pm, shoot up to 300 by 5:40. Give a correction, now it’s 7:45 and I’m 82 and dropping and physically feeling it. I reached out to my Endo about this persistent pattern and she just said I can try blousing longer before meals and to increase my carb sensitivity by 1 gram at breakfast. The thing is, I DID pre b plus before the sandwich and still went up to 300. I called Omnipod support also. They weren’t a ton of help. I’m using mastisol and overlays per their suggestion. I’ve tried my thighs, hips and arms. Thighs worked best at first but now they’re not working out either. I don’t understand what’s going wrong. I had such amazing control with tandem, despite going low more frequently. I could deal with the lows because at least I didn’t feel anxiety about further damaging my body and longevity… I told myself I’d give the pod 3 months before making a decision, but I don’t know if it’s worth it. I LOVE not having tubing, but the emotional toll of the highs and physical toll of the lows and the older coaster is wearing me down. I’ve been debating switching back to manual injections, which I haven’t done in over a decade now. I’m worried that won’t give me as much control as tandem either, but I really don’t want to go back to having a tubed pump again :( Any advice, validation, encouragement is welcome. Anything. Please, lol. submitted by /u/Integer_Cat to r/Omnipod [link] [comments]

It's either that or I go into private screening and drop my drawers. The security theatre is absurd. submitted by /u/hungliketictacs to r/diabetes [link] [comments]

This is just a rant. I have my target set to 110mg/dL and have played around with my insulin activity time. The Omnipod is just way too conservative. It constantly pauses basal to keep me at 150mg/dL, not 110mg/dL. As you can see, correction boluses are answered with paused insulin to undo the correction. I feel like I’ll never get my A1C below 7% like this. Don’t be jealous of that line. It’s not my norm. lol submitted by /u/Impressive-Drag-1573 to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]

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I was diagnosed with type 1 in Dec. 2022, I was 19. I was very surprised with the diagnosis, pretty much came out of no where. I did really well on MDI for the first year and a half, I was obsessed with having perfect numbers (was in range 97%). Around July 2023 I kind of just let it go and I was just tired of being so “obsessed” with it. My numbers run high all day now, I give my lantus at night and sometimes give short acting at meals. I have like a fear or anxiety of insulin that has developed. I know I need some assistance and need to get on a pump. That will be the best thing for my health. But honestly it freaks me out. Any advice to ease my mind? Was going on a pump worth it to you? Is the omnipod 5 a good pump to start with? Any advice to help with insulin anxiety/fear? submitted by /u/Born-Blackberry5578 to r/Type1Diabetes [link] [comments]

Hi, it's forearm site chick again! Back to share the photos from my incredible weekend competing at NPC First Callouts in southeast Florida. Did my best to represent the T1 community and I'm so proud of the presentation I had. Next season is gonna be a blast! submitted by /u/seniebikini to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]

I am divorced and I want to make sure I am not being unreasonable against my Ex-wife, but I am feeling a pretty worried about my kid's health. We have a 5 year old type 1 diabetic who was diagnosed on his 1st birthday, so we've been at this for 4 years. He got the Omnipod system this year and we all went through the training. (insulin pump) I woke up on monday morning to texts from his mom saying his blood was 425-525+ (85 is a normal) from 11pm through the night. It was currently 6am and his blood sugar was still too high., she was saying he may need to go to the hospital. She says "maybe change his pump, maybe he needs a new one" (this means change it in an hour and a half when he gets to my home). My first thought is pump issue as well. I told her "The doctors say to take his pump off, give him insulin from the pen, then put a new pod on when he comes down". (this is mandatory basic understanding to use this system for our son). Her reply "The doctor said to do that if the pump doesn't work. What doctor told you you that?". I explain to her that the doctor recommended this at the last endocrinologist appointment I had with him, Her reply "You can try what you want at your house. If he's not down by noon you'll need to take him in or I will". I am frustrated by this response. His blood sugar has been high for 7 hours at this point. By the time she drops him off with me (at 7:30am) it will have been 8 and a half hours with blood sugar over 400. She has clearly communicated she is at a loss and is questioning hospitalization, why would she be okay with waiting until noon? that will be 13 hours with blood sugar over 400 and serious risk/certainty of DKA (his blood turns to acid). I reply "If you bring him to me ASAP I'll get his blood down quick. If you think he needs a new pump you should not wait on that, especially if you think he's close to hospital level. You need to provide me with all the troubleshooting steps you've already attempted". Her reply "I don't think there is anything wrong with the pump. I don't think you realize how high his blood sugar is. This is much worse than normal. If this happens at your house a lot then there is a serious problem. Troubleshooting steps? This is our son not a robot. Try to care for him just like I have done all night. If he's not better by noon we will take him in, hospitals help not harm". To her "I do not think there is anything wrong with the pump" I remind her of the text she sent where she says "Maybe change his pump, maybe he needs a new one". I ignore the rest of her jabs as I am worried about my son and feel helpless to help him when I know what to do and she isn't following the training. I simply reply "Tell me what steps you've taken throughout the night, did you bolas for phantom carbs, if so to what degree? Did you test for ketones?" She replies that she did not test for ketones and asks me to do that on my time with him, she explains that she was tricking the pod to give double doses all night, and and she tells me that she just removed the pod and immediately gave long acting insulin". (That is not the insulin he needs, he needs short acting insulin). I ask "What time did you give long acting insulin?" (I'll need to know for putting the pod on the next day). "What was the dose of insulin from the pen you gave at that time. What was his blood sugar at that time? When did you notice he was first high (the dexcom follow app doesn't show me the exact time), what was his diet yesterday, what did he specifically eat before bed?" She responds "Calm down. If this is too much for you I'll take the whole day off and take care of him myself if you prefer". I reply "I am the definition of calm. You are not providing the right details". Very long story short. She answers none of my questions, I get him and he was never given a shot from the pen. I check his blood manually, give him the correction dosage from the pen, and call the endo team and he was perfectly healthy within 2 hours. His mom got seemingly defensive that he was healthy so quick with me and demands I take him to the hospital even though he is now healthy. His endo says not to, that he is fine and only has trace ketones so no risk of DKA but to monitor him. His mom calls the cops on me, the cops say he is fine, she calls the fire department, they show up and say he is fine. I take him to the Emergency Room anyways at her request, he spends 3 hours just getting tests and fluids and they release him showing he was fine all along.... So, check me. I provided the exact quotes from my phone. Am I being a jerk? Does it seem like I was freaking out? I am very worried about my son for future situations with this woman who seems to exude pride and ignorance at the expense of my son. The hospital sent us a behavior contract saying that if these outbursts continue they can dismiss my son as a patient. I just want to check myself and see if I am part of the problem, because I might need to go back to court with her and fight for medical decision making to protect my son in the future, but if I am part of the problem then I need to check my attitude first. **TL;DR;** : My ex-wife struggled to manage our diabetic son's dangerously high blood sugar, so I took over and got him stable quickly. She got upset, called the cops, and insisted on an unnecessary ER visit. Am I wrong to be concerned about her handling his diabetes in the future? Did I add to the problem? submitted by /u/brycen64 to r/AITAH [link] [comments]

it cost money.. and apocalypse heavy thought and planning is saying this is kinda dumb… submitted by /u/kendallmorgue to r/diabetes_t1 [link] [comments]