Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Yes, I had a free oneeone sent to me. It was more proturberant than the insulin pump and I would e throughing away a lot insulin every 3 days as I use only small of insulin on a daily basis. I have met a lot of women who wear it though and as most of them use more insulin than I and they like it as it can be easily placed anywhere on the bod! Omni Pod Hi, Crystal just looked at an on-line blurb for a device called the Omni Pod. It inserts the needle automatically and you are set to go. Anyone ever heard of this device? Thanks for any info. Cy It appears to be an insulin pump which attaches to your body by adhesive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Lots of people go on the OmniPod because they like the idea of a pump but don't like the idea of tubing. Some people love it, but I've also heard a lot of complaints regarding its reliability with insulin delivery ... People have gone into diabetic ketoacidosis because the pods have failed ... I've heard statistics that in some cases upwards of 50% of the pods fail. There is no way that kind of error rate would be tolerated with any of the " traditional " tubed pumps, and in my opinion it's a huge safety risk. Plus, there's the environmental factor ... every three days you toss the pod, including all its circuits, electronics, and batteries. Plus there is the problem that if you lose the PDM (the wireless controller), you've lost all control over your pump's insulin delivery. Kind of scary. I'm not sure how people bolus on planes where RF devices have to be turned off ... I think the OmniPod is a good idea in theory (no tubing), and other pump companies are coming out with similar " patch pumps, " but I would never go on it until it's more reliable and the impact on the environment is lessened (i.e., if you could just replace the cartridge of insulin rather than needing to replace the entire pod). They are coming out with a next generation OmniPod in the near future, that will have a continuous glucose monitor integrated into it, so maybe they will have addressed some of the drawbacks in this next version. Jen > > Hi, > > Crystal just looked at an on-line blurb for a device called the Omni Pod. > > It inserts the needle automatically and you are set to go. > > Anyone ever heard of this device? > > Thanks for any info. > > Cy > > It appears to be an insulin pump which attaches to your body by adhesive > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Thanks for this information. The concept sounded good, no tubes and such. The fact that you trash the pod every three days does concern me considerably. This sure seems like a tremendous expense and waste. Cy _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Jesso Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:58 AM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: Omni Pod Lots of people go on the OmniPod because they like the idea of a pump but don't like the idea of tubing. Some people love it, but I've also heard a lot of complaints regarding its reliability with insulin delivery ... People have gone into diabetic ketoacidosis because the pods have failed ... I've heard statistics that in some cases upwards of 50% of the pods fail. There is no way that kind of error rate would be tolerated with any of the " traditional " tubed pumps, and in my opinion it's a huge safety risk. Plus, there's the environmental factor ... every three days you toss the pod, including all its circuits, electronics, and batteries. Plus there is the problem that if you lose the PDM (the wireless controller), you've lost all control over your pump's insulin delivery. Kind of scary. I'm not sure how people bolus on planes where RF devices have to be turned off ... I think the OmniPod is a good idea in theory (no tubing), and other pump companies are coming out with similar " patch pumps, " but I would never go on it until it's more reliable and the impact on the environment is lessened (i.e., if you could just replace the cartridge of insulin rather than needing to replace the entire pod). They are coming out with a next generation OmniPod in the near future, that will have a continuous glucose monitor integrated into it, so maybe they will have addressed some of the drawbacks in this next version. Jen > > Hi, > > Crystal just looked at an on-line blurb for a device called the Omni Pod. > > It inserts the needle automatically and you are set to go. > > Anyone ever heard of this device? > > Thanks for any info. > > Cy > > It appears to be an insulin pump which attaches to your body by adhesive > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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