I am new here. I was led to the site from a 'Google' enquiry regarding Omnipod and Libre2+ as my daughter went onto a pump on Wednesday after nearly 10 years using pens. The discussion threads were informative and chimed with what we were experiencing. It is great to be here to share the lived experience of diabetes.
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Hi, she is 16, diagnosed at 6 when pumps were in the realms of research. After 3 days, she is a convert. Just need to get the background dosing increased but thinking that this is a necessary cautious approach by the health team. The nurse is seeing her on Tuesday for a follow up. She feels independent of her condition for the first time since diagnosis
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Hi and welcome from me too.
Great to hear that the pump is giving your daughter a mental lift from the relentlessness that long term diabetes management can be. Presumably she will be going on to a closed loop with the Libre 2+, but it sounds like she is currently using it in manual mode. Hope it performs well for her and if you have any difficulties, shout up as we have quite a few members using Omnipod whose experience you can hopefully tap into.
Great to hear that the pump is giving your daughter a mental lift from the relentlessness that long term diabetes management can be. Presumably she will be going on to a closed loop with the Libre 2+, but it sounds like she is currently using it in manual mode. Hope it performs well for her and if you have any difficulties, shout up as we have quite a few members using Omnipod whose experience you can hopefully tap into.
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Yes, it’s very usual to start people on less insulin than they think you’ll need and then gradually tweak the doses. It will take a little while to get things right, but it shouldn’t take too long 🙂
It was more than 20 years ago that I got my first pump and I remember being quite anxious beforehand. I worried that I’d feel like a hospital patient, with a machine attached to me all the time, and I worried the pump would take away my freedom or impact me psychologically. But, just like your daughter, in 2 or 3 days I’d got used to it and realised how fabulous it was. For me, two big things were just being able to press buttons to ‘inject’, and sleeping better at night. I’m glad your daughter is loving her pump.
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Elizabeth Margaret
I am also new here. I am using Omnipod 5 and Libre2+ which is great when it is all working. I had to go to the hospital with my pdm as it kept saying 'searching for sensor'. They reloaded it, which took a long time, but it now seems OK. I did learn also that it is important to wear the sensor and omnipod very much in line, but it does somewhat limit the options.
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Welcome to the forum @Elizabeth Margaret
Yes I've had that with all the sensor-augmented pumps I've used too. They seem to prefer somewhat of a 'line of sight' to the sensor - or at least to be located on the same side of the body.
I'm a tubed-pump user, so I can get longer lengths of tubing to enable me to place the pump itself wherever it's happiest not matter where my infusion set wants to be.
I guess it's trickier with a pod?
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Glad your daughter is getting on so well with an insulin pump @JulesRen
I was pretty firmly pump-averse for several years, but once I'd given it a go (and put about a year's worth of effort into working out how to make it work for me) I was a firm convert.
I've occasionally needed to take a brief break for weird fleeting reasons, and immediately miss all the extra options and choices that a pump provides. Oh I'll just... Oh no, I can't do that... etc etc.
It's not without its frustrations from time to time, but I'd FAR rather stay on a pump (any pump) given the option.
I was pretty firmly pump-averse for several years, but once I'd given it a go (and put about a year's worth of effort into working out how to make it work for me) I was a firm convert.
I've occasionally needed to take a brief break for weird fleeting reasons, and immediately miss all the extra options and choices that a pump provides. Oh I'll just... Oh no, I can't do that... etc etc.
It's not without its frustrations from time to time, but I'd FAR rather stay on a pump (any pump) given the option.
Hello all. 2 weeks in and my daughters life with the pump going well However just changed Libre2+ sensor and after the 1 hour warm up it says it has failed, so now replaced. Anyone else having such issues? We are used to Libre2's and their frequent 10 minute time-outs but over 3 years they never failed.
A second one from me we are finding the plastic syringe that comes with the Omnipod a nightmare to use. Difficult to draw the insulin because it is so stiff. Appreciating it is a cheap (er) disposable syringe, but does anyone know of any better ones we could buy/request on prescription? Thank you. J
Elizabeth Margaret
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I have been using omnipod 5 and libre 2 plus for a while now. Mostly it works well, but problems can sometimes crop up without warning. A couple of times I have had the message to 'change sensor' but I found that changing the pod instead worked.
Just had the 3rd Libre2+ sensor in as many days. It has somewhat taken the edge off having the pump for my daughter. We have no more sensors in the house so hoping that this one continues working. We did not have any such issues with the Libre2. Anyone else experiencing sensor failure with Libre2+ Wondering if it because it is still relatively new.
Thank you for responding, it is good to know, maybe a duff batch then.
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Hi Jules
I think you'll find that if you pump the empty syringe up and down a few times before filling it, it will loosen up and make it easier to fill. You soon get the knack of filling it. I find it almost impossible to get rid of all the bubbles, but I turn it upside down and give it a good flicking so the bubbles are in the opposite end to the needle before filling the pod, then ensure I don't inject the bubbles into the pod.
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No I haven't had problems, but do ensure that the pod and the sensor are on the same side of the body and within clear "line of site". Otherwise the pod can't see the sensor and it looks as though the sensor has failed. So you need the pod to be on the same side of the body as the arm with the pod and on the side or back of the body. Even higher/lower on the same arm - leaving an inch between the two. The last pod I put on was a little forward of the side and it kept losing the sensor for periods of time. This link explains it better than I can in words https://www.omnipod.com/en-gb/diabetes-hub/pod-uni/pod-placement
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