There are no more cozmo's due to Medtronic filing a law suit against the company about something regarding the bolus and the way it was worked out. Medtronic swore blind that the company had taken it from them. So The judge ordered that any pump sold in future Medtronic had a cut in the price of it and and also Smiths medical were also fined or told to pay a large fine or compensation.
So Smith's medical said fine ok sod you and stopped selling the pump.
Medtronic thought fantastic all the Cozmo users will come over to us.......... Over my dead body as far as I am concerned.
The Animas is a very poor second but a lot better than nothing. As to the screen it's fine as long as the sun isn't shining. Once the sun's out find a dark corner to read the pump 🙄
That's terrible!!!! Really dreadful reason for non-availability of that great little pump I've heard so much about. Grrrrry grrr grrrrrrr..
And yes, you're quite right about bright sun and the unreadable Vibe screen (*_*)
It's funny, this pumping business and sharps disposal - for about 40 years I never gave a second thought to safe disposal of sharps, don't ever remember any doctor or nurse mentioning it. Then, once on a pump, like the rest of you (I think?), it seemed to be an important issue which we're told about by pump reps/DSNs. Even if we can say hand on heart we know we personally don't have any nasty lurgies to pass on to council workers who might accidentally prick themselves on our sharps, they won't know that and will have to get tested, and worry and worry and worry until they get the all-clear. And yet, none of this concerned me pre-pump! And maybe the majority of insulin users still don't use a sharps bin method of disposal? Dunno. It would certainly help the uptake if councils/surgeries made it an awful lot easier - if I'd ever been offered a sharps bin, I can't imagine I'd have turned it down. Hope your in-laws can get you sorted now, Ellie
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Although it will take me a long time to fill my sharps bin, I've thought about disposal - what would happen if I couldn't find anywhere that would take it when full, and decided I might just take it to the hospital and park it next to another 'in use' sharps bin....maybe say something to the staff, maybe not, but that way I'd know it would get disposed of ok. Perhaps that's silly and irresponsible, but why make these things so hard for us? There comes a point where you get so sick of it all, you don't care, you just go for the easiest solution.
Truth be told, I hate having a sharps bin, it takes up space & looks horrid! Maybe it needs a crocheted cover or similar (like some people's spare loo rolls do) to encourage acceptance and love LOL
Goodnight all.
Sneaky idea - don't suppose there's an Animas pumper (or Roche if they do them) in your area who could accidentally order a 5L bin with their next order, which they then discover they don't need....? 
