Omnipod less effective towards the end?

[Mumpie_olgran]

Hi there, just looking to test a quick theory. For some of my last few omnipods I’ve felt like I’ve had to massively up my dose on day 3. I don’t have much data to go on but it does feel like that

Just wondered if anyone else had experienced the same?

 

[nonethewiser]

No not experiencing same, possible cause could be heat related where your insulin is losing its potency by day 3.

 

[m1dnc]

I used to have that impression too and put it down to cannula site tiring, but since I've started using the DIY Loop app I let it do the work and it keeps me mostly in range by adjusting my insulin in the background. I've just had a look back through my Nightscout records for the last month and I can see no clear evidence that my insulin requirements change much on pump change day. So maybe this is another instance of humans detecting a pattern where none objectively occurs.

 

[Bloden]

I think @Tom1982 reported this when his daughter was using Omnipod.

 

[helli]

I think @Tom1982 reported this when his daughter was using Omnipod.

If I remember correctly, this was down to irritation caused by the glue.
@Mumpie_olgran do you find the Pod irritates your skin?

 

[Mumpie_olgran]

Thanks all for the replies. No I don’t get skin irritation luckily. Sometimes the cannula itself makes a bit of a mark but the rest of it seems ok normally

And @m1dnc im also closed looping so still comparing like for like - at least in that respect

 

[Tom1982]

We did have exactly this problem when using the Omnipod Dash. After the second day (sometimes a day and a half) it’d be correction after correction and we’d regularly empty the pump reservoir. It was just not seeming to absorb.

 

[Mumpie_olgran]

Thanks @Tom1982 presumably you’ve switched away from omnipod now for that reason? Where did you head instead?