Do you currently use any of the following insulin pumps?

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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
- 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
- 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
- 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
- 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
  
  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  Janis Senungetuk has commented in the same post you commented in :
  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Fortunately that hasn't been an issue for quite some time. If I need help beyond what I've learned from 67 years of previous experience, I'd contact my endo or CDE.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  The resources I use in managing my glucose levels once sick is my own personal experience after living with t1d for 46 years
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Just did what makes sense to me- eating less carbs, watching blood glucose more often and taking corrections as needed. Also some level of activity if possible.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Been type 1 since the early 80's learned self management as therapies changed. Unless hospitalized(which I never am anymore) I decide how much insulin to put in my body based on my on going experience with the 1000's of reasons I may need more or less of it. I do love my pump, insulin and CGM so I guess I have to tell the doctor what I do once a year. .. I just keep throwing info and facts he isn't up on till he gets a glazed over look on his face and writes my scripts. I find the most inconvenient part of diabetes is all the people that want to help but don't know much about everyday life with the disease. And NO I do not want to join a discussion group!
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Many times I have needed to adjust insulin intake amount in order to cope with illness, but only rarely needed outside help. In the early 1970’s I made some mistakes managing influenza. My BG went very high (no meter available for testing at home), and I ended up in the hospital then.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  Except for those brand new at this, we all know the drill. We know that we need to be flexible, make adjustments, and pay attention.
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  When you experience an illness that makes your blood glucose levels more difficult to manage (whether because you are unable to eat, the stress of being sick, or any other reason), what resources do you refer to for help managing your blood glucose levels while sick? Please select all that apply to you.
  only time that I have been sick was when I got COVID during Jan '22. my sugars were going crazy high and I couldn't understand why but when I tested positive for COVID, in retrospect it made sense.
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Do you currently use any of the following insulin pumps?

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John McHenery

Ypso

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Karen Taylor

I just switched to the tandem T Slim x2 Saturday from the omnipod dash

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GLORIA MILLER

I use the Omnipod Eros but I have the Omnipod 5 that I received a couple of weeks and will be switching to it soon. I want to first build up my supply of Dexcom sensors and pods before switching since I know how unreliable the medical suppliers are.

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Carolann Hunt

We loop with Eros pods

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Richard Wiener

Use the 630

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Sondra Mangan

So far Tricare is not covering Omnipod 5 — but I plan to move to OP5 as soon as it is covered.

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1. TomH
  
  O5 is listed on the formulary as not avail by mail order or network, but local mil-pharmacy may carry it. If you haven’t ckd it might be a source b
  
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2. Sondra Mangan
  
  Not permitted to use on base pharmacies as we were never treated there—-and denied multiple times in attempts to use retail or ES mail order. Thanks for suggestion—wish it were easy. Young mom wrote her Senator and OP5 pods are shipping now! We shouldn’t have to do this.
  
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Louise Robinson

I knew the Tandem T:slim was popular but not how popular. That is good to see. I transitioned to Tandem from an older Medtronic pump in September 2020. I’m pleased with the T:slim (with Control IQ) but there are some things that Medtronic did better. The T:slim cartridge change process is onerous. The Medtronic reservoir change was/is so much simpler and easier. Being able to see how many units are in the Medtronic reservoir is also a big plus. With the T:slim, you cannot view the bladder which is encased in the black plastic cartridge AND you only receive notice that an estimated range of insulin units is available in the cartridge (+40u, +60u, +120u, +180u, +240u) until 10 units have been delivered. Then you receive a notice of actual units remaining in increments of 5u until less than 40u are left where it will then decrease by 1u. For those of us with high insulin sensitivity and lower Total Daily Insulin usage (mine varies from 18u to 25u) this is not satisfactory. I will load my T:slim with 90u of insulin to last me 3 days. Immediately after the cartridge change, I see that I have 60+u of insulin in the cartridge and am usually well into my day 2 of use before I get a more accurate idea of how many u I have left. I LOVE the Control IQ feature of the Tandem but hope that Tandem is addressing some of these issues. In late 2025, I will again be eligible to upgrade my pump and will be looking at all of the available options covered by Medicare at that time.

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1. Shelly Smith
  
  I agree completely with your opinion of the cartridge/changing system!
  
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2. Robert Brooks
  
  Goood assessment. Cartridge change is made more difficult by having to poke needles into little target twice, once to remove residual bubbles, once to fill. Tandem pump also went with a polarized plug on charger that seems difficult to insert. Various alarms (recharging, high blood pressure two hours ago) seem excessive.
  
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3. Mig Vascos
  
  That’s one of my complaint too. I use an average of 22 daily units so there’s a lost of insulin wasted.
  
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4. AnitaS
  
  Maybe because I have only ever used the Tandem slim 2x, I don’t have a problem with loading my cartridge since I have nothing to compare it too. I don’t deal with air bubbles as I load my cartridge differently than I was taught. (1) I pull out the amount of air from my cartridge that I plan on filling it with 2) I fill my syringe with insulin as I used to do with regular syringes and inject the insulin into the cartridge 3) fill the tubing. I also just use about 20 units per day so it can be a little frustrating wasting 10 units every three days. Thankfully I have insurance which covers most of the cost of my insulin and it covers all of my pump supplies.
  
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TEH

I use 770G now but have been considering Tslim:X2.
Waiting for 780G first, I hope.

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1. Marsha Miller
  
  Me too
  
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Tod Herman

I’m currently using the Omnipod Eros, but my new Omnipod 5 is being delivered to me this week.

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1. ELYSSE HELLER
  
  If you don’t mind me asking, how long did your insurance coverage check take? I can’t wait to get on the Omnipod 5.
  
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Sherrie Johnson

Warranty up in November going on Tandem with Medicare they go. One year past normal warranty. Would have been 4 years having to wait to 5. Will be happy to change from 630g.

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TomH

Using Omnipod Dash but with Loop-Dev for control.

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ELYSSE HELLER

I use Omnipod, probably the original model, as I have been using Omnipod for many years. I am looking to get on the Omnipod 5 system but the insurance check has been going on since May and I am still waiting to hear something (extremely frustrating).

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1. CandyM
  
  Hi Elysse, I am also waiting to get approved to go from DASH to Omnipod 5. I have been denied and my appeal denied. Very frustrating! They won’t tell me what needs to be in place for me to upgrade to this improved technology. Omnipod tells me my warranty is up on the DASH Aug 30 of this year, so I am going to try again. Good luck to you!
  
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2. ChrisW
  
  It is reasonable to call and check the status of the prior approval once per day. Since it has been so long request evidence that the PA request was submitted, for example a copy of the request and the fax confirmation sheet that says it was received. Many insurance plans state a maximum review time for PA requests. Medicare also has maximums.
  
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3. Tod Herman
  
  In reply to Elysse’s question “how long did my insurance coverage check take” there are two parts to this answer. In theory, my HMO covers 100% of my durible medical supplies. So with all of my prior pumps it never cost me extra. (But I am only allowed a new pump every 4 years.) This held true with the old Omnipod. Once they switched to the Dash, I couldn’t get my insurance to cover it. It turned out that Omnipod (or they say ‘the FDA’ requires them to call the pods as a pharmaceutical device because you just throw them away after 3 days (or fewer). It took my insurance company over two years to work that out. (I would always argue we don’t throw the PDM away, just the pod which is only the vessel to hold the insulin. This would be akin to the syringe, which the insurance also covers as a durible medical device.)
  
  Anyway, now that my HMO will allow the Omnipod 5 to be covered as a Tier 1 formulary, I get to pay the premium co-pay price to get my pods.
  
  But even this year when my insurance announced they would cover the Omnipod 5, it still took me several months to go through the hoops. It’s painfully slow, but I kept calling everyone (insurance, my doctor, the manufacturer, and my physicians group) and kept rattling their cages. It moves at the speed of trees.
  
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Janis Senungetuk

Started using the Tandem t:slim X2 in May, 2020 after two years with an Animas Vibe. The Control IQ app. has made a tremendous difference in my ability to manage daily life.

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Bruce Schnitzler

Scheduled to start on the Tandem tslim:x2 in two days.

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Mig Vascos

Tandem t:slim x2. Best pump. Last week I upgraded the software to bolus from I-Phone and it works like a charm. There are changes that I’d like to see happening but the fact that you can upgrade on line and don’t have to wait for your next pump to get new features it’s a fantastic advantage.

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Mick Martin

Medtronic 780G.

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KarenM6

I just have the original Omnipod. My insurance won’t cover Dash or 5.
I would love to go on the Tandem AID system but I have concerns about insertion sites. I have lipoatrophy which makes using a lot of my stomach not possible.
I’ve been meaning to look into this for a long time… will need to get to it soon! 🙂

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1. AnitaS
  
  I get lipoatrophy occasionally but not usually. There are so many sites that can be used besides the stomach if that helps you at all. I use the Tru-steel infusion set with my Tandem-slim 2x AID system.
  
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2. KarenM6
  
  Thank you, AnitaS!
  I appreciate your reply. 🙂
  The Tru-steel sounds like it could be right up my alley. I haven’t used my stomach in years because the lipoatrophy just won’t go away. Many, many years ago, I even used an experimental compounded cream, but that didn’t work to get rid of it, unfortunately.
  I was worried that using a tubed pump would be difficult given that I would have trouble using a prime location.
  The investigation into solutions will continue!! 🙂
  I am just super interested in the Tandem information!
  Thank you.
  
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Modee

So glad some one mentioned the polarized (I had no idea that’s what it’s called) cable on the charger of Tandem t:slim. It drives me crazy and is my only negative against this pump.

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William Bennett

Other: Paradigm 723. Yup, the old pager-style thing. Tried the 670G and it soured me on AID pumps in general, and my dumb but reliable 723 + Dexcom 6 seems quite satisfactory by comparison.

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Jeannie Hickey

I Loop with my old 522 Medtronic.

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Wanacure

If I could have afforded a pump, I would have been using long ago. Just too expensive. I probably should have whined, bitched, complained, yelled, cried and begged. Instead I just meekly passively accepted, the “No, you don’t qualify” and the “No, we don’t cover those costs.” From the wealth of info I’ve learned on this site, I’d probably be happy with the Tandem or the Omnipod.

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Magnus Hiis

FreeAPS X with Eros & G6

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tom kalwitz

Medtronic 530g

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