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    If you are on an insulin pump, when did you get the pump you are currently on?

    Home > LC Polls > If you are on an insulin pump, when did you get the pump you are currently on?
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    Sarah Howard

    Sarah Howard (nee Tackett) has dedicated her career to supporting the T1D community ever since she was diagnosed with T1D while in college in May 2013. Since then, she has worked for various diabetes organizations, focusing on research, advocacy, and community-building efforts for people with T1D and their loved ones. Sarah is currently the Senior Manager of Marketing at T1D Exchange. Sarah and her husband live in NYC with their cat Gracie. In her spare time, she enjoys doing comedy, taking dance classes, visiting art museums, and exploring different neighborhoods in NYC.

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    18 Comments

    1. Leona Hanson

      Sorry cracked screen I’ve been on my current insulin pump for a year. I’ve been pumping for 5 years

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Bob Durstenfeld

      I love my Tandem pump with Control IQ, I’ve been using a pump for more than 25 years. They have gotten MUCH better.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. W.V. Feitshans

      Question is a bit misleading. Pump actually using? A week ago. The model? TSlim X2, five years ago. This is my 5th or 6th TSlim X2 replacement. But, in spite of mechanical / electronic failures, I would recommend it highly. Coupled with the Control IQ, it is probably as close as you can get to an actual functioning pancreas.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Thomas Hatton

      I has my 670G for 18 months now. I cracked the case around the battery compartment this summer and had it replaced in September.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Sherolyn Newell

      I’ve had Omnipod for over 5 years. They replace the control device every 5 years, so the one I have now is about a year old. Technically, the pump part gets changed every three days, so that would make this one almost three days.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. Amanda Barras

      I assumed they meant pump model upgrade. Ive been on 670 upgrade 3-4 years. But I get a new pump in average of once a year due to failures.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    7. Catherine Allen

      I’ve been using the omnipod for almost 14 years now. The pdm I have now is 3ish years old, but I’ve been using the same model since the beginning.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    8. kristina blake

      Let’s see.. Cozmore for about 6 years, then Animas for 3-4 years (after Medtronic basically drove the Cozmore mfr out of business), switched to Tandem, then Tandem X2.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Cheryl Seibert

      I changed to Tandem TSlim X2 with ControliQ in the past 6 months after 20 years on Medtronic pumps. I’ve been T1D for 54 years diagnosed at age 6. Aging has required changes in my BG management. Tandem offers the needed flexibility in insulin delivery and management tools.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Janis Senungetuk

      I’ve been using my Tandem t:slim X2 with Control IQ since June, 2020.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Kristine Warmecke

      I started pumping in February 1997 on a Mimimed pump. As the issues with pump and customer service got worse, I finally switched to the original Tandem tSlim and have been with them ever since. Currently on my second pump, tSlim X2 with Control IQ.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    12. Carol Meares

      I put within the past year because I broke the glass on my Tandem x2 this summer and it had to be replaced. I have been with tandem x2 for 3-4 years now and have just up graded to iQ in September.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Tim Lors

      I got my Tandem X2 pump with C-IQ in February of this year after more than 15 months of fighting with UHC. Thankfully, UHC relented this summer so others don’t have to endure fight I did to get better BG control. I had been using Medtronic pumps for over 20 years, but when a software bug nearly killed me, I said never again to MM.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. Sally Numrich

      Been pumping since 1990. Stared with Minimed/Medtronic for most of that time. Switched to Tandem t:slim in 2014 and than upgraded to the X2 with basal IQ in 2018. Made the jump to basal IQ last year but have had this pump since 2018. Nice thing is this pump could last for a long time with downloadable upgrades.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. Molly Jones

      I started out on medtronic in the 2000’s then tried omnipod for a very short duration, and finally switched to tandem due to the excellent sensor of dexcom. There are some aspects of each I wish they would merge: having no tubing, being able to see the insulin I insert and making sure there are no bubbles, more will come to mind as I hit post comment.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. Joan Benedetto

      Our son, now 8, started on a Medtronic 530g (no Cgm) at 20 mos. A year and a half ago, we switched to Tslim.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Leona Hanson

      I got my new pump last year in July waiting for my 3years to upgrade to a new Medtronic pump and hopefully the insurance will cover the cgm then

      3 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. elsa

      I wanted to switch to Tandem, but my insurance only covered Medtronic. So…I’m currently wearing a 12 year old Medtronic pump that previously belonged to my sister. Because when my out of warranty pump died, my insurance wanted to put me on the new Medtronic pump and make me switch away from my Dexcom. As a diabetic, I would never switch back to a Medtronic sensor. As an epileptic, I knew from the data on the Medtronic semi-closed loop system that I would constantly lose sleep and therefore have seizures as a result of alarms.

      3 years ago Log in to Reply

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