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      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      If a study required temporary changes to your usual diabetes routine, how willing would you be to participate?
      I participated in a 6 month study where I had to switch cgm (Dexcom g6 to g7) and go from omnipod 5 back to mdi (using tresiba, I had used lantus when I was mdi previously). I found it very enlightening. I had heard terrible things about the g7 and found I loved it. For me it is very accurate, love the 12 hour grace period (use it to presoak the next one). I was happy to switch to the g7 after the study. I also found I wasn’t so crazy about tresiba. The best part was I feel like I have a better understanding of my basal and bolus settings and I now feel very comfortable switching between the pump and mdi when I want to take a break😊
    • 16 hours ago
      atr likes your comment at
      If a study required temporary changes to your usual diabetes routine, how willing would you be to participate?
      I participated in a 6 month study where I had to switch cgm (Dexcom g6 to g7) and go from omnipod 5 back to mdi (using tresiba, I had used lantus when I was mdi previously). I found it very enlightening. I had heard terrible things about the g7 and found I loved it. For me it is very accurate, love the 12 hour grace period (use it to presoak the next one). I was happy to switch to the g7 after the study. I also found I wasn’t so crazy about tresiba. The best part was I feel like I have a better understanding of my basal and bolus settings and I now feel very comfortable switching between the pump and mdi when I want to take a break😊
    • 16 hours, 18 minutes ago
      Gerald Oefelein likes your comment at
      If a study required temporary changes to your usual diabetes routine, how willing would you be to participate?
      I participated in a 6 month study where I had to switch cgm (Dexcom g6 to g7) and go from omnipod 5 back to mdi (using tresiba, I had used lantus when I was mdi previously). I found it very enlightening. I had heard terrible things about the g7 and found I loved it. For me it is very accurate, love the 12 hour grace period (use it to presoak the next one). I was happy to switch to the g7 after the study. I also found I wasn’t so crazy about tresiba. The best part was I feel like I have a better understanding of my basal and bolus settings and I now feel very comfortable switching between the pump and mdi when I want to take a break😊
    • 16 hours, 22 minutes ago
      Sarah Berry likes your comment at
      If a study required temporary changes to your usual diabetes routine, how willing would you be to participate?
      I participated in a 6 month study where I had to switch cgm (Dexcom g6 to g7) and go from omnipod 5 back to mdi (using tresiba, I had used lantus when I was mdi previously). I found it very enlightening. I had heard terrible things about the g7 and found I loved it. For me it is very accurate, love the 12 hour grace period (use it to presoak the next one). I was happy to switch to the g7 after the study. I also found I wasn’t so crazy about tresiba. The best part was I feel like I have a better understanding of my basal and bolus settings and I now feel very comfortable switching between the pump and mdi when I want to take a break😊
    • 1 day, 1 hour ago
      AmyM likes your comment at
      How confident do you feel understanding informed consent documents for research studies?
      I am unclear. Maybe you can explain what I am missing. The clinical studies I have done do not involve sharing data with social media. They are medical and are HIPAA protected.
    • 1 day, 13 hours ago
      Laurie B likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      I guess it more an insurance restriction than a cost problem. But I don't want to be charged full price for a new pump.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      ChrisW likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      MDI and since FIASP is now covered under Medicare I wanted to try the inPen. They wanted over $600 for it so I said no thanks!
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Wish cost did not have to come into play but unfortunately it does.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      It isn’t that I can’t afford devices or meds, it’s more that I feel pharma is jacking up prices to see what the market will bare without conscience. Free enterprise does not work in most of the life sustaining medical community, particularly in the US.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      I guess it more an insurance restriction than a cost problem. But I don't want to be charged full price for a new pump.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Having to wait for the warrantee period to run out before switching pump manufacturers is the biggest restraint. I had to wait to switch from Minimed 770 to T:slim X2 several months. I am now considering going back to Minimed because of the improvements in their sensor and the problems Tandem is having with infusion set manufacturing. So I have to wait a year.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Steve Rumble likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Insurance influences my decision to try a new device more than cost.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Insurance influences my decision to try a new device more than cost.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Marty likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Insurance influences my decision to try a new device more than cost.
    • 1 day, 16 hours ago
      TEH likes your comment at
      How often does cost influence your decision to try a new device or therapy?
      Insurance influences my decision to try a new device more than cost.
    • 2 days, 9 hours ago
      ChrisW likes your comment at
      Have you ever declined a research opportunity? If so, what was the primary reason?
      I turned down a CGM study because the sponsors, a manufacturer, claimed the data would belong to them exclusively. While I may grant use of the data, its mine thank you!
    • 2 days, 14 hours ago
      Natalie Daley likes your comment at
      How confident do you feel understanding informed consent documents for research studies?
      My fear and concern with those who answer "very confident" and are non-lawyers is that you may be unaware of what Facebook, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, et al do with your data. As the old saying goes about the capitalist, "Here. Take it. How much money will you give me for this rope you are going to hang me by?"
    • 3 days, 15 hours ago
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      Have you ever declined a research opportunity? If so, what was the primary reason?
      While I'm not sure if I had a significant chance of being selected, I declined to further pursue the potential for being considered for the Vertex islet cell study, due to it preventing me from donating blood products for at least the duration of the trial. I'm a passionate platelet donor, and I am okay with living with diabetes in order to be able to continue doing so regularly.
    • 4 days, 1 hour ago
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      How often do you experience device fatigue (feeling tired of wearing or managing devices)?
      My only fatigue is figuring out where to put my next pump site since pumping 28 years now
    • 4 days, 1 hour ago
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      How often do you experience device fatigue (feeling tired of wearing or managing devices)?
      I get itchy rashes from the tandem canula adhesive, so that makes it more of a burden. I dislike having to report to dexcom when their devices fail. and i do feel tired of wearing a device when i see the double down or double up arrow.. they cause a lot of panic and over compensation (on my part). I'd say.. I'm weary, and honestly feel a little judged, every time I hear a beep or see a high or low number. but that's not the device's fault. I'm happy to use the devices though, they keep me closer to ok! especially during sleep.
    • 4 days, 9 hours ago
      lis be likes your comment at
      On average, how many hours per week do you spend actively thinking about or managing diabetes tasks?
      Actively thinking about things is only during pump,CGM changes, meals, activities. Which is not many hours in a day. However, it is always running in the back of mind.
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      On average, how many hours per week do you spend actively thinking about or managing diabetes tasks?
      Probably just 1 hr most days. But better questions are: (1) how many times per day & (2) how taxing/draining is it?
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      lis be likes your comment at
      On average, how many hours per week do you spend actively thinking about or managing diabetes tasks?
      I'm not sure this is something that can be quantified in hours per week? 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there multiple times throughout every day, it adds up. But I don't keep track...it's just life
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      On average, how many hours per week do you spend actively thinking about or managing diabetes tasks?
      For the last 52 years living with T1, my diabetes care is always on the forefront of everything I do.
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      Have you ever declined a research opportunity? If so, what was the primary reason?
      I’m either too old or live too far away. I’m 72 and live in Arizona
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    If you use an insulin pump, how many years have you been using the insulin pump you’re currently using on?

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    23 Comments

    1. LizB

      I’ve been using the Tandem t:slim X2 for a little less than 9 months, after being on various Medtronic pumps for 18 years.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Richard Wiener

        Any difference between the two types of pump?

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    2. Lisa Sierra

      My insurance will finally upgrade me next year and I’ll finally get a looped system.

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      1. lis be

        me too!

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    3. KCR

      Still using Omnipod but just transitioned to the Dash pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
      1. Kris McDonald

        Me too. I used original Omnipod PDM for years (although same model but was replaced every 4 years with insurance). Will upgrade to Omnipod 5 when it works with Freestyle Libre 3.

        2 years ago Log in to Reply
    4. Janice B

      Considering switching to the MOBI as I had better control with the Tslim X2. I do love being tubeless but the MOBI only has a pigtail of tubing

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      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    5. Patricia Kilwein

      Not awake this morning! I think I selected the wrong answer….. I have been on my pump 2 years when it got a crack in the battery case. Was replaced with new pump just a couple of months ago.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    6. pru barry

      Seems like forever! My Tandem G6 is so much a part of me, I rarely give it much thought unless it needs to be refilled. Not too shabby for a fake pancreas! Somehow, it even manages to cope with big days like Thanksgiving. Such a far cry from filling a glass syringe, and using miles of test tape. Happy Thanksgiving!

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    7. Joan Benedetto

      My son’s Tslim pump warranty was up in May, so he’s been on it 4.5 years. On December First, we begin his journey on the ILet.

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    8. Carrolyn Barloco

      I started with a Cosmo, still remember it as a great pump!😃

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    9. Mick Martin

      I’ve been using Medtronic/MiniMed pumps since 1999, but have been using my current iteration, Medtronic 780G, for a little over 18 months now.

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      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    10. Bob Durstenfeld

      I started with an Autosyringe Pump until they dropped out of the market, then I tried a minimed pump, I had two fail, then the Swiss, Disetronic pump until they left the US market. ANIMAS until Johnson and Johnson failed to innovate/invest and shut them down. Currently I am on my second Tandem T-Slim:X2 using ControlIQ and soon Dexcom G7 CGM sensors.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    11. Kristi Warmecke

      Eight years with Tandem. Started pumping in February 1997. I’ve not willingly gone without one since. Huge adjust when I began using one, after going from twice a day injections and then MDI to having something attached to me 24/7. Wouldn’t trade for anything, except a working pancreas.

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    12. mlettinga

      I’ve used a pump since 2000. I started with Medtronic but later switched to Tandem which is much better than Medtronic.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    13. Becky Hertz

      Weird. New pump this year but have been on t skin for 6+ years.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    14. George Lovelace

      Started with Disetronic in 98 on a friends suggestion. Went to Animas after that for several iterations of no problems. Went on Tandem when Animas was shut down. Every year I get the “Sales Push” from MM/M and every year I would lose a few friends (24 last count) to those that believed Sales People. X2 with G6 IS the Cure promised me almost 60 years ago.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    15. KarenM6

      I just started my Tandem X2 in… June, I think… not sure of the precise month, but definitely this year!

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    16. David Hedeen

      6 months research study, 6 months post purchase. Receiving best A1C & 85+% TIR

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    17. Melinda Lipe

      I started using the Tandem TSlim in Jan. 2017. I reordered the same pump, and am currently using the same model or whatever becomes available in 2024-25.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    18. Anita Stokar

      New T-slimx2 I just recently gotten about a month ago, but it is my second tslimx2. I had that one from 2019-2023

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    19. Bonnie Lundblom

      I’ve been on the Tslimx2 pump since
      June 2018, recently saw my endocrinologist and asked him what pump does he recommend when I can order my next pump in June. He said to stay with the Tandem Tslim pump and I’ll be starting on the control IQ when I get that new pump.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply
    20. ConnieT1D62

      I have been wearing several incarnations of a Tslim pump for over 10 years … since 2009 to be exact. Was on Medtronic prior to that for about 7 years.

      2 years ago Log in to Reply

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