{"id":37534,"date":"2015-01-31T07:24:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37534"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:46:35","slug":"my-first-week-on-the-omnipod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=37534","title":{"rendered":"My First Week on the OmniPod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My first week using the OmniPod insulin pump is officially complete! I still have much to learn about the pump and its functions, but I feel comfortable making a few solid judgments about it so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The OmniPod consists of two components: the PDM (Personal Diabetes Manager) and the pod itself. The PDM is a handheld device with a color screen reminiscent of a smartphone. It is operated by the push of a button and is capable of many tasks, such as delivering boluses, tracking blood glucose and carbohydrate intake, and so much more. The pod itself contains a reservoir that is filled with fast-acting insulin. It can hold a minimum of 85 units and a maximum of 200. This means that the pod needs to be changed every three days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/This-little-blue-cannula-ensures-delivery-of-my-insulin..jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37537 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/This-little-blue-cannula-ensures-delivery-of-my-insulin..jpg\" alt=\"OmniPod insulin pump - This little blue cannula ensures delivery of my insulin.\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/This-little-blue-cannula-ensures-delivery-of-my-insulin..jpg 600w, https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/This-little-blue-cannula-ensures-delivery-of-my-insulin.-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking of, I\u2019ve had to change my pod twice now (I will change it again later today) and there\u2019s a few interesting things I\u2019ve noticed about this process. For instance, I\u2019m amazed by how easy it is. The PDM itself walks you through every step in the process \u2013 all you have to do is let it know you\u2019re about to change your pod, and approximately five minutes later, you\u2019re set up with a new one. I will say that it\u2019s kind of frightening each time the cannula gets inserted, but I think this is only because the pod makes a loud clicking sound when it does so. The actual sensation itself is remarkably painless, making it stand in contrast to the stinging of a fresh Dexcom sensor application. However, I can\u2019t quite seem to restrain myself from shrieking slightly any time I do insert a new pod, at the amusement and bewilderment of my parents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An hour or so post-pod change, I find myself being very wary of my blood sugars. I look for any signs that my pod is working properly or failing, and this close monitoring can be a bit disruptive to my routine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, every few minutes, I can\u2019t help but hear a ticking sound from my pod. Tick, tick, tick\u2026while it\u2019s reassuring to me that my pod is dispensing insulin, it\u2019s something that I\u2019d like to tune out. It\u2019s not like it\u2019s a super loud noise or that it\u2019s disruptive, it\u2019s just a smaller detail that I\u2019ve noticed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otherwise, I think the biggest relief for me since going onto the pump is that boluses are so much easier to me. I don\u2019t have to worry about whipping out a needle and insulin pump before every meal. I\u2019m now taking one kind of insulin instead of two. I\u2019m delivering more accurate doses of insulin than before due to the calculations I have programmed into my PDM. As such, I\u2019m more aware of how these seemingly small things are actually a bigger deal than I thought now that I\u2019m dealing with them in a different manner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, I\u2019m following up with my diabetes educator to see what kinds of adjustments, if any, need to be made to my basal rate or insulin to carb ratios. I\u2019m greatly anticipating it, because now that I\u2019m more comfortable with my pump, I want to improve my blood sugars as much as possible by utilizing any extra features of the pump that will help me accomplish that goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":37538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1501],"tags":[1117],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.9 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My First Week on the OmniPod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My first week on the OmniPod insulin pump is officially complete! 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