T1 diabetics thread

[Feirny]

mike9009 said:

Had my 6 monthly review today. Now on waiting list for Omnipod, although evidently I am at the back of the queue due to my decent hba1c. Should be 6 to 8 months wait....

Quite excited about it, after 43 years of injecting insulin.

Got a stty cough at the moment which seems to be playing havoc with my blood sugars. I am almost double dosing my insulin and still they just launch upwards.... I have been told Omnipod would help sort this at times of sickness.....

If you have to wait that long, I dare say you’re waiting for HCL? Regular Omnipod is more than readily available now.
Omnipod has helped me in every area, including sickness, as you can just increase your back ground for an hour or so.

[PositronicRay]

Feirny said:

mike9009 said:

Had my 6 monthly review today. Now on waiting list for Omnipod, although evidently I am at the back of the queue due to my decent hba1c. Should be 6 to 8 months wait....

Quite excited about it, after 43 years of injecting insulin.

Got a stty cough at the moment which seems to be playing havoc with my blood sugars. I am almost double dosing my insulin and still they just launch upwards.... I have been told Omnipod would help sort this at times of sickness.....

If you have to wait that long, I dare say you’re waiting for HCL? Regular Omnipod is more than readily available now.
Omnipod has helped me in every area, including sickness, as you can just increase your back ground for an hour or so.

I set my basal + 30% for sickness, similar for bolus.

I also have basal programmes for stress, winter and summer (I'm more physically active during the summer)

I've also heard of people using site specific profiles too.

[mike9009]

Feirny said:

If you have to wait that long, I dare say you’re waiting for HCL? Regular Omnipod is more than readily available now.
Omnipod has helped me in every area, including sickness, as you can just increase your back ground for an hour or so.

HCL? Sorry....not sure what that TLA is? Thanks

Edit. Hybrid closed loop. Ah, so what are the differences??

Edited by mike9009 on Friday 19th April 15:49

[Feirny]

mike9009 said:

HCL? Sorry....not sure what that TLA is? Thanks

Edit. Hybrid closed loop. Ah, so what are the differences??

Edited by mike9009 on Friday 19th April 15:49

Omnipod is the pump controlled by background basal and manual input of carbs for Bolus etc.
HCL is the omnipod 5 which is linked to a dexcom and auto regulates for you, increases basal if your BM rises and reduces if it lowers. Very clever new tech, almost mimicking an artificial pancreas.

[mike9009]

Feirny said:

Omnipod is the pump controlled by background basal and manual input of carbs for Bolus etc.
HCL is the omnipod 5 which is linked to a dexcom and auto regulates for you, increases basal if your BM rises and reduces if it lowers. Very clever new tech, almost mimicking an artificial pancreas.

Ah Omnipod 5 sounds like what I am waiting for. Although I think the new libre plus (?) will interface with the Omnipod now....due to be announced soon according to my specialist....

However, I have been told I need to start learning to carb count again -so I presume the Omnipod 5 still needs carb knowledge from me rather than being completely autonomous?

Thanks for answering daft questions....

[Feirny]

mike9009 said:

Ah Omnipod 5 sounds like what I am waiting for. Although I think the new libre plus (?) will interface with the Omnipod now....due to be announced soon according to my specialist....

However, I have been told I need to start learning to carb count again -so I presume the Omnipod 5 still needs carb knowledge from me rather than being completely autonomous?

Thanks for answering daft questions....

Yeah it still needs some basic carb inputs, but that’s really simple once you’re used to it.

Libre plus hasn’t had the full NHS sign off yet, as that’s what I wanted and why I have to move to dexcom, but hopefully by the time you get it Libre will be fully compatible.

That’s why we’re here, to answer the questions and help each other.

If you’re on Twitter, Partha Kar is a good man to follow. He’s the man getting all this sorted and pushed through and will happily help anyone who asks for it if he can.

[PositronicRay]

Feirny said:

mike9009 said:

Ah Omnipod 5 sounds like what I am waiting for. Although I think the new libre plus (?) will interface with the Omnipod now....due to be announced soon according to my specialist....

However, I have been told I need to start learning to carb count again -so I presume the Omnipod 5 still needs carb knowledge from me rather than being completely autonomous?

Thanks for answering daft questions....

Yeah it still needs some basic carb inputs, but that’s really simple once you’re used to it.

Libre plus hasn’t had the full NHS sign off yet, as that’s what I wanted and why I have to move to dexcom, but hopefully by the time you get it Libre will be fully compatible.

That’s why we’re here, to answer the questions and help each other.

If you’re on Twitter, Partha Kar is a good man to follow. He’s the man getting all this sorted and pushed through and will happily help anyone who asks for it if he can.

That's inyrtesting re freestyle libre 2 plus, how does it vary from freestyle 3, is it going to be more cost effective therefore available to more T1?

Currently I'm on omnipod 5, but only qualify for freestyle 2 (not dexcom) so can't use its full potential.