Tuesday, May 13, 2008
MM 722, Omnipod, & CoZmo?
As I mentioned in my first post, I am on an insulin pump. About 5 1/2 months after I was diagnosed with diabetes, I started pumping. My mom wanted me to go on the MM 722, so I agreed because I was tired of MDI and just wanted a pump. I liked for the first month or so, but then I started to regret ever going on an insulin pump...site changes were painful and left me bruised, and delivery of insulin stung so much, that I would avoid eating, or just not cover a meal. I found the people at MM to be extremely rude to us, and very unhelpful. I had many problems with their pump, and they were very unwilling to help at times. Needless to say, my A1c went from a 6.4 to an 8.1 during my first few months of pumping, and then to a 10!!! I was tired of the pump, and I wanted to go back to MDI. That's when I heard about the OmniPod, and I fell in love. My mom and I battled the insurance company to get the OmniPod since my MM was only a year and a half into it's warranty, but we got them to approve it after about a months time. I was so excited, and extremely happy. I have been on the OmniPod since December. But I have run into a problem...Insulet (makers of OmniPod) refuses to ship us pods because they want the money upfront every month, and insurance doesn't pay until the end of the month! My parents don't have 500 dollars to put out every three months for supplies!!! I came home to my mom crying over the whole ordeal. I have four pods left. My insurance agreed to pay for another pump, and since MM and Insulet are out of the question, I have chosen to go with the Deltec Cozmo 1800. I am actually very excited, despite the fact that I will have tubing again. This will be my third pump, and third pump company in less than two years. If anyone has any opinions about the Cozmo pump, and the company itself, please share them with me, as I would love to hear.
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hey, I just found your blog! I have been with minimed for six years, so I really don't know anything about cozmo. Hopefully it all goes well though, I have been interested in trying out omnipod since it's wireless. I look forward to reading more:)
Interesting about your Omnipod experience. I'm actually a former pumper myself; I returned to MDI for a variety of reasons including but not limited to lipodystrophy (which you kind of mentioned) as well as no better control (I already had pretty good HbA1c's with MDI) and frankly, I found MDI far MORE comfortable. To each their own, I always say. Still, my experience was with Animas, not Smiths Medical (the makers of the Cozmo), but I found the service with Animas far better than Minimed, which was the key reason I chose them to begin with, and they did not disappoint.
Malyssa, I'm so glad you commented on my blog again with your link. I'll have to catch up on your posts. I'm sorry to hear about your insurance/Omnipod issues. I'm only on my first pump and it's a Cozmo. So far I've had no trouble, and the customer support has been great when ever we have needed anything. A great thing about the Cozmo vs MiniMed is that you can use a variety of infusion sets not just the ones the company provides. I wish you luck!
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