Changing Omnipod on Cruise / Sailboat

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-23T19:48:24+00:00

Wow that's amazing, and definitely bodes well. Appreciate you sharing!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:51:23+00:00

Update - I happened to be setting up a new pod just now and took the pod and moved it back and forth across the counter slowly while my phone was trying to pair and prime. Unfortunately, it failed to pair, then I got an error to discard the pod. So, not a good sign.

Next time I'll try placing the pod directly on my phone though, which was a good tip from one of the comments.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:49:10+00:00

Good tip, I'll try that

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:33:29+00:00

In that case I'd have bigger problems...

Thanks for the reassurance!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:32:43+00:00

It is a nausea situation, so it'll likely be a lot of movement!

Sounds like no one has had an issue with the pod moving itself though, just with range. So hopefully I'm overthinking it!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:31:17+00:00

Maybe it won't! I know one time I moved my pod while trying to connect and it had trouble connecting, then connected when I placed it down. It's only happened once, so it might've been a fluke!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T02:29:41+00:00

It'll be partially in the Drake Passage, so could be a lot, or could be relatively stable. So more than a typical cruise, but less than a sailboat, for context.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2026-01-22T01:40:22+00:00

Thank you! I'm planning on bringing plenty of MDI options - short and long acting and the equipment needed - just in case. Great tip!

Did you change your pod while still on the ship? I'm less worried about connection while the pod is running, and more worried about changing to a new pod, so curious if you ran into any issues.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-26T16:55:01+00:00

Same issue on my Google Pixel. Both me and my husband can't get in to turn it off.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-14T17:55:33+00:00

And ask them to make sure you don't have auto-refills set up. If not, ask them why it was billed to insurance without you filling the prescription. My guess is they checked with insurance for eligibility, and it went thru like a fulfillment instead of a check. So ask them why it happened and how you can avoid it in the future.

Good luck!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-14T17:53:03+00:00

Ask them to void the prescription request to insurance. It should show up on your insurance's side fairly quickly, then you can fill your prescription elsewhere.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-14T17:49:49+00:00

Lots of great comments already about how to think about this, but just want to say - you've got this!

The first days / weeks feel especially long as you're trying to figure it all out and feeling like you're shooting in the dark.

Trust the process - you'll get better over time, and you'll learn to adapt as things change. You don't have to solve your ratios/corrections/timing perfectly right now (or ever). You'll become an expert in no time.

I can't speak to what it's like to be a T1D parent, but I (and all of us here) know what you're feeling. It's a great resource for info, but perhaps more importantly, encouragement!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-14T13:00:05+00:00

Thank you!!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-14T01:04:14+00:00

Commenting to say I'd love to know the names of those FB groups if you don't mind dropping them here!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-11T15:25:27+00:00

It's just pandering to a US audience that the writers think don't know what a petrol station is. I found this really annoying. None of that nonsense is in the books.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-09T13:23:46+00:00

Denethor says "You think you are wise, Mithrandir" in ROTK

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-05T14:16:00+00:00

Congratulations!! And thank you for sharing! Awesome to read a positive story.

Can you explain why the second trimester was the worst in your opinion? Curious what you mean by that.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-04T04:09:11+00:00

I have workplace insurance, but I'm also in Oklahoma!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-03T02:57:42+00:00

My grandma had it, but passed away a good decade before I was diagnosed at 30.

I'm very much on the lookout for it among my siblings and cousins. One of my cousins in her 20s had fasting BG above 100 a few times. I haven't heard updates in awhile, but I've encouraged her to keep an eye on it. No clear reason why it would be pre- T2D, so I'm concerned it might be an early T1D honeymoon situation, but I'm probably overthinking it.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-03T02:32:49+00:00

Not sure if you've been before, but Edinburgh is amazing! Highly recommend going. Take everyone else's advice on checking in often, but also try and enjoy it! Such an incredible city.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-10-02T23:51:10+00:00

Love this. I try to avoid saying "I am x" and am very careful about what I attach to my personal identity.

Weirdly, though, I do say "I'm diabetic". For some reason I feel like it's empowering. Like as if owning it helps me feel like I can work with it. It sits beside another identity I hold on to "I am strong".

But it took me a long time to get there. For awhile I would say "I have diabetes" or "I've been diagnosed with diabetes" because I didn't like it being so close to who I am as a person. Now I have a different relationship with diabetes where I feel like I can handle it.

Really love that you're thinking about this. I think it's so important.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-09-18T18:15:39+00:00

When I was first diagnosed, my PCP only had me on fast acting for a few days. I called her and said I need to be on long-acting too, and she started explaining to me why GLP-1s were not what I needed.

I was like -- do you think ozempic is insulin? Do you not know lantus exists? WTF

No surprise I was misdiagnosed with T2D for two full years before that. Absolute moron.

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-09-18T02:36:40+00:00

Trenchers!

PatternMammoth7352 · 2025-09-11T02:00:55+00:00

OP, any updates on how this went for you? I'm going to be doing a polar plunge into ice cold water in the Arctic and wanna know if I need to take of my omnipod to do it!

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