22KIT advertorial sponsored by Insulet
lifestyle. However, there was a 'pump
day' held locally and I went to take a
look. I found it very interesting and
discovered the tubeless Omnipod®
Insulin Management System. I still
had lots of questions and objections,
and my heart sank as they were all
answered... In the end I decided to
grasp the nettle and go for it! "
Bosano had been on a couple of
DAFNE* courses before going on the
pump and had learned to count carbs
while he was on MDI.
Pod Therapy
Then began Bosano's journey to start
pump therapy, or 'pod therapy' in his
case. "I went into a class with other
Type 1s and did a short trial on saline.
Then, on 'pod start' day, the diabetes
team set us up on our Omnipod®
System and then we all went for
lunch. In the hospital café we all
counted our carbs, dialled in our
blood glucose reading and estimated
carbs into the PDM (personal
diabetes manager) and pressed 'start'
to give the bolus. I could literally
hear it working. It was weird, a little
bit emotional. I realised then that it
was life changing. I had to compose
myself. I'd been doing five injections
a day for 15 years and realised I no
longer needed to do that; the pump
had an immediate psychological
impact on me.
"I use the temp basal feature all
the time. For example, if I'm doing
exercise, I can adjust the basal rate
for a while. Using the Omnipod®
System helps to make those everyday
moments easier. Even at night, if I
have to give a little correction dose,
I can do it simply with my PDM,
without waking my partner, which
she's grateful for!
"During the pandemic, I upgraded
from the original Omnipod®
System to the Omnipod DASH®
Insulin Management System. I did
the training online and the selfstart
at home, which was easy and
convenient. My diabetes specialist
nurse drove round with the new
starter kit and left it on the doorstep,
which I considered to be over and
above the call of duty. It was great to
have such good care and support."
Pod on
Another observation that Bosano
makes about being on Insulet's
Omnipod®, beyond the support
from the team and the company
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itself, is the sense of bonding he
gets with other 'Podders®'. "I met
Khalid Keshta, another Omnipod®
user, when we were both doing a
photoshoot for the current series of
Omnipod® adverts. He helped me to
see that we all have wobbles in our
diabetes management. In fact, we all
know that living with diabetes is not
easy all the time. That's when peer
support can be so great; you don't
have to explain your experience,
other people with diabetes already
know and can empathise with you,
which can really help."
*DAFNE stands for dose-adjustment
for normal eating. www.dafne.nhs.uk
This article was supported by Insulet.
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