omnipod-not the next best thing since sliced bread

I have been so excited to get a new pump. In fact, I waited for two extra years after my old pump was out of warranty to get the latest and best that technology could offer in the way of pumps. This why I chose the omnipod pump from Insulet. It is tubeless and controlled by a PDM device. Well I loved it at first. I could wear clothes and not see it (it was on my belly). It was freedom to go to bed and not have a tail.

The omnipod has a one time use and its good for three days. So when it expires, I fill a new one with insulin, place it on a new part of my body (butt, thigh, abdomen or arm). To keep track of the insertion sites, I rotate the pump by moving it to a new spot, 1 inch away from its previous insertion spot. Two days ago, when I was taking off the fourth pod, I was horrified to see bad skin reaction to the adhesive of the pump. There was a large red outline of the pump on my stomach and little blisters all over my skin where the pump had been. It looked like welts and vicous bug bites. So, I put the next pod on the back of my arm--not a really pretty sight, but I'm over it. Well, wouldn't you know it, I accidently knocked off the pump by walking through a doorway and bumping into the door frame. So, I had to withdraw the insulin from the pod and put it in a new one on. This time I placed it a little lower on my arm. I noticed that redness and skin irritation had already appeared where the pod had been on my upper arm for only 10 hours. Well, later that afternoon I accidently pulled off this second pump on my arm, when my purse strap caught it and dislodged it. So trying not thinking about the $35 cost of each pump, I unwrapped a third one in less than 24 hours, and attached it to my thigh. (Yes the fattest part of my body is now FATTER). I'm wearing a skirt so I can't accidently knock it off, but going to the bathroom, my underwear caught on it and almost pulled it off. I don't know if this is going to work. I'll have to live with it in Egypt and hopefully the heat won't exasperate any skin irritation.

Insulin and pump issues can be so daunting and time-consuming and irritiating. When things are working it is great--but my experience in the last couple of days are making me wish for my old pump, and for techonology to speed up---why does this pod have to be so big. Check it out: www.myomnipod.com. ;