[Diabetes-Talk] V-go insulin system

[jamielgurganus at gmail.com]

Hi all!  I just came from seeing my Diabetic Educator.  I asked her about
the V-go system, and she showed it to me.  Here is the scoop on why it might
not work for many of us pump users.  

 

1.	The basal rate can only be set at 20, 30 or 40 units per day.  So,
for someone like me who only uses 13 units each day, it would be an insulin
overload all day for me.
2.	The basal rate is steady all day.    So, at 20 units total per day,
the basal rate per hour is .8.  The only time my rate is that high is for a
few hours in the middle of the night.
3.	The bolus dose is set at 2 unit increments, so taking a half unit or
just one unit is not possible.

 

Anyway, it is pretty neat for someone who might need a lot more insulin than
I do.

 

My Medtronic 530G is out of warranty in 2022, but that doesn't mean it will
quit on me by then.  So, my educator hopes that either Tandem or Omnipod
come out with something accessible for us blind users by then.  She said
that they are both working on accessible phone apps that will have the
ability to run the pump from the phone.  She also mentioned that there is a
person from Boston named DeMayo who is working on a pump.  She does not
think it will ever get on the market though.  It is a dual cartridge system
that has both insulin and glucagon in it.  I sure don't want to have to pay
for glucagon.  I refuse to fill a glucagon prescription, since it is
anywhere from $300-600 to fill.  In my 50 years of being a diabetic, I have
never had to use my glucagon kit.

 

Hope everyone is staying safe and well!  

 

 
Jamie