# What Is The Attraction To Wearing An OmniPod vs. A Tethered Pump? **URL:** \ **Category:** New T1/LADA\ **Created:** [May 25, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098 "2018-05-25T22:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/61 "2018-05-28T00:36:37Z")
> [@daisymae](#): > > but, what about when doing “grown-up stuff?” doesnt it get in the way? That might depend on _where_ you put it, DM, and _how_ you are doing it… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/62 "2018-05-28T00:47:41Z")
I’ll publish the official report when all variations and variables have been tested. It’s a tough task but someone has to volunteer to take it on… For science. The things I’m gonna do for diabetes. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/63 "2018-05-28T01:46:39Z")
> [@ClaudnDaye](#): > > The things I’m gonna do for diabetes please let us know. i know that eric is usually our FUD guinea pig, but if you want to take on the dirty task, well, someone’s gotta do it. it might as well be you ( but you’ve got to be willing to wear it 24/7, and you’ve got to stick to the honor system 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/64 "2018-05-28T01:55:51Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/a/aaa8cca0f007e82f331728391ec58c98146c7664.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/65 "2018-05-28T02:36:53Z")
OMG. what have i started here??? 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/66 "2018-05-28T02:45:54Z")
How do I say this… I have not experienced any difficulties with omipodding… ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/67 "2018-05-28T02:47:57Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > That might depend on _where_ you put it, DM, and _how_ you are doing it… isnt that all that really matters? ---
**Author:** ![DeeM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/deem/32/3597_2.png) [@DeeM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DeeM)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/68 "2018-05-28T04:51:05Z")
Oh man… _ **all** _ you guys… And girls… And really, depending on where the site is… And tubed… Or not… May, or may not, get in the way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/sam/32/10595_2.png) [@Sam](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/69 "2018-05-28T06:05:38Z")
I find that if one sticks to the Missouri Plow position virtually nothing gets in the way of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/70 "2018-05-28T13:00:43Z")
> [@daisymae](#): > > > Each Pod lasts 3 days plus 8 hours. > > what happens when this period expires? my pump isnt that strictly timed. I actually appreciate that you _cannot_ use a pod longer than three days. Sometimes a pod is so comfortable and unnoticeable I wish I could leave it in forever, and with a tubed set I might be tempted to extend things – as I often did when I was younger – and risk infection or tissue damage or both. For me tubeless is the primary attraction, but this preventative time limit is a very close second. And in nearly a year and a half, I have had to deal with the shrieking alarm at the end of the pod’s life only once – and that was because I left one in that long just to see what happened. Every other pod I change close to the time of the first reminder. If I’m home alone I might delay a change by a few hours, but the hourly reminder beep is really no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/71 "2018-05-29T02:21:31Z")
@daisymae, If you’re on Day 3 of the pump it won’t upset you as much if it gets knocked. Just sayin’. That’s the other reason to track which day of the pod you’re on…absorption integrity and…you know. ---
**Author:** ![ClaudnDaye](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/claudndaye/32/5_2.png) [@ClaudnDaye](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/ClaudnDaye)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/72 "2018-05-29T02:46:45Z")
“Honey, my pod is on day 3! Only two hours left on this one!” From the other room, but running…“Be right there!” ---
**Author:** ![T1Allison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@T1Allison](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/T1Allison)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/73 "2018-05-29T02:49:17Z")
@ClaudnDaye, I’m laughing so hard right now! My husband asked, “What are you reading on FUD now?” ---
**Author:** ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/74 "2018-05-31T07:17:58Z")
Ha…good one. Laughing at the thought of this happening in my house! Honestly, I only avoid POD locations that interrupt my sleep! ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/75 "2018-05-31T20:05:14Z")
> [@T1Allison](#): > > What are you reading on FUD now?” my husband has become very jealous of my time on FUD. he thinks that i am having an affair 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/76 "2018-05-31T20:57:07Z")
> [@daisymae](#): > > my husband has become very jealous of my time on FUD. he thinks that i am having an affair Wait till he finds the receipt for that cheesecake! ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/77 "2018-05-31T21:24:00Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > Wait till he finds the receipt for that cheesecake! Instead of flowers, I send her Ovaltine. ---
**Author:** ![DeeM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/deem/32/3597_2.png) [@DeeM](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/DeeM)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/78 "2018-06-01T02:00:49Z")
Mine told me last night I was ‘like a teenage girl, all busy on that diabetes forum’ … I think he’s jealous too! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/79 "2018-06-01T02:18:31Z")
my husband wants to know who this “ERIC” fellow is 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/what-is-the-attraction-to-wearing-an-omnipod-vs-a-tethered-pump/4098/80 "2018-06-01T02:51:48Z")
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