Steps to Safely Go Off an Insulin Pump
Here is the protocol to stop using your pump and start using your daily basal shots instead.
This is how Kara has been taught to pause using her Omnipod and restart taking her Basaglar shots at night instead.
Knowing how to safely switch between the two options can offer a needed change or break from one method or the other.
STEPS TO SAFELY GETTING OFF OMNIPOD PUMP AND RESTARTING BASAGLAR DOSING
1. Remove POD.
2. Look up Basal Dose found on PDM. Log the TOTAL BASAL per day.
3. Take BASAL dose (Basaglar Pen) and log time of day (typically at bedtime).
4. Confirm your night CGM Alarms are set to wake you up for lows. In addition, you can set an alarm and wake up for a 2-4 am blood glucose check. (The diabetes nurse told me if the basal dose is correct, then it will show as the early morning blood sugar reading. Therefore, the first night of the switch, I would recommend being extra cautious to make sure the dose is not too much at once. She also said if it causes morning lows,...
