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Permalink Reply by Scott Wilkins on October 23, 2012 at 8:06pm

I've had bleeding issues from my arms, but not legs or abs yet.

Permalink Reply by Jacob's mom on October 24, 2012 at 4:32am

welcome to tu, this is a great site for information and support. i am i bit leery of leg sites, as jacob has had one or two occlusions there, he has more pain on his legs esp with running and more bruising after but probably more bleeding issues on his arm. he just recently had a bleeder on his arm site after playing football and working out, he had pain then bleeding, we did a bolus to try to flush the canula and he was able to save the site. belly is his favorite, and probably overused site, i wish he would try low back but no go for now. do you put anything over your pods to secure them, jacob uses tegaderm over his arms. best of luck with your omnipod and again welcome! amy

Permalink Reply by ttujsg on October 24, 2012 at 7:54am

No I don't put anything over my pods. I have pretty good luck with them sticking on their own and I don't play a ton of sports so not a whole lot of need to. Belly is probably my least favorite place mostly because it irritates my skin more so I have more itching. Only time I have knocked any completely off was on the back of the arm and catching a door frame. I have had pretty good luck with it so far (been on it about a year and was on minimed prior).