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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Kellner on July 23, 2009 at 9:40am

does it happen often to you? I feel like mine happens too often...

Permalink Reply by Mat on July 23, 2009 at 9:45am

This happened to me once on my first pod, that was almost 2 years ago. If you don't think the insulin is being delivered properly I would just replace the pod.

Permalink Reply by Eric Rizzo on July 23, 2009 at 12:22pm

I've never had it happen (almost 18 months on the oPod), but if I did I'd test BG every hour or two to see if delivery was being affected.

Permalink Reply by Robin M on July 23, 2009 at 2:00pm

Never has happened to me in 10 months.

Permalink Reply by Vicki on June 23, 2012 at 3:33am

This has happened to me too many times. I cannot another pump for another year according to my insurance. It is really affecting my blood sugars. I see a small blood ring around the edges of my canula when I take it out. I have tried pinching up, pushing down, turning upside down and multiple sites, all of which reccomended by my educatot and the omnipod techs. I am at my wits end. I have restarted and discarded pods as many as five in a day until I get one to work. I think I just need a longer canula. Any suggestions.

Permalink Reply by KQueen on April 15, 2013 at 7:32pm

Hi Vicki I've only been on the pod since Jan of this year and last two weeks have been awful for me. I just again changed my pod since my bg's have been running high all day nd bolusing wasn't helping. It almost as though my sites have become resistant. I've also just increased the amount of tape I use to secure pod hopefully this will help. I'm at wits end. I think I'll call Insulet tomorrow to see if I can get on the immediate list for the new system. I love the system when it works. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Permalink Reply by Scott Wilkins on June 24, 2012 at 6:58pm

Not happened to me yet. Though I do notice that some locations seem to cause my BG to run higher than using the pod in other locations. Not sure if it's caused by this. My educator said this is normal, to have some locations that just don't work well.

Permalink Reply by FHS on June 24, 2012 at 9:01pm

Happens to me on occasion. More than likely, it's an occlusion that didnt't alarm resulting in insulin leaking around the site.

Permalink Reply by Re on June 26, 2012 at 1:09pm

Is it specific to a certain area on your body?

Permalink Reply by Vicki on April 12, 2013 at 6:20am

It has now been ten months since I posted on this subject of insulin leaking from around my pod. I just cannot wear the pods any longer. I have gone into DKA several times because the Insulin is not getting into my body. I have tried changing the pod to a place where there is no scar tissue.(my back) I could not see it there but my blood sugars were my clue that it was not working. It did fine for a few hours and then just quit absorbing. I took several boluses and then I pulled the pod off. I saw the familiar red ring around where the cannula had been. I have been back on MDI for about two weeks. My doctor wants me to try a new pump with a cannula made of metal and longer to go in deeper. I am going to call a rep from Animas and let them check my insurance benefits today. Anyone else having this problem?

Permalink Reply by Kimberly on April 12, 2013 at 11:21am

I don't have this problem, but possible causes. It's possible you could have an allergy to the cannula material. I believe most, if not all, of the pump companies use Teflon for their canullas. If that's the case, you will either have to stick to MDI or use steel needle insertion sets w/ another pump.

So sorry it hasn't worked out for you. I love this stupid pod.

Permalink Reply by johnnyjumpstart on April 12, 2013 at 3:38pm

nope......never had this happen in 3 years

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