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Permalink Reply by Pete on January 4, 2011 at 11:02am

For those of you who use your buttocks how has that been working? I have not yet tried that area because I just don't see that being comforatable. Between sleeping and just sitting, how has that been going? I used to give injections there prior to the pod, so I don't see a probem actually placing the pod. I appreciate any feedback.

Permalink Reply by daneenm on January 4, 2011 at 1:50pm

I can only give you second hand info based on my son (10). He does not mind it and after it is on, he forgets about it. We place his an inch or two below his waistline, centered on the cheek with the cannula pointing in, if that make sense. If it is too far toward his hip (rather than centered), he says it bothers him more.

Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on January 4, 2011 at 8:01pm

The butt is my go-to site, honestly. My abdomen is mostly scar tissue from pumping there for 9 straight years (not knowing any better). I like the lower back, but I get more kinks and occlusions there. I tend to knock the legs loose (though I loved my thighs on tubed pumps where the site could be a flatter profile). And I use my arms for my 5-day Nav sensors and don't like to have pods there so I can give each arm time off. The butt is comfortable (think of the area above and along the top seam of your back pocket), absorption is top notch, and it doesn't really show under clothing. Try it. It's not the part of your butt that you actually sit on.

Permalink Reply by Nancy Currie on January 13, 2011 at 5:51pm

Arms, stomach, butt, thighs. Look at the Insulet sites for both where and how to rotate.

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