# Bad pod site or what? **URL:** \ **Category:** Treatment\ **Tags:** omnipod\ **Created:** [August 22, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-pod-site-or-what/10160 "2020-08-22T17:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-pod-site-or-what/10160/3 "2020-08-22T22:02:02Z")
> [@John58](#): > > Any ideas why my 3 unit bolus for a 2 am snack worked out so poorly? I usually find I need to double or even triple my insulin during the night, whether I’m compensating for overtreating or trying to bring down a high. There’s a discussion here: > [@Are you insulin-resistant and slow to respond at night?](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/are-you-insulin-resistant-and-slow-to-respond-at-night/5267): > > We have known for a long time that we (my T1D son) were slow to respond at night: from 45 minutes our response time to turning the corner goes up to 60-75 minutes. Over the past few months, we have also figured out that our CF (correction factor) doubles at night: we use twice as much bolus insulin to drop the same amount. It is not good for us because we are typically cautious at night with corrections: this CF doubling often causes us to be needlessly careful. We always thought that both of … > [@John58](#): > > Is there a way to diagnose whether the site or the pod is causing the poor insulin absorption? Inject instead. If that works, you’ve got a dud site. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/bad-pod-site-or-what/10160)._