# Does the smell of insulin always imply a pump leak?

**URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-the-smell-of-insulin-always-imply-a-pump-leak/3200
**Category:** Pump
**Tags:** insulin
**Created:** [January 11, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-the-smell-of-insulin-always-imply-a-pump-leak/3200 "2018-01-11T23:50:43Z")
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### Author: ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-the-smell-of-insulin-always-imply-a-pump-leak/3200/10 "2018-01-12T19:48:59Z")

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> [@Eric](#):
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> You can call those in for a pod replacement, and just replace the pod.

Preserving the boy’s sleep is a big criterion for us. Somehow, pod replacement issues most often show up late evenings and nights…

A secondary factor is that we always lose a lot of insulin: I don’t really like to reuse the insulin from the old pod. Although we may come to it if this becomes common.

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