# Inserting an Omnipod into scar tissue **URL:** \ **Category:** Pump\ **Tags:** insulin, omnipod\ **Created:** [July 20, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953 "2022-07-20T20:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JessicaD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@JessicaD](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JessicaD)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953/1 "2022-07-20T20:38:33Z")
> [@GETTING BACK INTO THE POOL (after 2 years away)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/getting-back-into-the-pool-after-2-years-away/12729/94): > > hopefully my new infusion and tubing will work properly. I dont see one air bubble and the infusion site was nubile and without any feelings of scar tissue. A little off topic, but you mention the possibility of putting an infusion site into scar tissue. I am contemplating using a pump, but do have a lot of scar tissue on my stomach, which is where I’d ideally put the infusion set. What happens when you infuse into scar tissue? Is the cannula of the infusion set any longer than the needle of an insulin syringe (i.e., would it sit beyond scar tissue?)? Thanks for any thoughts on this DM and others. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953/2 "2022-07-22T04:09:12Z")
> [@JessicaD](#): > > Is the cannula of the infusion set any longer than the needle of an insulin syringe (i.e., would it sit beyond scar tissue?)? The omnipod infusion depth is very short! It would probably be best to avoid any scarred area. ---
**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953/3 "2022-07-22T10:10:55Z")
> [@Eric](#): > > The omnipod infusion depth is very short! I Is it shorter than the dexcom cgm wire, because that didnt work for me? ---
**Author:** ![jbowler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jbowler](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/jbowler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953/4 "2022-07-25T23:23:53Z")
> [@JessicaD](#): > > have a lot of scar tissue on my stomach, which is where I’d ideally put the infusion set. What happens when you infuse into scar tissue? I’m in the same situation; too many years of whacking insulin into my mid-torso (aim for the belly button etc.) It doesn’t work, at least it doesn’t work for the Omnipod. Adsorption for me was unpredictable. At present I circle round the big mound of MDI belly stuff and that seems to be ok. I’m not sure this is true for a CGM; the problem with my CGM is that it lasts for 10 days and lasting for ten days in that position is not an option. It is too close to the beltline, so it gets shoved, moved, seatbelted and then starts whining, or at least not performing. That problem exists, for me, for all attachables; the stomach area is just too active, physically; because of the world we live in, for an attachable to last for long. ---
**Author:** ![JessicaD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@JessicaD](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JessicaD)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/inserting-an-omnipod-into-scar-tissue/12953/5 "2022-07-26T22:16:20Z")
Can we expand beyond Omnipod to include tubed insulin pump infusion cannula(e)? Same question stands. Is the depth still short? For reference (for me), Dexcom did not work in my stomach, I believe b/c it sat within the depth of the scar tissue. Thanks so much - Jessica