# New to Omnipod **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-omnipod/9583 **Category:** Type 1 & LADA **Created:** [April 2, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-omnipod/9583 "2020-04-02T05:18:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 9
### 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: [April 2, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-omnipod/9583/9 "2020-04-02T17:43:23Z")
> [@Michel](#): > > I will also add that we have found that, occasionally, the first 6-8 hours of s new pod session show poor absorption. I think we are the only ones at FUD for whom this is true. It’s been referenced a number of times. There are others that have this issue. Here are a few threads discussing it. I refer to it as an “activation bolus”. > [@Starting Omnipod (!)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/starting-omnipod/4347/29): > > Yes, the difference in the situation I’m talking about in my example is that I can SOMETIMES not even have to put on the new POD until the morning…or at least 3 or 4 hours after the old POD has fully expired. And I tend to give more insulin with a new POD because, for us, they aren’t as effective when first applied…it takes some hours/a day for the site saturation to get dialed in. It’s a preference thing I guess, but during the night only (the only time we do this), we wouldn’t do it the othe… > [@Starting Omnipod (!)](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/starting-omnipod/4347/30): > > I always do an “activation bolus” on a new pod. Just a small amount to get it all started. > [@Site/ pod changes followed by weird BG](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/site-pod-changes-followed-by-weird-bg/5415/6): > > It takes a little while for the slow basal trickle to start getting absorbed. I do what I call an “activation bolus”. If you change your pod right before a meal, you don’t need to do it. But if you change the pod and will not be bolusing for a while, take a small bit - like 0.25 or 0.50 or something - right when you start the pod. That will help get everything going. This has helped me with the same problem. Seems like it could be an issue for some people with any pump. Sounds like the same t… > [@Omnipod Issues / Questions](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-issues-questions/8115/7): > > Try an activation bolus. Put it on before a meal, and then take a meal bolus. Taking a bolus right after putting it on seems to help it get started for me. Tubing pretty much kills any other pump option for me. That’s just my choice, but I can’t deal with the tubes. The pods are about like a Dexcom sensor to me, as far as comfort. If you can get used to wearing a sensor in the same spot for 7+ days, wearing a pod in the same spot for 3 days is pretty easy. > [@Replacement Omnipods: may need follow-up to get shipped](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/replacement-omnipods-may-need-follow-up-to-get-shipped/2793/9): > > My first few months were a bit rough. Just took me a while to figure out the differences between pumps and MDI. There are some quirks, like doing a bolus after activation to get it “started” well. And watching for “day 3” problems. But I am throwing down some good numbers now. This was yesterday. Almost the whole day between 55 and 100, with one little drop after exercise when I dosed and pounded chocolate milk. Not the pod’s fault, just my aggressive post-exercise insulin and carbing You jus… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/new-to-omnipod/9583)._