# Omnipod failure **URL:** \ **Category:** Pump\ **Tags:** pod-placement\ **Created:** [November 24, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-failure/2713 "2017-11-24T03:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Aaron](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/aaron/32/1454_2.png) [@Aaron](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Aaron)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-failure/2713/9 "2017-11-24T20:42:07Z")
> [@Happy Thanksgiving!](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/happy-thanksgiving/2708/18): > > Apparently while he was modeling the pod (by raising his arm) to his dad who’d just shown up, he must’ve dislodged the cannula. It was on day 3 anyhow. But man, the timing. For some reason, when i first started on the POD I got a lot of leaks between the cannula and the skin and had some cannulas pull out. I tried some changes to how I apply the POD (and have had a lot of practice doing it) and now I never have a problem, but I can’t really put a finger on what I changed. My current technique is to try to stick the cannula end down first so that you get a good seal at the cannula location. Then when I hit the “START” button I squeeze up the skin around the pod and at the same time put pressure on the end of the pod with the cannula. I believe this stops the “recoil” from the canaula insertion and makes sure the cannula is solid in the skin and does not pull back during insertion. I can’t prove anything. It just works so I do it. I used the word cannula nine times in this post including the quote 😆 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-failure/2713)._