Remember that Omnipod will replace a pod that doesn’t make it through its three days for any reason. Sore site, a leak, knocked off by accident, you name it. It doesn’t have to be the pod’s fault.
Apply slight pressure to the pod before the cannula inserts, just enough to stop any recoil. I was not told this in my training, but it makes all the difference to a securely seated cannula.
The first time I tried Fiasp in the pod, rather than Humalog, it was a total disaster. Insane roller-coaster, red welts. A year or so later I’m trying again and I have beautiful numbers and no welts. Go figure.
You can pretty much put a pod anywhere you’ve got some flesh. I’m loving them on my pecs these days. I mentioned this to my endo and he’s like “Wha …!!!”