# Replacement Omnipods: may need follow-up to get shipped **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/replacement-omnipods-may-need-follow-up-to-get-shipped/2793 **Category:** Pump **Tags:** omnipod **Created:** [December 7, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/replacement-omnipods-may-need-follow-up-to-get-shipped/2793 "2017-12-07T21:54:41Z") **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: [December 8, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/replacement-omnipods-may-need-follow-up-to-get-shipped/2793/9 "2017-12-08T15:24:47Z")
> [@Beacher](#): > > My first month was truly awful. I got nine replacements in that month. Not putting enough pressure on the pod at insertion time led to many leaking sites (not like the slow leaks we’re talking about elsewhere). Finding comfortable and “safe from door frame” sites was hit and miss. And a trainer who was petrified of lows meant I spent most of the month way too high. It was very, very frustrating, but then overnight I became a fan. Which could just be Stockholm syndrome … 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 just gotta learn the tricks and it can work well. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/fudiabetes/original/2X/e/efc43f014caecb4a5c62ccc720bd86fa7642cdcf.jpg) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/replacement-omnipods-may-need-follow-up-to-get-shipped/2793)._