Hi everyone! I am brand new to the Omnipod and had my first pod change today without my doctor. I placed it under my arm and it was perfect. Then, I had my husband check on the cannula for me and we noticed that the window had some very light coloured blood in it. I have been checking my blood sugars and they are absolutely fine… As a new user I’m panicking a little bit. Should I just leave it or change it? It doesn’t hurt at all and again, my blood sugars are perfect…
Any advice would be great!
You will be fine. A little blood is ok. If it starts to get sore and continues to get progressively worse then you should change your site, otherwise Pod on!!!
I’m trying the pod on my calf today and its working out well! Better than the arm - less bumping. I would have not even tried this w/o the idea from @mikep. Thanks Mike!!!
I’m not currently using the 'Pod but the short time I did use it gave me “courage” to try different sites (have an infusion set on my arm at the moment, for example…) When I was using Novolog, I liked taking shots in the calf; however, I had some soreness/discomfort when I tried shots of Apidra there, so haven’t pursued the idea. I dunno @anon85331563 or @mikep, if you’ve tried Apidra on a calf (and of course YDMV), but thinking of giving it a try… Thoughts?