Had my first pod failure this morning when I went to switch out my omnipod. I’d read about this in the omnipod forums – apparently 1 in 7 actually fail out of the box. The good news is that this is supposed to mostly happen immediately, as soon as you put it on. I kept getting communication error messages, so I switched out the pod and successfully activated a new one.
Well, it looks like they “usually” only fail out of the box, because this second one I’ve had one has kept me at a steady 300 all fucking day long. I have no idea what’s going on with it. Checked the cannula, which is in place. It still clicks when it delivers a bolus, the proper basal program is on, it just… wants to keep me at 300.
As recommended, I kept my pens on hand for just such emergencies (I would have had the extra pod, too, but this *was* my backup pod, and I forgot to replace the backup this morning, figuring that the chances of having 2 bad pods weren’t high ha haah 1 in 7, do the math).
I suppose it’s possible this is also a leveling issue, but I doubt it. I switched out sites and pods, so I’m thinking there’s some kind of blockage or bad cannula or something.
I took a 6 unit correction hit with my pens, which should help. I’ll just need to manually finagle it until I get home and change out the pod.
Fucking annoying. Seriously, 1 in 7? Don’t they have some rigorous quality check for these things?
