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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 832460" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>Although not as severe as your experience with lipohypertrophy I was experiencing issues with my injection sites prior to moving over to a pump and this was one of the reasons why my consultant thought that a pump would beneficial.</p><p></p><p>I change my Pod (I'm using the Omnipod pump) every 3 days where as before I'd be injecting 12-16 times in the same time period, the difficulty is keeping away from sites where problems exist just the same as it is on injections so it gives the sites time to recover, up to now I've had a couple of occasions where I've had poor insulin absorption and had to change the pod before the 3 days was up, but overall I've seen a big improvement.</p><p></p><p>Have a good look at the following, its has a lot of information on who is eligible for a pump and what the process involves:</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 832460, member: 11028"] Although not as severe as your experience with lipohypertrophy I was experiencing issues with my injection sites prior to moving over to a pump and this was one of the reasons why my consultant thought that a pump would beneficial. I change my Pod (I'm using the Omnipod pump) every 3 days where as before I'd be injecting 12-16 times in the same time period, the difficulty is keeping away from sites where problems exist just the same as it is on injections so it gives the sites time to recover, up to now I've had a couple of occasions where I've had poor insulin absorption and had to change the pod before the 3 days was up, but overall I've seen a big improvement. Have a good look at the following, its has a lot of information on who is eligible for a pump and what the process involves: [URL]http://www.inputdiabetes.org.uk/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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