Injection problem

[Hibby65]

Anyone else have problems injecting sometimes? Sometimes stick the needle in push the top of the pen nice and smooth no problems. Other days it’s murder. Stick the needle in push and push and it’s like it’s blocked or trying to resist. Tried different sites but still happens. Always tend to push a little bit first over the sink no problems then in the arm it’s like the skins trying to push back

 

[ert]

Anyone else have problems injecting sometimes? Sometimes stick the needle in push the top of the pen nice and smooth no problems. Other days it’s murder. Stick the needle in push and push and it’s like it’s blocked or trying to resist. Tried different sites but still happens. Always tend to push a little bit first over the sink no problems then in the arm it’s like the skins trying to push back

How many units are you injecting at once?

 

[AlexD14]

I find this to be the case when injecting in my stomach, not so much on my thighs or lower back/buttock areas.

 

[sleepster]

Are you using a new needle each time? I find if I'm reusing a needle it's like it's getting clogged up.

 

[Ushthetaff]

Like some others I get it if I use the same needle repetitively , once I change the needle no probs

 

[Tony337]

It happens to me too from time to time........new needle and no more than 10 units at a time.....
It feels like the mechanism in the pen to be the cause?
It feels like some of the insulin has got left behind and tried to prove this using data from my phone but it became inconclusive.

Tony

 

[In Response]

What needles are you using?
In order to save money, some GPs have been prescribing different needles which don't seem to go in as easily.

 

[Tony337]

What needles are you using?
In order to save money, some GPs have been prescribing different needles which don't seem to go in as easily.

BD 4mm microfine ....

 

[jaywak]

In the colder months I find I can use the same needle 20 - 30 times without it clogging , But in the warmer weather months I sometimes have to replace it every day as it gets completely blocked .

 

[Daibell]

I find this happens from time to time in my thighs. I think it's where you inject in an area that has become 'hard' through a lot of previous injections. I now test my flesh with my fingers to find softer areas.

 

[jaywak]

I didn't mean when it's in my flesh but when I do an airshot in the warmer weather it seems it might congeal in the needle!

 

[DisFanJen]

I find this happens from time to time in my thighs. I think it's where you inject in an area that has become 'hard' through a lot of previous injections. I now test my flesh with my fingers to find softer areas.

I've had this happen a couple of times and as Diabell said, my assumption is that I hit a spot where I've injected recently as this can be a problem.

I've also had it twice where the insulin just oozed back out of the skin and wouldn't absorb, even after waiting the usual time (and I always wait longer then the recommended 6 - 10 secs).