Hi all, I'm having a really ****** cannula site day today. No site seems to be working bg not going below 17! Have now tried a site I've never used before, lower back so hope that works. Out of interest what sites do others use? I have tried my legs but again really slow absorption rate. I usually use my tummy but really need to give it a rest.
Tummy, legs, bum ... but having said that - at one time and this was back in the 1970s I got lazy and just injected in to my legs - the technology was much more primitive back then - needles were larger and eventually I was getting all this scar tissue forming on my legs so I moved on to the stomach and after 4 or 5 years I started getting scar tissue developing on my stomach. Then something amazingly good happened - the pharmaceutical industry started making much finer and smaller needles. I use a very small needle now and have done so over the past 10 years and no scar tissue - most of the time I don;t even feel the needle as they are so fine.
As well, I don;t know if there is a correlation as I'm in my 50s now but - I was giving myself way more insulin as a teen with duller needles than I am now. Not sure if this is indicative of a finer needle or simply a changing metabolism.
But my advice - check the gauge/size of your needles - try something smaller if you're able. See if that makes a difference.