I only started on insulin, once a day low dose increasing every fourth day by two units, ten days ago, but already the area around where I inject in my abdomen is sore and uncomfortable. So I thought maybe I'd give my thighs a go with injecting, but on the various forums, when I raised this issue, I was told (a) never to use the thighs and (b) that if you have been using the abdomen, then you have to stay using that, but rotating where you actually inject of course. So can I use my thighs or not?
Headaches.... I've had quite a few since starting insulin, some say this is usual, others say not.
One article said you can use anaesthetic cream on the area where you inject if it is painful to inject, as with me, who has lots of skin problems, including very sensitive.skin. I had been considering it, but it seems a bit wussy to say the least. But is it true that you can do this?
This low carb lark...I can't eat lots of veggies, don't much care for meat other than chicken, love salmon and most fish, but due to other medications am finding it difficult to find low carb meals that satisfy me for more than half an hour, then I begin to feel hungry again. As I've got older and changed my life, my outlook on life a lot, I have wondered if it isn't better to eat what you enjoy, what makes you hsppy, only less of it, as opposed to eating foods you don't enjoy and which cause stomach problems?
My figures were really very high when I began insulin - and I am not going to tell you what they were so don't bother asking, it's irrelevant, saying they were as I said, is sufficient! - so I suppose it is going to take some time to get them down to a whisper rather than a great roar, but I would like to know how long it took some of you to get your figures down. I'm not in single figures fasting-wise, but getting there, it all seems to take so long though and I'm not known for my patience!
So much information, it's hard to know which to believe.
Headaches.... I've had quite a few since starting insulin, some say this is usual, others say not.
One article said you can use anaesthetic cream on the area where you inject if it is painful to inject, as with me, who has lots of skin problems, including very sensitive.skin. I had been considering it, but it seems a bit wussy to say the least. But is it true that you can do this?
This low carb lark...I can't eat lots of veggies, don't much care for meat other than chicken, love salmon and most fish, but due to other medications am finding it difficult to find low carb meals that satisfy me for more than half an hour, then I begin to feel hungry again. As I've got older and changed my life, my outlook on life a lot, I have wondered if it isn't better to eat what you enjoy, what makes you hsppy, only less of it, as opposed to eating foods you don't enjoy and which cause stomach problems?
My figures were really very high when I began insulin - and I am not going to tell you what they were so don't bother asking, it's irrelevant, saying they were as I said, is sufficient! - so I suppose it is going to take some time to get them down to a whisper rather than a great roar, but I would like to know how long it took some of you to get your figures down. I'm not in single figures fasting-wise, but getting there, it all seems to take so long though and I'm not known for my patience!
So much information, it's hard to know which to believe.