Weird injections

[joelcam]

Hi all,

I may have asked this before but if I did, I didn’t get an answer.

Sometimes, maybe like once a month, when I inject something weird happens.

I use Novorapid and Levemir flexpens. When I inject, there feels like some sort of resistance and it doesn’t just click in nicely. Anyway, when this happens, I pull the needle out and all (or most) of what I have ‘injected’ flies into the air when I retract the needle. Not a major issue just wondered if anyone else has had it happen?

JC

 

[benedict]

Hi Joel

I'm not sure what might be going on.

Do you perform an 'air shot' first before injecting?

Also, do you use a new needle for each injection?

Benedict

 

[joelcam]

Thanks for the reply... always do an air-shot and always use a new needle too.

 

[ivinghoe]

I used to get this in the past most especially if the injection was painful. I do not seem to get them nowadays by making sure I first pinch up a decent amount of skin I then inject at right angles so the pen goes straight in to a fatty area like around my belly. I also now make sure I count properly to ten before withdrawing rather than cheat by doing even numbers :mrgreen:
Putting all the above together seems to completely eliminated the "blocked needle" feeling. I think it was mostly due to not going deep enough with the needles