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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fern000" data-source="post: 1254398" data-attributes="member: 207363"><p>Thought I'd share a similar experience.. There was a period of time where i'd see white stuff that looked like fluffy bread crumbs floating around in the insulin cartridge. Called my nurse and she said it's probably body fat that was withdrawn from my body. What probably happened was this: I was still new to injections at that time. After I injected every time, I pulled the insulin pen out without pressing down on the plunger (the 'button' thing you press). This would have caused some kind of suction force that might cause body fat or perhaps in your case, blood, to be withdrawn from the body into the insulin cartridge instead. It's just like squeezing a bottle, when you immerse it in a pail of water and stop squeezing it, some water will probably enter the bottle. Possible reason for your incident? Do you remember whether you pressed the plunger as you were pulling the pen out after your injections recently?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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