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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eldra" data-source="post: 1550905" data-attributes="member: 421443">Quite a tricky question, yes. I actually used to do all my basal in the thighs and bolus in the abdomen, and now completely changed.The best place to do the basal IMO is the bum, as suggested by other members. You can split it into 4 parts: let versus right and top versus down. I rotate every week. For instance, every day of week 1 I use my right top side, the week 2 left top, week 3 right down, week 4 left down side. This way there are 3 full weeks for a part to fully heal, whereas injecting once every 4 day feels like it is not fully healed, and thus builds up over the years...For the bolus, I use my arms. But ideally you may want to use your thighs and your arms and rotate every day for instance? I am less experienced for managing site rotation for the bolus yet.To be honest I was quite embarrassed about moving to the bum and arms. It had to be clunky and I was feeling that for god know which reason the insulin would act completely differently, or it would kill me or something. It took me three days to have the courage to move to my bum from when I decided I wanted to... Take your time, and keep in mind nothing crazy will happen <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />PS: Is bum the right word to say in this context? Sorry I have no clue, just trying to be polite and this is not my native language.Bonkers</blockquote>

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