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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 3632" data-attributes="member: 1338">Hi Pauline,The clear chamber that you can see contains all 60 doses. You will see a grey plunger at the dial end of the chamber. When you prime the pen and press in the button at the end to inject, this plunger moves down the chamber and pushes the measured dose out through the needle. The plunger's movement is so small that it is barely noticeable, but over a week you will see the plunger gradually settling further down into the chamber.Don't be surprised if you find a small air bubble form in the chamber after a few jabs. This is normal and the bubble gradually gets bigger with every further injection. One word of advice on injecting is to keep the button at the end of the pen fully depressed until the needle is fully withdrawn. If you release the pressure then, as you withdraw the needle, it can cause a partial vacuum and draw blood back through the needle and into the chamber. If this happens you must not use the pen again. Call the Lily UK help desk and they will arrange for you to get a replacement pen.It is also important the the liquid is injected subcutaneously, i.e. between the fat and muscle layers, so make sure you use an appropriate length needle for wherever you are injecting. Your diabetes nurse should be able to advise on needle types and lengths.</blockquote>

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