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<blockquote data-quote="kitedoc" data-source="post: 1886249" data-attributes="member: 468714"><p>Sitting is better than standing.</p><p>When I was on multiple injections I would inject at 45 degrees to better avoid hitting muscle. I could pinch up a little but not much. I would set up a grid so 2 across by 4 down on the outer side of each thigh. I would start say, left thigh upper outer part of the grid one day, the same on right thigh next day. And so on, and after 16 days before I would be back to the same 'neighbourhood'. </p><p>But, <em>injecting into the thigh</em> I found that insulin took <em>longer to have effect </em>(be absorbed) than if I injected into my abdomen. </p><p>And, on the days when I was doing a lot of walking there was the risk that the increase blood flow would <em>increase </em>the absorption on those days. So this unpredictability was unacceptable. </p><p>I devised a similar 'grid' for injections as for the thigh for injections into my abdomen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kitedoc, post: 1886249, member: 468714"] Sitting is better than standing. When I was on multiple injections I would inject at 45 degrees to better avoid hitting muscle. I could pinch up a little but not much. I would set up a grid so 2 across by 4 down on the outer side of each thigh. I would start say, left thigh upper outer part of the grid one day, the same on right thigh next day. And so on, and after 16 days before I would be back to the same 'neighbourhood'. But, [I]injecting into the thigh[/I] I found that insulin took [I]longer to have effect [/I](be absorbed) than if I injected into my abdomen. And, on the days when I was doing a lot of walking there was the risk that the increase blood flow would [I]increase [/I]the absorption on those days. So this unpredictability was unacceptable. I devised a similar 'grid' for injections as for the thigh for injections into my abdomen. [/QUOTE]
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