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<blockquote data-quote="ert" data-source="post: 2322017" data-attributes="member: 504712"><p>I'm with you and not a fan of injections or needles either. I refused insulin on diagnosis for two years before accepting I had to go on it. I found injection in my buttock helpful - out of sight out of mind and it was a lot less painful than my abdomen. I cut back on the number of times I was eating, intermittent fasting - fewer meals, fewer injections. I eat low carbohydrate - fewer, smaller injections. I run every day - more exercise, smaller, fewer injections. I use the sides of my fingers for fingerpicking, the lancet on the smallest setting, so I pinch the area on either side of the injection site which reduces the pain, you have to squeeze the blood out. I use a Libre so I have fewer finger pricks. I hope you find a way forward soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ert, post: 2322017, member: 504712"] I'm with you and not a fan of injections or needles either. I refused insulin on diagnosis for two years before accepting I had to go on it. I found injection in my buttock helpful - out of sight out of mind and it was a lot less painful than my abdomen. I cut back on the number of times I was eating, intermittent fasting - fewer meals, fewer injections. I eat low carbohydrate - fewer, smaller injections. I run every day - more exercise, smaller, fewer injections. I use the sides of my fingers for fingerpicking, the lancet on the smallest setting, so I pinch the area on either side of the injection site which reduces the pain, you have to squeeze the blood out. I use a Libre so I have fewer finger pricks. I hope you find a way forward soon. [/QUOTE]
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