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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moonstone" data-source="post: 166329" data-attributes="member: 6133">Re: highs to lows in less than an hour - what could be goingI'm no expert, I'm less than 3yrs in and haven't been pregnant, but I went on the DAFNE course and that rang a massive bell - it sounds exactly like what they said would happen when you're injecting into a fatty lump that's been caused by using the same injection site for so long.  Could you try to use a different area and see if that helps?  Basically they said the insulin sits in the fatty bit (called a lipo I think), making you feel high after eating, and then it randomly comes out all in one go and can cause unexpected hypos.  I'm sure there are other potential reasons too, however, I have to say that was the exact scenario they painted for the lipo thing.</blockquote>

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