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I'm switching my bolus to leg only for a few weeks. Tips needed!
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<blockquote data-quote="bobneil" data-source="post: 1424615" data-attributes="member: 375300"><p>I want to give my belly area a much needed break from being filled with insulin all day, and switch to my legs for a while whenever possible (meaning: I will only use belly if I'm absolutely starving or short on time and need to eat right away)</p><p></p><p>So far all I've really done is make sure that I'm not injecting into my thighs before or after any sort of exercise or even just a big walk, because I know that'll mess with the absorption rate. I give a 10 to 15 minute head start to the insulin before I eat a meal too.</p><p>I try to only use the back side of the legs because the top is filled with too many veins and I've already hit two up there.</p><p></p><p>What else should I be concerned with? </p><p></p><p>And, two quick questons:</p><p>- when you do your reading 2 hours after a meal, is it supposed to be 2 hours after you finish your last bite or 2 hours after you first inject? Sometimes what I'm eating and doing means the meal itself takes ten minutes to finish.</p><p></p><p>- is the ideal pattern for the readings (pre meal, post meal, and 2 hours after that [which is usually when the next meal is]) supposed to look like, say, 6.0 -> 10.0 -> 6.0? Sometimes my reading 2 hours after eating is a bit lower than the initial number, so I expect to go low and correct it right there with a tiny bit of carbs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobneil, post: 1424615, member: 375300"] I want to give my belly area a much needed break from being filled with insulin all day, and switch to my legs for a while whenever possible (meaning: I will only use belly if I'm absolutely starving or short on time and need to eat right away) So far all I've really done is make sure that I'm not injecting into my thighs before or after any sort of exercise or even just a big walk, because I know that'll mess with the absorption rate. I give a 10 to 15 minute head start to the insulin before I eat a meal too. I try to only use the back side of the legs because the top is filled with too many veins and I've already hit two up there. What else should I be concerned with? And, two quick questons: - when you do your reading 2 hours after a meal, is it supposed to be 2 hours after you finish your last bite or 2 hours after you first inject? Sometimes what I'm eating and doing means the meal itself takes ten minutes to finish. - is the ideal pattern for the readings (pre meal, post meal, and 2 hours after that [which is usually when the next meal is]) supposed to look like, say, 6.0 -> 10.0 -> 6.0? Sometimes my reading 2 hours after eating is a bit lower than the initial number, so I expect to go low and correct it right there with a tiny bit of carbs. [/QUOTE]
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