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Injecting through clothes

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Emmotha said:
I have a convenient hole on the outer seam of my PJ bottoms which comes in useful for basaling. Might adapt this to more clothes lol
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that is a proper sense of humour -- primark should market a clothing range for diabetics with convenient holes --

great stuff @Emmotha
 
doughnuts ..........low carb..........a fashion trend waiting to happen.............:)
 
Robinredbreast said:
Oohhh er Noblehead, we remember what you do at the weekends and we still want to see the photo's :p :D so that clothing would be okay o_O
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Steady on Mrs :D

Seriously though, I can't think of an instance where injecting through clothing is necessary.
 
noblehead said:
Steady on Mrs :D

Seriously though, I can't think of an instance where injecting through clothing is necessary.
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Erm, it's Ms :)

Actually I have years ago when I was working and pregnant, behind a Reception desk, with people coming in and the phone ringing all the time. As I got bigger, I couldn't use the outer tummy area, so I used to inject in leg through the thinner elasticated trousers, just had to get on with it and do it. But that was the only time.
 
Robinredbreast said:
Erm, it's Ms :)

Actually I have years ago when I was working and pregnant, behind a Reception desk, with people coming in and the phone ringing all the time. As I got bigger, I couldn't use the outer tummy area, so I used to inject in leg through the thinner elasticated trousers, just had to get on with it and do it. But that was the only time.
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in my opinion needs outweighed the risks
 
I think the "Jack flap" idea in clothes is the way to go...

Though I have always just seen a "bolus opportunity" with the more provocatively attired... :)
 
smidge said:
I was getting really fed-up with not being able to wear dresses as I couldn't get to my stomach to bolus, so my mum opened a couple of inches of the side seam of some of my dresses and made a little flap of material that just opens with Velcro. It sounds odd, but you can't see it when it's closed and it gives me access to inject!

Smidge
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Cool idea @smidge! Can u post a photo? I want to make one
 
I dont normally inject through clothing! but I have done in the past as a girl when youre wearing a playsuit and tights it is a hell of alot easier to just go through the tights into the skin but as a normal rule always inject on bare skin because as said before it will blunt the needle and cause more discomfort to yourself!xx
 
I've not done it and don't think I'd want to but there is actually some evidence to suggest that it is safe.
It dates back to 1997 where they conducted a trial comparing injecting through one layer of clothing and injecting after using a sterile procedure. The subjects spent 10 weeks doing it through clothing and 10 weeks using the sterile provedure.
They looked at glucose levels, but also white blood cells in the injected area (as indicators of infection) .There was no difference in results There were no cases of hardening, reddening or abscesses at the sites . Some people reported ' minor problems, such as blood stains on clothing and bruising' but subjects also reported ' that injection through clothing offered benefits such as convenience and saving time.'
The researchers concluded :
'Injection of insulin through clothing was as safe as, and more convenient than, the conventional injection technique requiring skin preparation'
abstract and comment from nurses journal
http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/1/12.full

There apparently hasn't been another such trial but the authors of one case paper from 2013 speculate that an infection at an injection site could have been caused by injecting through clothing. (no proof though) http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/content/31/2/76.full.pdf+html

The other thing is that needles are I think thinner than in 1997 and thus more likely to be distorted than then (but that's just my speculation)
 
Facebook...one never been on it, two gossip shop for faceless cowards and three I don't inject through clothing as it is not sterile.
 
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