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<blockquote data-quote="Emck" data-source="post: 2263420" data-attributes="member: 498565"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>Hope everyone is keeping safe and well!</p><p></p><p>I had a question to any longer-term diabetics/DAFNE followers (i.e. those that have probably injected 10s of thousands of times <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite42" alt=":inpain:" title="In Pain :inpain:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":inpain:" />).</p><p></p><p>I have recently been finding it harder and harder to find successful sites. For context, I have been diagnosed for 22 years and follow DAFNE. I am generally looking at a minimum of 5 injections a day (2 basal and mealtime boluses. </p><p></p><p>I keep finding that my injections aren't absorbing as well as they should. I rotate my site every time mostly between abdomen and bum (for basal as my doses are higher 42 night and 22 morning and this is the only area that tolerates such high amounts).</p><p></p><p>I have had to stop using my legs and parts of my lower abdomen as they just end up covered in lumps.I also end up with huge bruises and sites that leak post injection. I think this is due to overuse in my teens and 20s and the fact that my legs are quite muscular so don't really work for larger doses. </p><p></p><p>I find my arms very sore to inject and again, they bruise badly. My DSN says that they don't really recommend it as a site anymore.</p><p></p><p>I have taken to using my sides and above belly button , but I'm just finding injecting such a chore now. It is really painful and I just feel like I'm running out of places to inject! I'm constantly bruised and lumpy and never really confident that my sites are effective.</p><p></p><p>Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative sites or does anyone have suggestions for healing sites that are a bit over-used??</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance and apologies for the rant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emck, post: 2263420, member: 498565"] Hi All, Hope everyone is keeping safe and well! I had a question to any longer-term diabetics/DAFNE followers (i.e. those that have probably injected 10s of thousands of times :inpain:). I have recently been finding it harder and harder to find successful sites. For context, I have been diagnosed for 22 years and follow DAFNE. I am generally looking at a minimum of 5 injections a day (2 basal and mealtime boluses. I keep finding that my injections aren't absorbing as well as they should. I rotate my site every time mostly between abdomen and bum (for basal as my doses are higher 42 night and 22 morning and this is the only area that tolerates such high amounts). I have had to stop using my legs and parts of my lower abdomen as they just end up covered in lumps.I also end up with huge bruises and sites that leak post injection. I think this is due to overuse in my teens and 20s and the fact that my legs are quite muscular so don't really work for larger doses. I find my arms very sore to inject and again, they bruise badly. My DSN says that they don't really recommend it as a site anymore. I have taken to using my sides and above belly button , but I'm just finding injecting such a chore now. It is really painful and I just feel like I'm running out of places to inject! I'm constantly bruised and lumpy and never really confident that my sites are effective. Does anyone have any recommendations for alternative sites or does anyone have suggestions for healing sites that are a bit over-used?? Thanks in advance and apologies for the rant. [/QUOTE]
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