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<blockquote data-quote="shedges" data-source="post: 109918" data-attributes="member: 10554"><p>If you're replacing the needle fairly regularly and get into a routine, you can find enough sites on your stomach without having to worry. I use the right hand side for lunch, left hand side for dinner and upper thigh (where skin is fairly thick and there's a bit of fat) for breakfast - works fine as breakfast is usually eaten in private.... I dont' take my trousers down in the hotel restaurant though. When travelling, the tummy gets an extra one at breakfast too.</p><p></p><p>Unless you're stick thin (I'm 6'4" and 13 stone, so on the slim side) you should easily find enough fatty areas around the stomach to be able to cycle the sites and not cause any bruises or hard patches.</p><p></p><p>A good quick insertion works better for me than a slow one ... the slower you do it the more time there is to think about the needle actually going in and that's when I find I may get problems.</p><p></p><p>You'll get used to tummy injections the longer you do it.</p><p></p><p>Sam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shedges, post: 109918, member: 10554"] If you're replacing the needle fairly regularly and get into a routine, you can find enough sites on your stomach without having to worry. I use the right hand side for lunch, left hand side for dinner and upper thigh (where skin is fairly thick and there's a bit of fat) for breakfast - works fine as breakfast is usually eaten in private.... I dont' take my trousers down in the hotel restaurant though. When travelling, the tummy gets an extra one at breakfast too. Unless you're stick thin (I'm 6'4" and 13 stone, so on the slim side) you should easily find enough fatty areas around the stomach to be able to cycle the sites and not cause any bruises or hard patches. A good quick insertion works better for me than a slow one ... the slower you do it the more time there is to think about the needle actually going in and that's when I find I may get problems. You'll get used to tummy injections the longer you do it. Sam. [/QUOTE]
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