Lipos

miaxo

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Has anyone had a lipo or know what its like as i think i may have one on my belly. Its painful but not alot an seems to be a slight bump?
 

Juicyj

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I very rarely get bumps after injections, so a swelling that takes 2-3 days to go down, could it be this ? How long have you had it and how big is it ?
 

noblehead

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If you suspect you have lipohypertrophy problems then it's best to avoid that area until things improve.

I've had lipo problems in the past and more recently before moving over to a pump, apart from the visual effect it can also make insulin absorption more erratic and bg levels unpredictable, there a short write-up on the community pages of DCUK about the condition:

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/conditions/lipohypertrophy.html