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Message: <blockquote data-quote="M80" data-source="post: 2751731" data-attributes="member: 348697">I find it very confusing that they say to do it flat- and that you have not been given alternate sites .When I was diagnosed in 1990, underweight after being very very ill with undiagnosed type 1, I was given sheets with drawings of areas to use, and that was to help me vary. my arms were to skinny to use, so never done that , don’t think many do , but I always inject my long acting in my upper thigh, slightly to the left or right, and I always pinch some skin to have more to buffer the potential pain, even if when injecting it’s a pinch of skin, once needle is in I can let go and as the insulin goes in it is flat .I have learned that if I hit a nerve, I quickly take it out and choose a different spot just a little bit away. I never go close to the belly button as it is far less painful further to the side where there is more fat.I am a normal weight person now, small but not underweight.I practiced to inject on oranges in the hospital , I think technique is important. I could never just be forceful with it on a flat stomach. I have very rarely much pain with the injections. I found lantus stingy and it smelled odd. Now on Tresiba and agree it’s not stingy like some insulins. 4 mm needles are great I think. Best of luck!</blockquote>

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