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Most effective way of rotating injection sites?

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staffsmatt

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi All,

Just wondering what your take on the best way to rotate injection sites was ie do you change site every injection or inject in one site for a day and then another the next etc...?

I snack a fair amount and split my insulin before / after meals so if i change site every time I can be back at site number 1 in under a day. I tend to stick to 8 sites around my stomach before most meals as that work best for my bolus (with the odd use of my legs as well although that seems to go in a bit erratically). If on the other hand I put all doses for one day in the same general area and then moved on to the next one the day after the areas would get a nice long rest between uses......

Thanks!

Matt
 
For your stomach, BD offer a template you can use to rotate around so that you do a different injection site every time. I used to have something similar for thighs as well: http://www.bd.com/resource.aspx?IDX=8079

You can either select one circle a day and move around within that or you can move to a different circle for each injection in a single day. The choice is yours really.
 
I inject in my stomach only. I mark with a pen where I inject and then move along about a cm each time. 3 1/2 years now and no worries so far. Also lets you know when it's time for a shower.......
 
Bolus doses always went in the stomach and arms and basal in my bum and legs, better to rotate the sites @staffsmatt rather than stick to one area for a day.
 
Cheers all, might give those templates a go. I seem to have radically different bolus acting times for different sites so would be good if I could use the stomach for all meals, I get quite big spikes if I inject in my leg..
 
I use 4 sites a day, each side of the abs and both arms. Probably averaging 6 injections a day.

My thighs i found less effective in insulin uptake and spent years using them on my rotation regime.
 
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