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Sorry for yet again another post.....I am using 5mm needles but I near enough always bruise with them, would I be better off with 4mm??
 
ohitsnicola said:
Sorry for yet again another post.....I am using 5mm needles but I near enough always bruise with them, would I be better off with 4mm??
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Do you bruise easily anyway? Could you simply be pushing too hard ? Why not ask to try the 4mm needles if you think it will make a difference?
 
urbanracer said:
Do you bruise easily anyway? Could you simply be pushing too hard ? Why not ask to try the 4mm needles if you think it will make a difference?
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Nope I don't and I never bruised when on the pump either and they was a 6mm it's confusing me!
 
ohitsnicola said:
Nope I don't and I never bruised when on the pump either and they was a 6mm it's confusing me!
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What make of needle have they given you - GlucoRX Finepoint? Some people don't like these, although I use them and don't have a problem myself. Some people have been switched over from BD Micro-Fine as GP surgeries try to save money.
 
urbanracer said:
What make of needle have they given you - GlucoRX Finepoint? Some people don't like these, although I use them and don't have a problem myself. Some people have been switched over from BD Micro-Fine as GP surgeries try to save money.
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I am using BD at the moment that's all I have ever used!
 
@ohitsnicola I used BD for years then randomly started bruising for no reason at all (my stomach is covered in red marks now!!) So I asked my nurse to let me 'experiment' with different needles and found that 'MyLife' penfine needles are just as good as BD & NO bruises!

I hadnt actually heard of those needles before & still dont know anyone that uses them but might be worth a shot.

How did you get on with the new nurse??
 
mammamia2006 said:
@ohitsnicola I used BD for years then randomly started bruising for no reason at all (my stomach is covered in red marks now!!) So I asked my nurse to let me 'experiment' with different needles and found that 'MyLife' penfine needles are just as good as BD & NO bruises!

I hadnt actually heard of those needles before & still dont know anyone that uses them but might be worth a shot.

How did you get on with the new nurse??
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I will have to give that ago i completely forgot to ask her as I had so much to ask but it went really well really happy now im covered in yellow bruises! X
 
Oh nothing better lol. I have clinic today & seriously cant be bothered but needs must. :(

Only keeping it in my head I am treating myself to a new pair of boots if my HbA1C is better than last time lol :D

Glad it went ok. Xx
 
mammamia2006 said:
Oh nothing better lol. I have clinic today & seriously cant be bothered but needs must. :(

Only keeping it in my head I am treating myself to a new pair of boots if my HbA1C is better than last time lol :D

Glad it went ok. Xx
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For a minute i thought you said boobs lmao! What was your last hba1c??? Xx
 
Nah, dont need them replaced (yet!!) Lol.

I am sooo happy, for the 1st time in my entire life, it was only 43. :D:D:D It was 120 in May when I decided to become a good kid again so major happy.

Gutted though coz the boots I wanted werent available in my size :( Hubby bought me a bike instead though :D
 
mammamia2006 said:
Nah, dont need them replaced (yet!!) Lol.

I am sooo happy, for the 1st time in my entire life, it was only 43. :D:D:D It was 120 in May when I decided to become a good kid again so major happy.

Gutted though coz the boots I wanted werent available in my size :( Hubby bought me a bike instead though :D
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Bloody hell thats amazing!!! Well done you! How did you manage that??? :) bike and boots well deserved lol!
 
ohitsnicola said:
Bloody hell thats amazing!!! Well done you! How did you manage that??? :) bike and boots well deserved lol!
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LOTS of stress, help from people on here & the thought of 'do or die'. Quite shocked that its as low as that. Dr was in shock when she read it :) xx
 
mammamia2006 said:
I never even used to care about mine, May was the 1st time I've been to clinic since I was 14 lol xx
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Oh my god seriously?? Well you have done incredibly well then!! Did you get a telling off for not going clinic?? Xx
 
Nah, 1st time I went we were speaking about splitting my lantus, they told me not to, my nurse phoned me a week later & asked how I was getting on after splitting it, I was surprised at her but she said she remembered seeing me in hospital & knew I would only ask about something after I had done it lol. Xx
 
mammamia2006 said:
Nah, 1st time I went we were speaking about splitting my lantus, they told me not to, my nurse phoned me a week later & asked how I was getting on after splitting it, I was surprised at her but she said she remembered seeing me in hospital & knew I would only ask about something after I had done it lol. Xx
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That's really good that you have had a good experience hopefully that stays that way lol good luck :) xx
 
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