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Hi John - welcome to the forum although you're not very new as you joined just after me! I had been lurking for a long time though. I am a type 2 as well but don't have to inject - yet. Somebody who does will soon be along to give you tips though.

Welcome.

Do all T2 end up injecting then or does it depend on your control?

No not all T2's end up injecting by any means. It depends on your BG levels and control and its not always possible to get them down without having to inject any of a variety of medications. Or take oral medication as you do. Injecting is certainly not inevitable. Often you don't need any medication at all. I shouldn't have said "yet" in my post as it gave the wrong impression. :shock: Sorry to scare you unnecessarily.

Hi jollyrambler.

I'm T2 but not on insulin so can't help you there, but a warm welcome.

Hi Jollyrambler,
I too am a type 2 on insulin, and I know what you mean about sore injection sites, I inject into my abdomen and it gets very sore. Have you tried injecting into your upper arm? It's not a very easy place to inject into, but if you sit down and press the back of your arm onto the back of the chair it should force the muscle and fat to come forward and make injecting into the right bit much easier, I hope this works for you, it's not nice having sore injection sites, I inject 5x a day, so I do know where you are coming from. I hope this has been helpful :?

Chrissy

Hi John and welcome to the forum, I'm T2 on oral meds and diet, but I used to use insulin.

I don't recall suffering any soarness, perhaps I was lucky but I did move my injection sites about a lot. I was injecting 4 times a day and I imagined eight spots ranging from my belly button to my, erm shall we say my love handles And every injection I took was a couple of inches apart and I alternated so one day I injected on my right side on a line just above my belly button and the next day I would do the same on the left. The third day I would swap sides again but also inject along a line just bellow my belly button etc etc etc

I was told that if you inject constantly in the same places you can run into problems. Hope this is some help

hya john and a warm welcome