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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 1857960" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>May I ask if you are picking nice areas of skin with some fat??? </p><p></p><p>Two sides to this... it sounds as if you are tensing up which doesn’t help but, I wonder if 4mm injections are the best length for you? </p><p></p><p>Levemir can sting and with 28 units that’s going to be more likely than someone giving 5 units..</p><p></p><p>If the needle isn’t going in to the skin at the right depth, this can cause extra stinging. I don’t know what size you are or whether you are muscly and lean like me which needs 4mm injections or whether you could do with 6 mm ones to get the insulin dispersed better in the skin.</p><p></p><p>There is also injection sites to consider.. for me if I can feel it when it just enters my skin, I move the needle to another area. I have too much muscle in my stomach to inject there but I have the most muscle on legs and cheeks of bum. No discomfort in those areas and used them coming on for 40 years now...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 1857960, member: 17713"] May I ask if you are picking nice areas of skin with some fat??? Two sides to this... it sounds as if you are tensing up which doesn’t help but, I wonder if 4mm injections are the best length for you? Levemir can sting and with 28 units that’s going to be more likely than someone giving 5 units.. If the needle isn’t going in to the skin at the right depth, this can cause extra stinging. I don’t know what size you are or whether you are muscly and lean like me which needs 4mm injections or whether you could do with 6 mm ones to get the insulin dispersed better in the skin. There is also injection sites to consider.. for me if I can feel it when it just enters my skin, I move the needle to another area. I have too much muscle in my stomach to inject there but I have the most muscle on legs and cheeks of bum. No discomfort in those areas and used them coming on for 40 years now... [/QUOTE]
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