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Permalink Reply by pancreaswanted on January 7, 2013 at 2:43pm

bill, the happy diabetic also does a video on injecting in your arm against a door frame. i still have not got the guts to do it. i dont know, it seems too close to my face...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFSaRF8KUmw

when i was on lantus it burned and was sore for like 30 minutes after injecting. such a pain i the arse that i got my basal changed to levemir. no burn now.

sometimes an injection will hurt but i always find theyre bleeders, those ones that hurt. touching a blood vessel? so gross, this whole business...

i dont get bruising all the time, here and there. after getting a really big one after trying to do my lantus shot still laying down in bed i learned my lesson...

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Permalink Reply by pancreaswanted on January 7, 2013 at 2:44pm

ah, and i use the tiniest nano bds and the cde told me i wouldnt have to pinch anything with them, if youre gonna go for the arm. good luck!ç

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Permalink Reply by Shawnmarie on January 8, 2013 at 7:33am

I inject in the love handle area and below it. I don't have a lot of padding and that's where it's the greatest. I get tiny bruises sometimes, but rarely any pain and I'm not getting any bumps. I also use the Nano and don't pinch up. The insert with the needles says not to.

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Permalink Reply by Chris_H on January 10, 2013 at 8:29pm

I used to bruise when my insulin was refrigerated, I started keeping the bottles I was using at room temperature and it worked better. I also used a spring activated device, I think it was called Autojector, and I could give myself a shot without putting any pressure on my skin.
Cheers
-Chris

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Permalink Reply by Toddy on January 15, 2013 at 5:48pm

I prefer the longer needles. I swab with alcohol, a lot of it, and then inject. Also, the nurse at my clinic told me to constantly rotate to different areas of my abdomen. So I pretty much never use the same area twice in a row.
I want to use my arms and thighs but I am lean (145 pounds)so it is hard to grab fat anywhere except my abdomen.
My injections, for the most part, are pretty painless...unless I am in a rush (which is bad I know) and just jam the needle in.

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Permalink Reply by Howie767 on February 3, 2013 at 4:44am

With the Nano pen tips you are not supposed to pinch the skin. If you pinch the skin the insulin will not go to the correct depth. My ex-CDE said you can even stretch the skin slightly. She claimed that the Nano gives better absorption. I have seen product literature than supports this. Very awkward to pinch the arms for an injection unless you use a door frame or something.

I use Nanos and have no problems. I use a standard 12.7 mm syringe for B12 injections and even at a slight angle, the penetration really hurts. For insulin I use the stomach and arms. My legs are too painful even with the nano. You should avoid the navel area.

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