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My pump sites have just not been cooperating lately.  No matter where I put the canula - it ends up hurting.  A lot.  Enough so that I complain about it. 

 

To give you an idea of what it takes for me to complain - I am a girl who has had external fixators drilled into a bone in my arm for eight weeks and who refused pain killers (other than Tylenol) after two days.  I'm not a sissy.  Not at all.  So these sites are causing me more than a little bit of turmoil.

 

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People have favourite locations to put their pump sites. Olivia is partial to her belly. I know dLife's very own newlywed, Kerri, loves to put sites in her thighs.

 

Over the weekend, while we were at the beach, Olivia decided to try a thigh site, even though she hasn't had much luck with them in the past. Most of the time, she rips them out because she forgets they're there when she takes off her jeans. But it's summer, she's in shorts and she thought she'd give it another try.

 

Sunday morning, we put a site in. Sunday was OK. She had a couple of highs, but they were in the low 200s and, of course, she'd forgotten to put her blood sugar in her pump once or twice, which is her ongoing issue.

 

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For some reason my fingers are not being very nice to me. All day I have had to squeeze my fingers so hard they hurt. They will not give up any blood! I literally tried all of my fingers three times before I finally got enough for my machine.
Now I do remember back in the day when it seemed to take a "gallon" of blood to get a glucose reading so I am thankful it is not that way any longer. But my One Touch takes a much bigger drop then some of the other machines I have used. Unfortunately my insurance will not cover any other strips but the One Touch. Again, I am thankful for that but I just need to vent a little.
My hand hurts from squeezing my fingers. I can hardly feel my poked fingers anyway so you know it's bad when the squeezing hand is hurting. I have tried the alternate site testing but it is hard for me to trust it. (READ MORE)

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Olivia moved her site to her belly and her numbers have been much better. So thighs are definitely out.

 

We talked about it the other night - she's sick of using her belly. It looks awful, full of bumps and keloids and just generally mangled. I'm going to call her CDE at Joslin to see if we can start using her arms again. We're also going to start moving her sites out more towards her sides, in an effort to get around to her backside. Not her butt, because she says that really hurts, especially when she's sleeping, but in that area above the belt, where she still has some padding.

 

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This morning I needed to change my infusion set for my pump.The infusion set is what goes into your body that allows the insulin from the pump to get to you. I change mine every 3 days.

 

I usually always put my sets in on my thighs. I have plenty of fat there and then I can stash the pump in my sock and it leaves belts feeling less like Batman's and keeps my pocket free. 

 

As of late I have noticed that I hurts more then it used to when I put the infusion set in. Also I have been pulling out more sites due to bad absorbtion. 

 

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Olivia is starting to look like a pin cushion. Her stomach is a mass of red marks, scars and bumps. It's not pretty. She refuses to wear a bikini or half shirt because of how her stomach looks (not that this bothers me, mind you!).

The problem we're currently having is that she's got so much scar tissue built up that she's running out of real estate for her sites. She currently uses her arms, her stomach and her lower back.

I'm sure some of you will suggest thigh sites, but she has really bad luck with those. Thigh sites generally make her rollercoaster - she'll be in the 400s in the afternoon and by dinner, be in the 60s. It's bizarre. I've tracked it and she's not over-bolusing or over eating. I think it's an absorption thing. She's got meaty thighs (she can thank me for that one). I don't know if that makes a difference or not; regardless, thigh sites just don't do it.
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By watching my wife's body language while she tests Charlie's blood sugar, I can get a good idea of what the number is before she tells me. A peppy vertical nod of her head generally means he's in range. No reaction whatsoever might indicate a number just out of range or in the low- to mid-200s. A quick shake of the head in anger is likely a number in the 300s.

 

Tight lips as if holding back the most foul word imaginable, eyes to the ceiling and a sharp gasp could mean only one thing. He had to be over 400.

 

Charlie was 480 before he went to bed last night. That would explain his complaints of stomach pain.

 

I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this! I mother-scratchin' hate this!

 

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After several days of using relatively unused abdominal real estate for my infusion sites, I've determined that I had most likely worn out the prime spots, which resulted in some pretty horrendous blood sugar spikes. I guess I should have known it would happen.

 

I have tried in the past to move my sites around. I've gradually moved toward my love handles, I've moved north before, I've even tried a thigh site with less than desirable results. In fact, the results were terrible. Terrible enough that I either yanked the sites after just a few hours or went back to the tried and true spots.

 

Perhaps I should have been more patient. (Story of my life, right?)

 

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I'm very bad about changing my injection sites. I never had trouble with the infusion sets...I'd rotate those each time to a different area. But when it comes to a needle and syringe, I just can't seem to change my habits.

 

So for the last seven years or so, I've been using the easy access areas like my upper left arm, my left hip, and occasionally my abdomen. But after that many years of use, I've seen some odd difficulties here lately.

 

I've used my abdomen quite a few times recently. Long sleeve shirts or layers of clothing don't make my upper arm accessible. And it seems like each time I use my abdomen, my blood sugar plummets. Although I can't exactly say that I didn't misjudge the carbs and amount of exercise, I do feel like it might have something to do with it.

 

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Good news.  Bad news.  Ain't that the way it always goes?

 

Good news.  On Monday, I received my Mini-Link CGM from Minimed.  Thanks to a blessing from people who don't even really know me.  Cool, right?  

 

It's been pretty fantastic to be able to see my bloodsugars in real time.  I've had no problems with calibration and I've been consistently within 5-15 mg/dl points of the CGM for each meter reading.  The swings I've been having are easier to catch before they happen and I haven't had even one low or extreme high since I hooked up on Monday.  Even with three boxing classes this week - tough 900 calorie burning - hour plus work outs.  And I've stayed in range throughout every one of them, since I've known my bloodsugar and the direction it's headed in well in advance.  

 

I honestly couldn't be more thankful.

 

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