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.

Stomach sites are great for absorption, which means she doesn't have too much subcutaneous scarring going on, just superficial. Her numbers are great when she does a stomach site.

The same holds true for her lower back and arm sites. She's been laying off the arm sites, doing maybe one a month, because she had some hypertrophy there 6 months ago. The endo told her to spare her arms, so that's when we started going to her back.

If her numbers are good, should I just disregard the scarring? Is there anything she can do about it? I don't have a lot of money to spend on scar creams, especially if they aren't going to do any good.

Olivia wanted me to ask you guys what other sites you use? She'll give just about anything a try, although I think she'd draw the line at chest or inner thigh sites - both of which she saw at camp. I can't imagine doing either of those! Bleurgh!

So what say you? Any words of wisdom? Any tips for minimizing/reducing scarring? Let me know....