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11/13/09 08:26 PM

"rotating insulin injection sites - possible absorption issues- how to recover absorption?"
Asked By: greenie  
Category: Other

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I inject novolog 70/30 before breakfast and dinner. I rotate sites when the current target looks used up or gets hard/ lumpyeg. left thight then right then left abdomen then right ab then back to left thigh. The problem is that the left thigh seems to not want to recover and readings are highter threre than the other leg and abs. I am using novolog's pen and short needles.

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11/19/09 10:18 AM

Dear Grennie- Thank-you for contacting dLife.com. It sounds like you are doing a good job with the intention of rotating sites. I would like you to consider something you wrote. That you rotate when the site looks used up. You don't know what is going on underneath the skin. When you are feeling the hardness you have already developed what is called hyperdystrophy.

I would suggest that you rotate with every injection in a clock like fashion or a grid fashion. The best absorption site is the abdomen, then the back of the arms then the thigh then the buttocks. Most of us have "a lot of real estate".

SInce you know you have areas of poor absorption in the left thigh stop using it for at least 6 months. At your next health care visit review you technique with your provider. Are you using a new needle each time?

This is an area that can be addressed and well managed. Healthy regards for your continued your good self management.]

Answered By: Janet HowardDucsay
Accreditations: RN BSN CDE
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