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Occasional pain when injecting

@mashedupmatt I am currently on no Levemir at night thanks to late evening exercise hauling haylage and feed buckets half a mile up the hill 3x each evening on my back as my car is in the garage but I need a big dose in the morning which has been surprisingly consistent at 22u over the last 4 years. I can get it down to 20u if I really push the boat out exercise wise for several consecutive days but not sustainable.
 
rebrascora said:
@mashedupmatt I am currently on no Levemir at night thanks to late evening exercise hauling haylage and feed buckets half a mile up the hill 3x each evening on my back as my car is in the garage but I need a big dose in the morning which has been surprisingly consistent at 22u over the last 4 years. I can get it down to 20u if I really push the boat out exercise wise for several consecutive days but not sustainable.
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I go from 4 to 1 - love the flexibility
 
Me too! Think we may have to hold a wake or memorial service when it is gone! I am really going to miss it!
 
rebrascora said:
Me too! Think we may have to hold a wake or memorial service when it is gone! I am really going to miss it!
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Will have to start our own thread for that one "Levemir Appreciation Society" - "RIP Levemir" - "Stop Prioritising Weight Loss Drugs" - I could go on 🙂
 
I'm right with you Matt!
 
At the mo I'm on 20 units of basal but I split it evenly morning and evening. If I was doing it all in one go I'd split it between two sites, to avoid putting all 20 into one spot. Less chance of a bad "Lantus low" too.

On my carb counting course there was a T2 guy who needed hundreds of units a day, his insulin to carb ratio was pretty much 1:1 so his poor stomach must have been like a pincushion.
 
Hi Folks,
Do you know the reason why I started this thread?
It was because, at around 9 am yesterday morning, my foot was so damn painful.

I have sciatica - a self-inflicted injury caused by trying to lift the end of a shed when I should have waited for some help to arrive.
Instead I almost succeeded, but one last effort caused something to give in my back and I've spent the last 25 years with a damaged back and so much pain in my foot.
I'd ruptured a disc in my lower back which, in turn, had squashed my sciatic nerve. So although the disc is removed, the nerve is still damaged. However, the pain isn't in the root of the nerve, but in it's endings - in my foot.
I've been on morphine for it because of the severity of the pain but that's not permitted for such use now.

So my foot was hurting a lot and I needed something to take my mind off it - so I thought up a question.
And it's kept me (and you all) busy all day - while the pain has been totally forgotten for the day!
Most excellent outcome and I can't thank you all enough - better than painkillers any day!
 
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Really sorry to hear you have such bad sciatica. I have had short spells of it occasionally throughout my life so can really sympathise as clearly yours is a much worse and very long term situation. For me a few visits to the osteopath and walking really helps to sort it out but the nagging pain down my leg when I get it is really hard work.
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I am pleased we managed to distract you enough to give you a bit of relief. Hope it is a little easier today.
 
rebrascora said:
Really sorry to hear you have such bad sciatica. I have had short spells of it occasionally throughout my life so can really sympathise as clearly yours is a much worse and very long term situation. For me a few visits to the osteopath and walking really helps to sort it out but the nagging pain down my leg when I get it is really hard work.
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I am pleased we managed to distract you enough to give you a bit of relief. Hope it is a little easier today.
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Would it be so easy to ease! You're so lucky, relatively speaking. No way - they've tried accupuncture, heat, sound, aromatherapy, medicine and a probe onto the nerve - all to no real avail.
And yes, thanks, it is somewhat better today. A lot depends on how much or how well I sleep. Last nights' sleep wasn't great but the night before it was almost non-existent. Treatment for cancer and for COPD both tend to disrupt sleep - but that's life.
And thanks for your comment - much appreciated.
 
Yes, sorry, I wasn't suggesting that those things would work for your obviously much more serious issue. Rather I was saying that I was lucky that those things worked, but also that I could empathise even if my situation was trivial by comparison as the pain can be mind numbing. .
 
rebrascora said:
Yes, sorry, I wasn't suggesting that those things would work for your obviously much more serious issue. Rather I was saying that I was lucky that those things worked, but also that I could empathise even if my situation was trivial by comparison as the pain can be mind numbing. .
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Barbara, in no way was I taking issue with you - in fact I very much appreciated your thoughts.
When I said, "Would it be so easy to ease" I was saying that I wish that my pain was as easy to cure as yours.

Pain, can ideed, be very mind-numbing, as I well know.
Bad pain can prevent all thoughts; can destroy marriages and can kill people. My pain is often quite severe and yet there are many, many others in far worse pain than I. They're people who make me feel humble.
 
Sorry to read about your various pains. It must be frustrating to have to deal with it for so long.

Maybe this can distract you a little:
Your name reminded me why the Buzzards we get in the UK are called Common Buzzards. It is not because there is another rarer type.
In the olden days (even before I had diabetes), birds of prey were used to hunt. The king pronounced that the bird you could use for hunting was based upon your rank. For example, Dukes could hunt with Goshawks and Lords could hunt with Peregrine Falcons. And so it went through the various ranks of gentry.
The "common man" was not happy with this because all the hunting birds of prey appeared to be taken. So the King gave him/us the Buzzard. Not a great hunter (or ok to hunt for himself but won't give up its prey) but it is the only option for the Commoner. Hence, it became known as the Common Buzzard.
 
I did say you learn a lot of interesting non-diabetes stuff here on the forum too!
 

Hey helli​

Believe it or not I used to have a buzzzard as a kind of pet. Well, I looked after it after it was found with a damaged wing. It was a young one that needed lots of body-building (for want of a description) to get it to fly again. I worked in my spare time at a local bird rescue, so I got the job.
It was a lovely creature (female) and I spent ages in their flight aviary getting the buzzard to pounce (on dead mice) and generally encouraging it to fly, within the limitations of the aviary.
I'm delighted to say that one day they decreed that it was fit to fly free, so we took it up on the downs where other buzzards were and let it go. Annoyingly I've no idea if it thrived but it was ringed by us so we'd probably have known if a body had been found lying around so hopefully it thrived.
 
helli said:
Sorry to read about your various pains. It must be frustrating to have to deal with it for so long.

Maybe this can distract you a little:
Your name reminded me why the Buzzards we get in the UK are called Common Buzzards. It is not because there is another rarer type.
In the olden days (even before I had diabetes), birds of prey were used to hunt. The king pronounced that the bird you could use for hunting was based upon your rank. For example, Dukes could hunt with Goshawks and Lords could hunt with Peregrine Falcons. And so it went through the various ranks of gentry.
The "common man" was not happy with this because all the hunting birds of prey appeared to be taken. So the King gave him/us the Buzzard. Not a great hunter (or ok to hunt for himself but won't give up its prey) but it is the only option for the Commoner. Hence, it became known as the Common Buzzard.
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Totally fascinating - I love our 'Domestic History'. I've books on the Economic History of England in the Middle Ages and details of that kind are so absorbing. Sadly they're not part of history, as in, history that's taught in schools, so one day such important trivia will disappear.
Good on you for bringing it to the fore - I hope that those who read your comments remember them well.

And also, thanks for your thoughts on my pains. Like anything, we get used to such things, so generally my pains are all part of life. Except occasionally when they get bad...
 
OldBuzzard said:

Hey helli​

Believe it or not I used to have a buzzzard as a kind of pet. Well, I looked after it after it was found with a damaged wing. It was a young one that needed lots of body-building (for want of a description) to get it to fly again. I worked in my spare time at a local bird rescue, so I got the job.
It was a lovely creature (female) and I spent ages in their flight aviary getting the buzzard to pounce (on dead mice) and generally encouraging it to fly, within the limitations of the aviary.
I'm delighted to say that one day they decreed that it was fit to fly free, so we took it up on the downs where other buzzards were and let it go. Annoyingly I've no idea if it thrived but it was ringed by us so we'd probably have known if a body had been found lying around so hopefully it thrived.
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You are the Kes of the Buzzard world
I am quite jealous as I think birds of prey are amazing.

At the same time as I learnt about the Common Buzzard, I learned the rule is now that a bird born in captivity remains in captivity and a bird born in the wild should be returned to the wild. With a tag as you did.

I am no expert, just remember a few things from the show at the Welsh Bird of Prey Centre at the Welsh National Gardens (and possibly the best bit but don't tell gardeners).
 
Insulin or any substance injected cold such as from a fridge can sting a little, in use insulin can be kept at room temperature which makes things more comfortable.

Also think some needles now just blunt to easily, unlike BD needles years back. Before moving to pump gp prescribed non BD needles which I'd used for years, compared to BD they were chalk & cheese.
 
nonethewiser said:
Insulin or any substance injected cold such as from a fridge can sting a little, in use insulin can be kept at room temperature which makes things more comfortable.

Also think some needles now just blunt to easily, unlike BD needles years back. Before moving to pump gp prescribed non BD needles which I'd used for years, compared to BD they were chalk & cheese.
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Hi nonethewiser
Thank heavens that the current guide says to keep your insulin in the fridge but to take it out at least 30 minutes before use. Guess that's been the rule for ages.

Also, thank heavens, I've only been offered and used BD needles. Ones nowadays are brilliantly sharp - they slide in with no catch at all and at just 4mm they're tiny! Totally painless 99% of the time - except for the rare instances this thread is all about.
I do sympathise with you people who had to put up with larger and less efficient needles - it must have been some kind of purgatory to know that you had to inject but that it was going to drag and probably cause pain too.
 
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