I think the point with both devices is that with repeated doses of insulin to the same area through any method, syringe, pen or cannula the effect of hardening/lumps developing in the fat is still there - in fact while cannulas remove the bruising that I get with pens (less or never with syringes) the impact of the repeated injections of insulin is greater.
The i-port also looks to protrude quite a distance, in fact it's 8.5mm which is quite a protrusion, it's 38mm diameter as well, so knocking it could lead to a rather nice bruise.
The Insuflon is a bit tricky to administer the first time, its a small version of the same cannulas used in hospitals, better I find to get someone to insert it for you - the needle is rather long and needs to travel at a shallow angle under your skin and into your fat.
However, once inserted its safe and is very low profile - 3mm tops? And is therefore very durable to the knocks of kids, animals, clothes etc.
It might also be awkward in bed. And I am not going any further on that topic!
I was staggered by the online price of the i-port, coming in at ?8.39 every three days or every port. Considering there looks to be a lot less of it than other devices the price seems a little steep.
Still to control the bruising for the odd week its good.
Removing the pain from injecting, well, use the right size needle, change them every time you inject, don't use alcohol swabs to clean the skin and take care to change where you inject and you should find injecting insulin fairly painless.
Many people have more of an issue with putting a needle into themselves, cannulas of any type always use a longer and wider needle, it has to be in order to get the delivery tube into the right position. So does it overcome that problem?
