When I was younger I didn't change needles for weeks/months and did 99% of injections in my stomach which has resulted in 2 huge lipo lumps. These have been there for over 20 years and show no signs of reducing. My injection regime has been sensible/correct for some 15+ years now having not injected into my stomach during this time. Can anything be done to reduce or remove these Lipo Lumps? For the past 6 months or so I have been exercising regularly to improve my fitness. My Diabetes is stable and well controlled with an Estimated A1c of 7.4 % or 57 mmol/mol. My blood sugars very rarely fall outside of the 4.0 to 8.5 rage
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Lipo Lumps
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Hi @Blueboat welcome to the forum. Massage can help, but if you have had them for a long time and/or they are quite large it may not work.
Liposuction works to remove them, though I’m not sure if this would be available through NHS. Well worth a chat with your doctor to see if they can refer you for this though, if it is reducing your available sites and you have tried all you can to get rid of them without success, it would seem a reasonable request.
Liposuction works to remove them, though I’m not sure if this would be available through NHS. Well worth a chat with your doctor to see if they can refer you for this though, if it is reducing your available sites and you have tried all you can to get rid of them without success, it would seem a reasonable request.
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Sorry to hear about your lipos @Blueboat
I have a section of my abdomen that stubbornly refused any number of sit-ups and crunches when I was a gym member for 5 years or so, which similar to yours was caused by easy-access-overuse when on MDI. As @LucyDUK says, the only thing that was suggested to me to be a sure-fire solution was surgery... And mine arent troubling enough for that.
Well done on your great results. Slightly surprised your A1c isnt lower given the great BG results you’ve suggested. Not that 7.4% (57mmol/L) is anything to be sniffed at!
I have a section of my abdomen that stubbornly refused any number of sit-ups and crunches when I was a gym member for 5 years or so, which similar to yours was caused by easy-access-overuse when on MDI. As @LucyDUK says, the only thing that was suggested to me to be a sure-fire solution was surgery... And mine arent troubling enough for that.
Well done on your great results. Slightly surprised your A1c isnt lower given the great BG results you’ve suggested. Not that 7.4% (57mmol/L) is anything to be sniffed at!
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Lipo always looks a tad violent to me though - like it might be likely to cause more damage.
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I would worry that Liposuction would damage the ability of the tissue to absorb insulin effectively and uniformly in the future (I don't know if that is the case), but I guess if you have lipo lumps in that area it won't absorb properly anyway so you have nothing to lose (except money perhaps) and cosmetic improvement to gain at the least.
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