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[lesley from Chelmsford]

I've just started to inject my arms with insulin usually do my stomach and legs, for the last two days been doing my arms and my bg has gone up so much since,am I doing something wrong please help

 

[Northerner]

I've just started to inject my arms with insulin usually do my stomach and legs, for the last two days been doing my arms and my bg has gone up so much since,am I doing something wrong please help

Hi Lesley, most people find that different injection sites have different rates of absorption, so this might be part of the reason for the change. Are you using the upper arm, towards the back of the arm? What sort of differences are you seeing, and when are you testing after injecting?

Must admit, I have never used my arms - my most 'popular' injection site is a random place on my bottom/hips (when I say 'random', I mean I try and use a different place each time, and alternate cheeks - sorry if that's too much information! 😱 😉)

This diagram shows the general differences in rates of absorption of the different sites, although it can also vary from person to person. Speed is also faster if you inject somewhere that has a lot of muscle use e.g. arms if doing a lot of lifting, legs if running.

 

[lesley from Chelmsford]

Hi Lesley, most people find that different injection sites have different rates of absorption, so this might be part of the reason for the change. Are you using the upper arm, towards the back of the arm? What sort of differences are you seeing, and when are you testing after injecting?

Must admit, I have never used my arms - my most 'popular' injection site is a random place on my bottom/hips (when I say 'random', I mean I try and use a different place each time, and alternate cheeks - sorry if that's too much information! 😱 😉)

This diagram shows the general differences in rates of absorption of the different sites, although it can also vary from person to person. Speed is also faster if you inject somewhere that has a lot of muscle use e.g. arms if doing a lot of lifting, legs if running.

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I did my blood just before insulin it was 5.1 had dinner checked 5 hrs later it was 18.9 the highest it's been since I've been on insulin usually never goes past 10....thank you for the diagram has come in useful.

 

[Northerner]

I did my blood just before insulin it was 5.1 had dinner checked 5 hrs later it was 18.9 the highest it's been since I've been on insulin usually never goes past 10....thank you for the diagram has come in useful.

That is quite a jump! 😱 There is the possibility that the insulin 'peaked' before your food, so as the food was digesting after the insulin had started to run out, this might be what caused such an unexpected rise in levels. It would be worth testing more frequently next time - maybe even every hour after injecting - in order to get a better picture of what is happening 🙂

 

[lesley from Chelmsford]

Did my blood this morning before breakfast it was 7.7 did it again before lunch it was 11.1 had lunch did it an hour later it was 8.4 did it another hour later it went up to 8.8 don't know what's going on with it....will do it again in 10 mins

 

[lesley from Chelmsford]

Update..... 6.6 going down northerner 😛

 

[Kaylz]

Glad to hear it Lesley 🙂 x

 

[lesley from Chelmsford]

Glad to hear it Lesley 🙂 x

Thank you 🙂