Comments on: Alternate sites http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/ Blog for the diabetics who use an insulin pump to control diabetes Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: colin_140 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24507 colin_140 Sat, 03 Sep 2005 08:27:28 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24507 Hi Bart: You can use a 6mm Rapid and place it in the fatty part of your upper arm. Just remember that if you are very active you may have slightly more rapid absorption....Joan:))))) Hi Bart:
You can use a 6mm Rapid and place it in the fatty part of your upper arm.
Just remember that if you are very active you may have slightly more rapid
absorption….Joan:)))))

]]> By: Bradford Dean http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24495 Bradford Dean Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:32:29 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24495 > I did it once in my arm but it was pretty difficult w/o a 3rd or 4th hand. I > didn't like the tubing going up my sleeve and down my side. I use the 42" > tubing but I just didn't like it. Take one site out of 17 yrs so don't recall >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tired it once with the rapids and had to pull it out because I was getting so many lows. You have to be carefull when using the arms because you can get a lot of lows especially if you use your arms a lot in the work that you do. Plus it was very uncomfortable for me but some people do like it/ So the best bet is to give it a shot and see how it works for you. The buttocks works fine for me but like Jan has pointed out is is very hard for some people to insert. <!--more--> Frank > I did it once in my arm but it was pretty difficult w/o a 3rd or 4th hand.
I
> didn’t like the tubing going up my sleeve and down my side. I use the 42"
> tubing but I just didn’t like it. Take one site out of 17 yrs so don’t
recall
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I tired it once with the rapids and had to pull it out because I was getting
so many lows. You have to be carefull when using the arms because you can
get a lot of lows especially if you use your arms a lot in the work that you
do. Plus it was very uncomfortable for me but some people do like it/ So the
best bet is to give it a shot and see how it works for you.
The buttocks works fine for me but like Jan has pointed out is is very hard
for some people to insert.


Frank

]]> By: hines7 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24491 hines7 Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.diabetic.netslonguirado.com/2005/08/22/alternate-sites/#comment-24491 my daughter uses her arms for sites, she uses rapids and runs the tubing up the sleeve and down to her pants. we get longer tubing and smaller needles for this. Kathy florida mom to Maria 21 graduate of the police academy Jonathan 16 adhd bipolar Veronica almost 15 Alisha 11 dx T1 2-2-98 pumping 1-6-00 add, depression, and grandma to Paige 3 my daughter uses her arms for sites, she uses rapids and runs the tubing up
the sleeve and down to her pants.
we get longer tubing and smaller needles for this.

Kathy
florida
mom to
Maria 21 graduate of the police academy
Jonathan 16 adhd bipolar
Veronica almost 15
Alisha 11 dx T1 2-2-98 pumping 1-6-00 add, depression,
and grandma to
Paige 3

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