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Thread: Injection sites

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#25 (permalink)

03-18-2008, 01:34 PM

Real4

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I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Oct 2007

Location: NE USA

Posts: 202

Quote:

Originally Posted by spike

Not to alarm you, but the ONE time in 18 years of MDI that i injected in my calf, I hit a vein and nearly bit the dust.

Wouldn't this be mostly a problem with your large basal shot(s)? If you were injecting a bolus (and it was correct), then you'd be eating to cover the insulin right away (or soon) in any case. Or, does all the insulin hit immediately so that you don't have time to eat?