This is some tricks i've heard about, but never needed to try, exept for one of them....
1. Cool down the site with ice just before the injection- the ice will numb the skin. Costs less than Emla, and can be used as frequently as needed
2. "poke around" until finding a painfree place (something i used to do a lot until i learned where my good areas are) It's a great way to do painfree injections and also learn where the good and bad spots are...
3. Make sure to be RELAXED when putting the needle in and injecting. Take a very deep breath in, and breathe out then put the needle in- this is especially for stomach injections. I've never needed to try this, but my friend Elina use this technique all the time and think it's great- she's rather skinny...
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen
