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09-08-2006, 07:00 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,299
| | | Injecting through clothes
I use and InDuo(basically a type of pen) with 31g 0.25 inch = 6.35 millimeter needles and almost always when I inject through my clothes, I run hyper. Instead of the expected 85/4.7 - 100/5.5 I tend to be in the 115/6.3 range.
Could it simply be the fact of injecting through shirt or is there some trick?
I do leave the needle in a bit longer than normal, just to be on the safe side.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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09-08-2006, 12:32 PM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 387
| | | I've been injecting thru clothing for many many years. I use even smaller needles--the 6mm ones. I've never noted any difference in readings--but your readings look fine to me--certainly within the + or -10% margin of error of our meters--in which a reading of 100 (to use an easy number) COULD actually be as low as 90 or as high as 110, a range of error of 20 points at that level. Lighten up and enjoy your excellent control!
Michael
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09-08-2006, 01:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 183
| | When I was on needles, I regularly injected through my clothes, and never ever had a problem!! 
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09-08-2006, 01:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Hogwarts, Hobbiton, the Galactic Milieu &Ks when I have to be here
Posts: 4,299
| | | OK, I see--------you're both saying that something is wrong with me, that I'm a Freak well Thbbptt (quoting Bill the Cat)
Actually, being TypeA/ Anal I Have to have it Exactly So Right Now------drives my wife and friends nuts.
Plus reading all the posts over the years, most people have no trouble when shooting through their clothes---so why am I the oddball exception?
Well, the Welsh have always been known as being under a cloud, as well as the Polish and the Belgians. I can claim connection to all three, plus about 44-45 others.
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09-08-2006, 01:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent, WA USA
Posts: 2,561
| | | I've never injected through my clothes... I've had glucagon through clothes, but not my insulin. I'm not any help to anybody today! LOL |
09-09-2006, 05:37 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel\Edison, NJ
Posts: 266
| | | I'm too chicken to inject through my clothes. Is it really safe to do it on a regular basis? I'm always scared the needle will bend or it will hurt or I won't get the correct amount not to mention infection and such. Should I stop worrying? It could be much more comfortable to do it this way, especially on buisness lunches and such.
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09-09-2006, 07:06 PM
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Posts: 5,389
| | | I injected through clothing pretty regularly also.
I wouldn't exactly call 115 high. |
09-09-2006, 07:35 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 5,912
| | | ummmmm I never did that. Nope not me, I am a good diabetic. NOT!!! Did it every day. hahahaha. Never had a problem with reading or infection.
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09-09-2006, 07:47 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Vermont, 50 miles from nowhere
Posts: 2,236
| | | I inject through my clothes and haven't had any problems with high bg.
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09-09-2006, 08:15 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,461
| | | My dad does it all the time, never has a problem. Me, I've got to SEE the skin before I can inject. Paranoid? Anal? I have no clue! |
09-10-2006, 12:42 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel\Edison, NJ
Posts: 266
| | | Ok I'll start injection through my clothes when I'm in public. Thank you for boosting my confidence. We'll see how it works for me.
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09-10-2006, 02:08 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,213
| | Hey Rz, I've never injected through my clothing since I think that would
feel Yukky(and God knows what else would occur  ). I don't think that
would account for your higher bgl, however.
On the other hand, I don't think giving an accurate injection would suffer
from injecting through clothing.
I think something else just happened to you that day to change your schedule. Sorry Love. 
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09-10-2006, 02:24 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth UK
Posts: 1,513
| | | so people who inject through clothing.... do you not clean your injection spot first?
i usually clean my injection spot with an alcoholic wipe before injecting...
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09-10-2006, 03:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel\Edison, NJ
Posts: 266
| | Stuboy, that's what they tell you when you are first dx'ed. I might be wrong but I doubt anyone on MDI is doing that longer then few months after dx. Now if you just finished a mud wrestling match that's a different issue...
Just did my first injection through my shirt, it seems to have worked just fine
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09-10-2006, 08:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: pa, usa
Posts: 454
| | I always injected throught my shirts, never tried through my pant leg tho.. still do inject with symlin right through my shirts all the time..... 
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