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The needles are so nearly painless (only hurt if I hit a nerve ending on rare occasions) there’s a hazard of double dosing.  Without the ouchy, it’s easy to forget I already took my shot.      Solved that problem by using different pens for am, noon and pm shots, then placing the used pens upside down in the stack.  Start and end the day with all the pens pointing in the same direction.  BTW, I stack the pens in a beer stein (might as well use it for something, since my beer drinking days are history).      I’d be tempted by a needle alternative if it offered an advantage in terms of cost and fiddle.  The pens are expensive and a hassle to futz with. But alas, an earth-shaking improvement doesn’t seem imminent.

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I took a few days to get over it. I was phobic about needles.  I had had malaria as a child, and had to have "finger sticks" regularly.  What they used for a "finger stick" then was basicly a sharp bent piece of metal.  Each "stick" took about 10 days to heal., by which time, they were arround to that finger again. THEN there were all the shots for various things.  Needles were reusable, and THICK.  You can now get ball point pens which are thinner!   They had to be, because after using them, they autoclaved them, and used them again, and again, and again.  Most shots were IM, and they were given SLOWLY by the doctor.  Which means that, if you flinched at ALL, the tip moved, INSIDE your arm, and hurt WORSE, so you flinched again, so…. OR, he could give them fast, in which case you didn’t have to worry about flinching, you didn’t notice a mere flinch with all THAT pain/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – My bG has remained high after diagnosis so I may have to start insulin. I found an article that talks about alternatives to needles. A timed release insulin patch that goes on the arm sounds pretty good to me. Here’s the link: http://12.42.224.153/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStory0617200223.htm John C   The thought of injections just about made me sick to my stomach when I first started.  It took about 10 minutes to lose that  fear. In general, the injections hurt less than the finger prick for bG tests. Also, you’re allowed to fiddle with the injection sites until you find some area which is near pain-free for you. I normally inject in the thigh.  However, in restaurants, I shoot through my clothes and therefore must use my abdomen because the pain sensations let me know I am doing it right.  I could zip into the men’s room,  drop my pants and shoot in a pain-free area. . .but it’s just not worth it. The problem with the alternate delivery sites is the difficulty in regulating the dose.  When I shoot 7 units, I want 7 units in my fat layer right now.  Not 6, not 9, not 5 now and 3 later. . .7. . .right now. . . with good reason.   The alternate delivery systems don’t give that control. Regards   Old Al

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My bG has remained high after diagnosis so I may have to start insulin. I found an article that talks about alternatives to needles. A timed release insulin patch that goes on the arm sounds pretty good to me. Here’s the link: http://12.42.224.153/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStory0617200223.htm John C

  The thought of injections just about made me sick to my stomach when I first started.  It took about 10 minutes to lose that  fear. In general, the injections hurt less than the finger prick for bG tests. Also, you’re allowed to fiddle with the injection sites until you find some area which is near pain-free for you. I normally inject in the thigh.  However, in restaurants, I shoot through my clothes and therefore must use my abdomen because the pain sensations let me know I am doing it right.  I could zip into the men’s room,  drop my pants and shoot in a pain-free area. . .but it’s just not worth it. The problem with the alternate delivery sites is the difficulty in regulating the dose.  When I shoot 7 units, I want 7 units in my fat layer right now.  Not 6, not 9, not 5 now and 3 later. . .7. . .right now. . . with good reason.   The alternate delivery systems don’t give that control. Regards   Old Al

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thats still in the works.. and personally I wouldn’t trust another type of insulin delievery system., the needles dont hurt… matter fact i’d rather inject then I would test.. but they go together.. — RK [T1 - dx 5/00]-[Lantus/Novolog]-[Experiments in progress...] http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org http://www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/faq http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/files/zl-mirc.exe (chatroom software/verified clean w/Norton) Current Troll List: See ASD site for current list and how to killfile

: My bG has remained high after diagnosis so I may have to start insulin. I : found an article that talks about alternatives to needles. A timed release : insulin patch that goes on the arm sounds pretty good to me. : : Here’s the link: : http://12.42.224.153/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStory0617200223.htm : : : : John C : :

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My bG has remained high after diagnosis so I may have to start insulin. I found an article that talks about alternatives to needles. A timed release insulin patch that goes on the arm sounds pretty good to me. Here’s the link: http://12.42.224.153/HealthNews/reuters/NewsStory0617200223.htm John C

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