[Diabetes-talk] Insulin Pumps, and Scar Tissue from Years of Syringes

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Not sure of any research. But this also depends on the person. I took
injections for 20 years, and have been using a pump for 12 years now, and
I've not experienced this problem myself. But I know scar tissue is a
problem for a lot of long-time diabetics, whether they take injections or
use a pump. Some have more problems than others. It can also depend if the
area you inject/place set is a fatty area or not. Typically places on the
body with more fat stores absorb insulin better. Regardless, if it's not
already, it is something that should be looked into.

Bridgit

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Everett Gavel via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 12:44 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Cc: Everett Gavel <everett at everettgavel.com>
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Insulin Pumps, and Scar Tissue from Years of
Syringes

Hello All,

I've recently realized an amazing difference in my insulin absorption with
my insulin pump that I've been using for I believe it's going on 3 years
now. Might be 2 years, though. I'm getting rather forgetful anymore. That's
what years of pretending you don't have Diabetes gets you. It's amazing how
much you learn after those teenage years when you know it all. Anyway, about
the insulin absorption... 

I thought I'd been safely sticking my tubing in spots where there wasn't
any, or at least very little, scar tissue from the decades of multiple
syringe pokes per day since I was 10 years old, y'know? Up along the edge of
my rib cage, above my belly button, on my kidney areas, etc. Places I
wouldn't have and don't think I did, stick nearly inch-long needles into
when I was using syringes, y'know? 

But I just the other day, almost a week ago now, tried sticking the site up
on the side of my chest area, between my nipple and my arm pit, basically.
And what a surprise, my blood sugars have not registered this well for this
many days in a row for years. Possibly decades. Seriously. I've had near
perfect sugar levels for almost a week straight now, and I'm not doing
anything different than I have been for the last couple/few years.
The only difference that I can recognize is that the injection/tubing site
is in a place where I have never, ever stuck a needle in my life. And so I'm
recognizing that not only over the last few months where I've been having
trouble finding sites where it will absorb decently through my scar tissue,
but it looks now like even when I thought it was absorbing okay most times,
it hadn't really been. Because I'm telling you, this past week has felt
great! 

Now, my question to you all is, has there been any research done on getting
injection sites for insulin pumps that will penetrate past and/or through
scar tissue, to absorb better? Because it seems that others like me, who've
been taking syringe shots multiple times per day for decades, might have
problems like this too. And as we continue on, the scar tissue isn't going
to dissipate or lessen, but rather, get worse. So, has any big pharma
company been researching how to help life-long type 1 diabetics absorb
insulin better as they age and deal with growing scar tissue?


Thanks,
Everett




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