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

Tue Nov 15 21:32:32 UTC 2016

Everett

I have extreme scar tissue all over--diabetic for about 37 yrs so injecting
10+ times a day over that has given me huge scar tissue with adsorption
issues using those long 1 inch needles for so long. ...and so agree...why
is there not research on this.
But the big question is--wow, never thought of the area between the nipple
and arm pit--never thought I had enough fat there (and of course no doctor
has ever suggested it but we all know if you are a diabetic we have
different tricks up our sleeves), but you are saying this is a great area
for you and have not run into issues?
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via
Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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