[acb-diabetics] Insulin pen question

[Alice Ritchhart]

I know when I first started using the pen it was because I was not 
holding the pin right and inserting it crooked which bent the needle. 
When I started grabbing a fold of my abdomine and inserting it 
straight it stopped bending.
Alice

At 07:30 PM 6/28/2010, Paul&Nancy Matulis wrote:
>I question a few things:
>1.Is she injecting into her abdomen?
>2.Is she rotating sites?
>3.Is she applying to much pressure?
>4.Those needles are very short and small...bending the needle, hmmm.
>5.Maybe she needs to have someone go over her technique with her at 
>her doctor's office.
>Not sure I have an answer but more some thoughts. Nancy
>
>--- On Mon, 6/28/10, Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com> wrote:
>
>From: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
>Subject: [acb-diabetics] Insulin pen question
>To: acb-diabetics at acb.org
>Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 6:57 PM
>
>Okay, let's see how I do at describing this. I'm asking this 
>question for someone who isn't online and uses an insulin pen, not 
>sure which brand. So here's the question. As she's had to increase 
>her dosage, when she inserts the needle and then pushes the plunger 
>or whatever you do, when she's finished, she's realizing that the 
>needle is bent. I'm trying to imagine what she could be doing and am 
>wondering if it's just that in the process of holding it there 
>longer to account for the extra insulin, she's either pressing too 
>hard or moving the pen. Not having played with the newer pens 
>myself, how hard is it to hold them steady or straight when going in 
>your abdomin? Thanks for any hints or thoughts any of you may have.
>
>Veronica
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