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Do you keep a written or digital log of past injection/pump sites on your body to ensure regular site rotation?
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I write myself reminders in my blood glucose and insulin log to use my left hand for my Lantus injections every other day so that I’m not always taking it on the same side of my body all the time. I take most of my Humalog doses in whichever arm doesn’t have the CGM that day, so that rotates every two weeks, no reminder necessary.
I follow a set rotation of 10 sites that I use to keep things even.
I’m on MDI so the shots tend to add up. I’ll rotate the sides of my stomach for shots, 2 weeks on the left and then 2 weeks on the right. This gives the sides time to heal up.
No I have a regular pattern so just move to the next place in line.
No log- but a technique. I use 6 areas of the abdomen and rotate from one to the next, and within those areas, move up and down and back and forth to use a wide area and try to AVOID SCAR TISSUE.
Me too! Thats what I was going to comment.
No, I just have a pattern I follow. I’ve been religious about rotating sites for all this stuff since first dx’d in 1983, back when they showed me pix of what hypertrophy looked like. Even finger sticks are on a finger-rotation scheme.
I switch back and forth between the backs of my arms and move up and down a bit. If it seems like the insulin isn’t absorbing very well, I switch to legs for a while. CGM is on my abdomen, so I generally don’t use that. Lower back works, but it’s hard to get it on there.
Due to limited area available on my abdomen, I use specific patterns to rotate infusion and cgm sites. Therefore, I don’t feel the need to log them.
Omnipod keeps the record whenever I use a new pod.
I said NO, but I have a regular 12 sight rotation, including my lower back and thighs an addition to my abdomen.
No log for infusion site placement, but I mentally take note and definitely rotate.
My body is its own log of where the sites have been. I’ve been rotating between arms and abdomen since starting a pump years ago and never use the same site twice in a row. Residual marks are my visual cue of what area to avoid when I rotate back to that particular site.
I rotate between 6 sites on a regular basis
I would consider such an app. I have been roasting sites but it is difficult to remember where I left off when switching sides
No however for best practice, I should.
As directed, I only use my libre on my upper arms. I switch arms every 2 weeks with my new sensor. As for my MDI, whatever is convenient or socially acceptable. Won’t drop trousers in a restaurant!
No, I just look for the “Bullet Holes”
I follow a regular rotation pattern but don’t use a log to track it.
I rotate between arms, upper and lower back fat, gluts, thighs, and sometimes lower abdomen and sides of upper abdomen. Iāve had two midline surgeries on my abdomen so the property there is very limited.
š I use the integumentary system. Itās always with me, visible, and I do not have to search for a phone, an app, or a log book.
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Donāt we all use that system? Whatās the alternative to skin? š¤ If any of us get on Jeopardy, weāll be well-prepared by Ahh Life!
I alternate between left & right stomach while also moving up and down, right & left arm, and right & left lower back. I also try to stay a few inches away from my cgm
I can see the red dots where my recent sites were and avoid them. I have a very fair complexion so they are quite visible.
I donāt keep a written record, I just sort of remember. My endo always asks about injection sites, so as a joke, one time I drew a diagram on my abdomen and divided it iMonday thru Sunday and breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime. When he ask about where I put my shots, I raised my shirt. We all had a good laugh.
I did for about 60 years, but not in the last8 years. I follow a pattern with my daily syringe injections so I do not hit the same spot for at least 3 months .. I am about 130 lbs .
Clocks work well to keep me informed of the next pump site. CGM needs to have a log as I don’t go round the same as my pump, but go back and forth and am sometimes confused.
I don’t log my injection sites each day, but I have a straightforward pattern that I use. Since I have the current infusion site as a marker when I change to the new one, I know where I am in the pattern. This pattern changes from side to side to insure that the subsequent placement of the infusion set is not closeby.
1. Each time I change Dexcom sensor, as advised by endo tech, I alternate left of navel, above navel, then to right of navel. 2. I used to inject insulin in butt, legs, arms rotating in each site. Then I learned exercise can cause variation in insulin effectiveness in legs and arms. I thought it scarey weird at first, but finally started injecting insulin(s) in abdomen to maintain more consistent insulin activity. Works better for me. 3. For finger sticks: I avoid sensitive pads. I record left side of finger and thumbs, then do right side of digits, then middle of each digit. Shaking the finger or milking it before jabbing, cuts down on wasted strips. A couple of times in distant past I tried using earlobes and toes for sticks, but bleeding was excessive. Pix of fat atrophy scared me too.
I keep it in my head. Yikes š
No need for manual logging. Because I wear a CGM on my upper arm, I position my infusion site on the same side of my body for ease in sleeping. I go as follows: 1st 3 days on my buttock, 2nd 3-4 days on my stomach, last 3 days on my hip again different spot.
I have a standard rotation I use all the time, so no need to write it down.
I don’t log because I rotate like this my arm to my belly to my leg then the other side so everything heals good before the other round my cgm on the opposite side but backwards but I don’t use my leg instead I use my lower back