Injection sites

I read on another topic that BI is better injected in the leg? I've never heard this and have been injecting BI in stomach for years! Should I vary the site of BI or stick to the same place i.e. I inject it on one side of my stomach and QA everywhere else.

I think it varies from person to person considering its up to you where you inject it...
I've usually been advised to inject in the slowest area (the buttocks) but some inject their leg, and I think someone said they injected their stomach as well like you.

Personally, I do as the HCP have told me over the years - I tend to inject BI into my buttocks, swapping sides/cheeks to prevent lipohypertrophy (saying that, if I have to as a last resort, I inject my thigh). To be honest, I'm more comfortable with putting a large dose in my buttocks than say my stomach or my leg simply because of the absorption difference (especially since I'm a fairly active person too).

Edit: Read recently that some people inject their breasts (QA rather than BI I think). I could never do that! D:

I mentioned in the other thread that I inject my BI anywhere as its been designed to be absorbed slowly, so wont be effected by how quickly each specific areas responds.........but I have still to check the thread where I asked for HCP opinion............

Novorapidboi, I must admit that's what I thought...that as it is absorbed slowly, as long as the site is not lumpy then it shouldn't matter where...

I have had a real enlightening appointment with Prof Pearson at ARI. For some 2 years control has been getting more erratic, highs, and I struggled with all sorts of reasons as to what may be causing this.

My HCP's went through the ususal stuff but I still thought I was doing the right things. The Prof had me strip off and pointed out the parts of my body that had been overused. That was 2 weeks ago and I have really changed my sites from the "easy" to the difficult (the ones I could easily reach 30 years ago) and what a difference it has made!! Av BS has dropped from 8.9 to 6.8 and insulin per day from 76 to 54 units. I keep going hypo and dropping the Lantus dose.

I use the "commets" on my smartphone DAFNE diary to keep track numbered 1 - 8. L Thigh, R Thigh, L Buttock, R Buttock, L Back, L Stomach, R Stomach, R Back.

I always inject into the stomach, so (unfortunately) I have a fairly extensive area to vary the actual site. I find that when eating out, I can discreetly inject at the table, which is far more convenient than trooping off to the loo,

A couple of years ago I tried injecting my dinner-time QA dose into my thigh. My pre-bed test was OK, but I had a nighttime hypo and my wife had to sort me out. I assumed that I had mis-calculated my carbs and injected to much Humalog but I overlooked the fact that my pre-bed test ruled that out. A day or so later, I tried the thigh injection before dinner again - and again I had a nighttime hypo. There seemed to be an obvious connection, so I contacted my HCP, who told me that by injecting in the thigh, I still had some of my QA dose lurking about in my body when I went to bed, leading to the hypos later on.

Consequently, I always inject in the stomach.

could it not be that your stomch has a slower absorbtion through over use nd that your thighs and other sites are normal........
you may even be able yo reduce your dose

i cant imagine just injecting in one place, it would br a mess

I inject QA humalog into my stomach in like a smiley face rotation then BI lantus into thighs sometimes left and sometimes right.