Favorite Pump Sites

Perfect that you rotate Stress. Will consider it, as it’s winter with more clothing…guess now would be the time to try it! :wink:

I also use my stomach & buttocks/hips, I have a grid system on my stomach so I record where I put it. The pattern is as follows:

Right stomach -> Left hip
Right Stomach -> Left hip
Right Stomach -> Left hip
Right Stomach -> Left hip
Right Stomach -> Left hip
Left stomach -> Right hip
etc for 5 times
I usually get 4 days from a set so it is a good month before I go back to a site.

Every time I've tried my thigh it bleeds when I insert the infusion set so I avoid that site. Also my thighs are pitted from 30 years of injections so I have hard places & valleys.

Mike, you do almost exactly what I do!

Wow Anabella,that’s my concern. I don’t have a lot of scar tissue, but I’ve only been pumping 2 years. Injections 20 years prior, and had the rotation plan down with that! But pumping sites you need to be so much more careful. Great job choosing sites!

Oh yeah, totally understand that. I hid my diabetes as a kid for years! I surprisingly don’t have a ton of scar tissue though. Could be because my endo scared me straight as a kid! Lol. He used to show me pictures of what could happen if I don’t rotate sites. Lots of bumpy skin pics. Will never forget it! Hoping to stay on that track and keep finding new spots to pump.