bad duck.

Getting pecked to death by a duck.

That's what yesterday felt like for me. It was a tough one.

I went to visit my nurse, to take a look at the medtronic real time sensor in "real life", to get a letter for some travel I have coming up and most importantly, to try the silhouette set. I need more sites but the quick set doesn't work well on my stomach because I can feel it against the muscle wall. Thus, I wanted to try the silhouette for more options.

Suffice it to say, it wasn't my favorite experience of all time. Pinch, insert the pretty long needle under my skin, by hand. It hurt to insert it. It hurt after it was in. I'm sure you get used to it, but overall, I just didn't like it.

So we decided to try my leg with the quick set, which worked better going in, though I don't love the feel of it yet. Which is to say that I can feel it. I'm so used to not feeling the sets that the newness of using my legs, feels strange and unfamiliar.

I don't like this much. I think I'm just plain sick of sticking myself.

And then I went to my acupuncture appointment after my appointment with my nurse. In hindsight, it probably wasn't the brightest idea to schedule both appointments on the same day. The acupuncture was fine, but again, it was needles poking me. Not painful ones, but needles, nonetheless.

I know it's what I have to do. This is my life with diabetes. I am grateful that I have the ability to "manage" this disease and 99% of the time I'm used to it. And then there are the moments like yesterday, when I just feel so tired of being stuck with sharp metal objects. I'm tired of the low grade irritation and discomfort. I'm just tired of what it takes to do this disease.

Luckily today is a new day. I woke up feeling a bit better this morning. I was trying to find some humor in it all. Which is why I remembered the silly line about the duck. I wish that I could just blame my bad mood on a duck. A very bad duck who just happens to have a very sharp bill.

Comments

[Lyrehca]

Give the Silhouette a few more chances. I've used them solely for six years, and they are not supposed to hurt, nor are you supposed to feel them once they're in. Not sure where (if?) you carry fat on your body, but try the fleshy part of your hips, too. It's one of my favorite (i.e, pain-free) spots.

[Megan]

I am so with you on the sils. I HATE them. They hurt going in, they hurt when they are in, and they hurt when I pull them out.

I like to use my thighs once in awhile for sets. I put them about as high up as I can go and on the side of my leg so I can get it in a fatty place.

I really get sick of poking fingers, changing sets, injecting when I need to, etc, too. It gets old.

[Sarah]

My legs used to be one of my primary spots for sites, but for running reasons, I had to taper off of using my legs unless I knew I wasn't going to run because of how fast it sped up insulin absorption. I say keep trying that. I used to really like my INNER thighs. The problem there though is you tend to hit a vein more often and if you do, well you know, nasty bruise. I'm trying the shorter silhouette in the next few weeks as I asked for a sample. Did you try the longer one or the new shorter one?