1st injection last night with nurse

Did my training with the home nurse & did my first injection--used the auto inject b/c she was really pushing me to use it instead of doing manual. She said I need to set it at 6 for all locations. The auto injector was less scary after using it once--i didn't even feel the needle go in. Had the bee sting feeling start while holding on the cotton ball, and some swelling about the size of a mosquito bite--but no itching. The cold pack seems to ease the sting a little. The swelling was gone when I checked 4 hours later (might've been gone before then, but I forgot to keep checking it). Think I'll stick with the yearly log book she gave me to chart the injections..the android app only lets you use the abdomen once in a rotation, but I want to use it twice. I started left arm, so want to go down left side to left hip, left side abdomen, left thigh, then do same on right using the abdomen area again. I'm just glad to be started on it so I feel like I'm doing something to help the situation :)

did my left hip tonight...hurt about the same as my arm. I'm hoping to have at least one favorite area...the home nurse said the abdomen was the easiest/best place...but guess i'll find out tomorrow night lol. Since it wasnt a good area for you Frank I'm wondering how it will go for me...the plan was to use the abdomen twice in the rotation but that may change :D the hardest part for me so far is mapping the 8 small spots to use in each area so i know what exact spot to mark in the log book. hopefully that gets easier over time. thanks & good luck to you too :)

I quit mapping them after about one month, lol!

I don't carry much fat so I think that is why I hated injecting in the stomach area. I'm sure I skipped a couple of stomach turns :) The shakiness in my hands made the arm location difficult too but it never hurt there.

Thanks for the tips! My training nurse told me to put a weeks worth of shots in my bag & label the days of week on them so that's what I did so I don't forget if I did it or not :) did stomach tonight....stung just as bad as other spots lol....but was easier to see. No swelling around the site on this spot though....maybe because more fat there? Lol. I'm never sure with the auto inject if I have it held at 90 degree angle. Thanks a lot to all of you for your responses/help....this is all new so it's nice to hear from people who know what they're doing :)

Yeah. It was my least favorite spot too! I have two of those dents there. I stopped using my thighs. I do more shots on my tummy than anywhere else. Do you feel like an expert yet? It won't take long! You are doing great!