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Tymlos injection question

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I have a weird system for tracking my injections. I found an "injection map" image online: basically, a picture of an abdomen with the shaded part representing where you can inject. I divided that into 12 areas: six on the left, six on the right, where each side has two rows of three. My map therefore looks like this (center part is a two-inch gap around the navel):

1 2 3 ------ 3 2 1
4 5 6 ------ 6 5 4

I use a notebook where the page is numbered 1 to 30, to represent 30 days. I printed out the abdomen image, with my six zones marked, and taped it inside the front cover for reference.

Day 1, I inject left side, zone 1, and I write L1 in the notebook.

Day 2, I inject right side zone 1, and write R1 in the notebook.

Day 3, left side zone 2, L2 in the notebook.

... and so on. After I reach R6, I go back to the beginning and repeat.

I know this seems OCD, but honestly, it's a breeze to open my notebook and see what's next.

When my pen finishes, I rip out the page, create a new page numbered 1-30, and just make a note of the last injection zone.

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@njx58 are you unable to see where you injected recently?

That is a lot of work. I know people who do this kind of thing with insulin, pump and CGM insertions- again over many years.

I just don't want people to worry too much about this with Tymlos or Forteo 🙂 But I am sure your system makes it easy for you!

That is awesome! Thank you

I don’t think it’s OCD! I started with that method but I couldn’t quite remember the last spot I’d injected, worrying that the previous injection spot was too close to the new spot. But your idea of alternating left and right makes better sense. Thx.