# Less pain when changing pump site

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221>\
**Category:** Treatment\
**Created:** [September 30, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221 "2017-09-30T18:09:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/1 "2017-09-30T18:09:08Z")

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I hate changing my pump site. I have no body fat and tend to hit either capillaries or muscle. I have found that if I do a site change it hurts less if I do it AFTER I get out of the pool👌

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/2 "2017-09-30T21:17:38Z")

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Does it also hurt less after a long shower or a hot tub?

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**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/3 "2017-09-30T23:39:05Z")

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wouldn’t know; i never bathe.

but seriously, when i am fresh out of the pool, my body is still “frozen” numb, so i don’t feel the needle much.

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/eric/32/9209_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/4 "2017-10-01T00:21:37Z")

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> [@daisymae](#):
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> wouldn’t know; i never bathe.

DM, we gotta talk about something…

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**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/5 "2017-10-01T00:26:57Z")

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but my husband has OCD and showers 4 times a day 😉

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**Author:** ![Thomas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/thomas/32/1719_2.png) [@Thomas](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Thomas)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/6 "2017-10-01T00:55:32Z")

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Household average is where its at.

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**Author:** ![daisymae](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/daisymae/32/1199_2.png) [@daisymae](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/daisymae)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/less-pain-when-changing-pump-site/2221/7 "2017-10-01T20:41:13Z")

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ha ha ha. that is hysterical. 😊