You don't have to get up or go to bed at a certain time to take your insulin. You can eat more or less whatever you want, in whatever amounts you want, whenever you want. You don't have to have snacks at certain times. The Infusion Set Now to the bit you've been dreading. Firstly, it doesn't have to be a needle.
Infusion sets come in different forms.
Some have a short, fine metal needle which you insert under your skin, others have a very fine piece of hollow teflon, known as a cannula . Either way, if it is properly inserted, you can't feel it at all. Every few days, you must remove the needle or cannula and insert a new one in a different spot. Most people use their stomach, but you can also use the hips, thighs, buttocks and arms. If you use the cannula, it is inserted via a hollow needle which fits over it.