Welcome back to our weekly diabetes advice column, Ask D'Mine —
with your host veteran type 1, diabetes author and educator Wil
Dubois. This week, Wil takes on a question about how insulin
pump infusion sets can sometimes cause particularly fatty spots
on the skin. Read on to find out what might help...   Carol,
type 1 from Montana, writes: I am trying to find out more
about lipohypertrophy. I am a 62-year-old female who's had type
1 for 31+ years. I'm on the pump, have no complications, and go
swimming three times a week. I also have what I call my "insulin
island," fat across my midsection that doesn't seem to be
connected to any other areas of fat (I am not overweight but
have some pudge like most women my age). I have been trying to
find out how many others with long-term diabetes have the same
problem, and is it being addressed at all by the medical
community? So far all I get is: 'Oh well, you should rotate your
site more.' From what I have read, liposuction seems to be the
only remedy. What I want to k