NEEDLES..does it hurt.?? Difficult??
Most people have a fixed idea about having to get
a needle. The innoculation needles given during
childhood and the flu shot brings up an scary picture of
having to take needles all the time.<br
strange but when I go for my flu shot<br
idea to some degree. Yet I think nothing of taking 6
needles per day for diabetes.<br
cares……most of the time you will not notice any pain or
discomfort, except for the occational time when you happen to
inject right into the middle of a nerve. That makes you
sit up and pay attention. But that being soooo seldom
it should not get the attention it gets.<br
reason I’m not on the pump is of course the $ 5000. cost
but also because the needles don’t bother me. I’m
told that the only time I will really know the
difference is when I’m on the pump. That is a fair
statement.<br
find the short one somewhat misleading.<br
don’t tell you that the short one is <br
thicker than the half-inch one. It’s on the box to see. I
prefer the longer one, slides in better.<br
lighter side…..<br
supermarket I overheard two men talking. One said “How is
your wife.????” The other said “Oh, she is an
Angel.”<br
alive.”<br
September 16th, 2003 at 1:31 am
I’m one of those people that have this think
against needles. I used would avoid the dentist/doctors
if I thought a needle was involved. And still do to
some extent. When I was first diagnosed with diabetes
I needed insulin injections. I obviously couldn’t
object as it was that or end up in a worse state. The
thing that I had problems with was self injecting. It
took me a few days to build up the confidence needed,
but I was eventually taught to self inject. In the
United Kingdom we use needles for insulin which are
called “ultra fine”. They are about 1 1/4″ long and
extremely thin. I found the way to get the best results was
to make sure the needles entered at 90 degrees to
the area which I was injecting. For some reason at
that angle some times I had to do a double take to
make sure the needle was in as I could not feel it.
But I was still delighted when they put me on
tablets..<br
September 18th, 2003 at 4:42 am
My daughter just returned from London. She loved
it. She was with the Georgia Tech band. They were
supposed to play in the Dublin St. Patrick’s day parade,
but that was cancelled because of the hoof and mouth.
The trip was planned and there were some other
concerts scheduled in Dublin, so the band flew over
anyway. The last two days of the trip were spent in
London, and she fell in love with the city. Given the
limited amount of time she had, she visited a lot of
sights. I know, not diabetes related, but I just had to
comment. -Dona
October 11th, 2003 at 12:02 am
I want to add something regarding the needles; my
doctor informed me to keep on using the longer needles
even though I didn’t need the larger dose of insulin
anymore. He stated that people who are overweight do not
get the full advantage of the insulin if they use the
shorter needles — apparently they don’t penetrate
through the fat tissue as well. And John is right, they
are much easier to use.<br