[Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens

[Bernadette Jacobs]

Yeah Bridgit!  I'm with you here.  I actually didn't find it funny at
all!  If anything, I might have questioned the mental faculties of the
woman who reacted that way???  Then, of course, I might have just
quietly "considered the source."  Or simply taken her with a grain of
salt???

Bern



On 11/29/19, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Oh, for Fs sake. People, deep sigh...
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Diana
> Cook via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Friday, November 29, 2019 5:07 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens
>
> Just an lol moment... wearing a dress,I strapped my pump to my thigh. Was
> “shooting up” in ladies lounge. A woman screamed,”she has a bomb!!”
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 27, 2019, at 8:27 PM, d m gina via Diabetes-Talk
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Oh you are a sweet lady.
>> I had a boss who would make an inside pocket on a sweater for her pump.
>>
>> Original message:
>>> Hi all!  In the late 80's, early 90's, I used the first Novapen to
>>> give my meal time insulin.  I always used my abdomen, unless my thigh
>>> was accessible when wearing shorts.  I didn't care who saw me doing
>>> it, but I was discreet about doing it under the table.  Giving my
>>> insulin with the pump was often less discreet.  I remember wearing a
>>> nice dress for my class reunion and had my pump in my bra.  Reaching
>>> in my dress to access my pump was not a very lady-like site at the dinner
>>> table!  I never wore it in my bra again.
>>
>>> Don't worry about what others might think.  Those you are with should
>>> know that you are a diabetic and need to take your insulin.  People
>>> at other tables are probably not staring at you or watching your
>>> every move, so don't worry so much about hiking up your shirt to take
>>> your insulin.  I can't recall any instance that someone questioned
>>> what I was doing, since I did it so quickly under the table.  Just
>>> like Bridget, I also breast fed my son in public.  I was careful not
>>> to expose myself, but you still knew what I was doing.  Again,
>>> everyone has a different comfort level in regards to taking insulin
>>> in public, but I really don't think most people notice what you are
>>> doing.  Most are too busy looking at their phones these days!
>>
>>>                                Jamie
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
>>> Verlyn Baldwin via Diabetes-Talk
>>> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 10:42 PM
>>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Verlyn Baldwin <letsdanceintx at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens
>>
>>> Your sharing your experiences with injecting in public is
>>> encouraging. I will give it a go!
>>
>>> The needles are individual and have a paper flap that is peeled off
>>> then a cap that pulls off and one more step of pulling off a tiny
>>> tube of sorts that covers the needle. Once the paper flap has been
>>> removed the needle is screwed on the end of the pen and then the two
>>> protective caps are removed.
>>> I would imagine that carrying the pen with the needle already screwed
>>> on and still being covered with the caps would work out just fine.
>>> Once the injection has been given replace the tiny tube like cap and
>>> place the entire pen back in your pocket or purse, etc.
>>> Hope this helps to better understand how the needle attaches to the pen.
>>
>>> I have been told that the needles are designed to fit on all the
>>> various type of pens.
>>
>>> Verlyn
>>
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