[Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens

[Diana Cook]

I used the opportunity to tell her about pumps!

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> On Nov 29, 2019, at 18:07, Diana Cook <diana56cook at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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