[Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens

[jamielgurganus at gmail.com]

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
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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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