[Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens

[Diana Cook]

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!!”

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> 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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