[Diabetes-Talk] Out and About with the Pens

Fri Nov 29 23:36:58 UTC 2019

Oh, for Fs sake. People, deep sigh...

Bridgit

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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!!”

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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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