Smell

[LynsK]

Anyone else not able to stand the smell of insulin?

 

[Matt2023]

For me its got that medical smell, hard to describe but I do not have a problem with it myself. Try not to smell it in the future

 

[Ushthetaff]

I class it as a ” hospital “ smell , but it doesn’t bother me , I’ve definitely smelt far worse ,but it’s all down to the individual

 

[sleepster]

I've got used to it over the last 25 years

 

[Antje77]

I guess I'm odd, I actually like the smell.

 

[TooSweetForMe]

When I first started using insulin, I noticed it more as I used the vials and syringes. I use the flex pens now, and I don't notice it at all.

 

[RoughcutAU]

Haha. I like the smell too. Even have a mate that likes the smell too if im bolusing when out.

 

[plantae]

The smell usually associated with insulin is phenol. I do not like the smell much

 

[becca59]

Love the smell.

 

[Sarah69]

I don’t like the smell. Way before I was diabetic I remember my mum injecting insulin and every time she did I said I could smell a ‘medical’ smell. Now I inject I can’t smell it at all.

 

[Finnlee]

I noticed the smell of insulin more when I was first diagnosed and since I only bolused before meals, I would feel more hungry or salivate at the smell of insulin. I wasn't salivating 'at' the insulin, but because I knew if I was bolusing, food was coming.

I only occasionally notice the smell now and I'm not bothered by it.

 

[Tony337]

The more i think about it the dafter i am.......
I don't care for the smell but when i prime my pen i let it drop onto my wrist as its the only place i can properly see the insulin coming out of the pen.
Its better when i'm out too as i was last night at a restaurant.....

Tony