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<blockquote data-quote="Gloucestergirl" data-source="post: 1930212" data-attributes="member: 54959"><p>I was diagnosed with Type 2 in 1995 and was on tablets until 2003 when I was put onto insulin so have been injecting for 15 years. I went through various insulins and the one I found most awkward to inject in public was the one where you had to mix it before injecting and this is rather noticeable when in a restaurant! I now inject with Novorapid, a clear insulin so no mixing but as you have to do an air shot before every injection to make sure the needle isn't blocked it sometimes shows when the insulin shoots out. I do the injection without making a fuss but for anyone to object as they have a needle phobia would be rather ridiculous if they saw my needles as they are only 5mm long, about a quarter of an inch and are hard to see even at close range. If someone said to me that they had a needle phobia I would hold a needle in my fingers while chatting to them and after a few minutes, when I knew that they hadn't noticed it, I would tell them I'd been holding one all the while we were talking and see what they said. I think it's probably the thought of sticking the needle in that they really object to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gloucestergirl, post: 1930212, member: 54959"] I was diagnosed with Type 2 in 1995 and was on tablets until 2003 when I was put onto insulin so have been injecting for 15 years. I went through various insulins and the one I found most awkward to inject in public was the one where you had to mix it before injecting and this is rather noticeable when in a restaurant! I now inject with Novorapid, a clear insulin so no mixing but as you have to do an air shot before every injection to make sure the needle isn't blocked it sometimes shows when the insulin shoots out. I do the injection without making a fuss but for anyone to object as they have a needle phobia would be rather ridiculous if they saw my needles as they are only 5mm long, about a quarter of an inch and are hard to see even at close range. If someone said to me that they had a needle phobia I would hold a needle in my fingers while chatting to them and after a few minutes, when I knew that they hadn't noticed it, I would tell them I'd been holding one all the while we were talking and see what they said. I think it's probably the thought of sticking the needle in that they really object to. [/QUOTE]
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