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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NaomiJC" data-source="post: 2192608" data-attributes="member: 401913">I was diagnosed in the early 90's which means I've been diabetic for about 30 years nowI was put on human mixtard  (30 70) and 50u syringes with a 12mm needle. Two injections a day - one of which was just 4u in the beginning  (I couldn't see the point of it!) Had to have a regimented routine of injection before breakfast, and one before dinner. No injection for lunch thankfully, but all meals and snacks had to be eaten, and you could only have a limited choice of what to have - even today I have an aversion to bl**dy digestive biscuits and cornflakes.I had a refulux s blood test monitor. The test strips were massive and you had to fill the whole tab with blood, stick it in the machine and wait two minutes for the result!Thankfully I only faced the guillotine while in hospital (but I was in the children's ward a few times as a teen due to dka.) My own finger pricker wasn't much better though, and besides the autolet had already given me a fear of finger pricks.I grew up resenting my diabetes so much.My doctors tried getting me to go on to using a pen from the mid nineties but quite frankly coming to terms with injecting at all was traumatic enough for me and I still use syringes today.My diabetes is a lot easier today; finger prickers are adjustable, needles are shorter and finer, I'm on a basal/bolus regime and can eat and inject when I want, meaning my biggest dose of insulin, which is now Lantas, is before I go to bed - which is something I look forward tooI still struggle to take care of myself properly, but my life as a diabetic is a whole lot easier now</blockquote>

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