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morethanmutts

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• Dec 4, 2014

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Anyone else broke a needle in them selfs before ?

 

cireen

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• Dec 5, 2014

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No but owwwww! What happened after????

 

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• Dec 5, 2014

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I was told to leave it in there !! By the hospital

 

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• Dec 5, 2014

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..it may travel through your body and may even come out your foot..you have to google for story stuff of sewing needles
..get a second opinion

are they magnetic?, it could mean no MIR's

 

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Cloe-1992

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• Dec 5, 2014

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My heart sunk when I read this post , wow how scary

 

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• Dec 5, 2014

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Not sure if they are magnetic. Who do I get a second opinion from?

 

drahawkins_1973

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• Dec 5, 2014

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morethanmutts said:

Anyone else broke a needle in them selfs before ?

Click to expand...

Eek!
Hope it's all ok. I fret about injecting on planes in case we hit turbulence and that happens.
Please let us know how you get on.


Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

 

Medusa41

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• Dec 5, 2014

• #8

Ouch poor u. Hope it's out soon. Take care.

 

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• Dec 5, 2014

• #9

Here's what BD says, and they also say it should be left alone.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2000/04/01/1858/the-debate-about-needle-reuse/
There are some people on various forums that report it happening. Some say they get told to leave it, others report doctors making incisions to remove the broken end.

 

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ElyDave

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• Dec 5, 2014

• #10

Not broken a needle in me, but did pull a steel cannula out while dryig myself. Remakably pain free.

 

dmcx3x

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• Dec 8, 2014

• #11

Yes this happend to me and they took it out i asked woukd it have traveled through my body they told me no it would push its self out xx

 

AndyS

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• Dec 8, 2014

• #12

Done it once but there was enough left out that I was able to pull with tweezers. Not sure what I would have done otherwise.
Not especially painful at the time but bruised nicely.

 

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• Dec 10, 2014

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My been in 4 months hope one day it will