Can any body remember 'Balance' magazine in the early80's that had an advert for disposable syringes in their pre-Chrismas edition?I remember going to see my consultant. He had a cannister of strips. You did a finger prick then tested it against the cannister which showed a number of different shades of blue. He gave me a few strips to take home, but had to cut them down the middle. As a full cannister cost £5!!!. Not long after that my dn showed me a machine where I could check bs. I was able to buy one from boots for £45. I also bought my disposable syringes and needles before we could get them on prescription. I really do think times now are better
I used to get Balance, I don't remember the advert though. I do remember the adverts for products for impotency - I remember being horrified after I'd had 'the talk' and realised what they wereCan any body remember 'Balance' magazine in the early80's that had an advert for disposable syringes in their pre-Chrismas edition?
The advert featured a liitle girl sitting under a xmas tree opening up her present which was a pack of disposeable syringes.She looked so excited and happy with what Santa had left her!
I had this as my first meter too - it was fantastic as it stopped the whole family from arguing what colour they thought the test strip was!! I had a glass syringe in surgical spirits but don't think we ever used it - my parents scrimped and scraped to buy the little plastic ones for me as they weren't available on the NHS yet.
Can any body remember 'Balance' magazine in the early80's that had an advert for disposable syringes in their pre-Chrismas edition?
The advert featured a liitle girl sitting under a xmas tree opening up her present which was a pack of disposeable syringes.She looked so excited and happy with what Santa had left her!
Plastic syringes with the orange caps, I had tons of them. Sticking the needle into the bottle of insulin, flick the syringe and get rid of any air left in there. Oh my childhood memories lol.It's odd, I was also told that the plastic insulin syringes weren't available on prescription and had to self-fund, yet other members on the forum have said that they had them prescribed by their Dr.
Don't remember the advert but the plastic syringes were a welcome relief from using the glass syringes
Plastic syringes with the orange caps, I had tons of them. Sticking the needle into the bottle of insulin, flick the syringe and get rid of any air left in there. Oh my childhood memories lol.
Oh, it wasn't funny at the time, my world had literally ended.
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Brings back memories eh! Thinking back, since this post reminded me of it, I can even remember the smell of the syringe packets, the insulin etc... weird!Yeah it did seem that way Bob.
I've gone full circle, with being on a pump now I'm back to using a syringe to fill the insulin reservoir.
Brings back memories eh! Thinking back, since this post reminded me of it, I can even remember the smell of the syringe packets, the insulin etc... weird!
So you've gone full circle, must seem a bit strange using syringes to refill the reservoir.
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I got caught "jacking up" at college in a changing room. Word went round I was a junkie. This did me a favour at the time.. The girl I was angling after was into "bad boys".Plastic syringes with the orange caps, I had tons of them. Sticking the needle into the bottle of insulin, flick the syringe and get rid of any air left in there. Oh my childhood memories lol.
Oh, it wasn't funny at the time, my world had literally ended.
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Oh my...I had one of those ..lol
What is it with the jacking up thing, even my last ex-gf even used that term a number of times. Well you used that to your advantage out of her ignorance
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Yeah I know, it's the fact that us diabetics are coined with that. Ok, so how is it synonymous with it. Probably because it's the only condition that has regular use of needles/syringes and that's all the rest of the population can relate it to. That's like calling a cigarette smoker a splif head, which would insult them right."Jacking up" term? It's "street slang" Heroin addicts used...
It was more the ignorance of the kid that started the rumour. It was on record at the college I was a D, (if it went higher up.?) so I was hardly going to get raided.. Lol
Yeah I know, it's the fact that us diabetics are coined with that. Ok, so how is it synonymous with it. Probably because it's the only condition that has regular use of needles/syringes and that's all the rest of the population can relate it to. That's like calling a cigarette smoker a splif head, which would insult them right.
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Lol, must watch the sequel to Trainspotting when it's released, Ewan Mcgregor is back in it if I recall.All I know was when they realize I was just T1 they felt more comfortable knowing I wouldn't leave their premesis with their posessions to feed my "habit"!
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