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grant19

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Hi,

my name is grant and i am doing a project on type 1 diabetes insulin injections and the process involved with it. i am wondering if anyone can help me out with some information involving the process of injecting and also your feelings about it? what are the negative and what do you think could be improved? i am also interested in how younger children and there family learn the process and how they cope? again if you can think of any improvements what could they be? any feed back would be great and much appreciated.

thanks a lot

grant
 
Spiral said:
I think you need to tell us a bit more about yourself, Grant, not just what information you want.
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sorry i should have said more about what im doing. well basicly im a 4th year design student doing a project called body and mind for a design competition by the RSA (there web site: http://www.rsadesigndirections.org) and is basicly about looking at one "medical intervention or procedure, and examine how design can provide solutions that humanise the difficulties associated with procedures." this is a high profile competition that is being sponsored by aircraft medical (http://www.aircraftmedical.com) who are an American award winning medical device manufacturer.

i hope this has all answered any questions about who i am, but if you have any more feel free to ask.
again if you can help me out with my project that would be great and i would really appreciate it

thanks a lot.

grant
 
Hi Grant...well, it is a long time since I was a child, but 30 years ago, when I was learning how to do my injections, I used to struggle because teh syringes were "too big". Now, most people doing injections use insulin pens...and I still find them too big! They do have to be a certain size to incorporate noth the insulin, and the workings, but my short fingers can not always reach the plunger.
This sounds odd I know. As a diabetic, we are encouraged to do our injections in different places (thighs, tummy, tops or arms and bums...the fatty bits) Thighs and tummy are no problem, because you can use 2 hands, but when you inject in your arm, I can not reach the plunger as the hand holding the pen..and you can't use the other hand. Now adays, injecting in the arm is not as popular as it used to be, but it is similar with injecting in the bum cheek. at has always been my bug bear.Shorter insulin pens please!
 
thanks alot for your reply, you have been realy helpfull and i realy appriciate it. i will keep you updated with the results and how i do in the competition.

thanks again

grant
 
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