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<blockquote data-quote="hh1" data-source="post: 1542620" data-attributes="member: 146541"><p>I've had type 1 for over 30 years. I inject discreetly in public; I don't really want other people to see what I'm doing, and I also have considerable sympathy for those who don't want to see it. My husband was seriously needle phobic and in 30 years never once saw me inject; he may well have fainted if he had (over 6 feet and broad shouldered, I wouldn't have been picking him up off the floor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite37" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":happy:" />). I can remember years ago before I had diabetes seeing someone inject in their arm in a motorway service station restaurant and being quite shocked; not upset and I certainly didn't say anything, simply taken aback. If I'm with a group of people and I'm not sure if I can be seen injecting, I simply ask that any needle phobes 'look away now' and it's taken in good part.</p><p>I think it's a lot to expect everyone else in the world to understand diabetes. I don't understand the first thing about a lot of other long term conditions or what people have to do to manage them. Whilst I hope I'd never offend anyone with something I said or did, I know from friends with other conditions that they face unthinking, unintended potentially hurtful reactions or statements. So I'm happy to cut people some slack if they don't know what's happening and react unkindly; it's often because they simply have the same reaction as I did so I just explain. I do though think it's over the top to say that what the OP was doing is disgusting, and I understand being upset by that. I'd just prefer us all to be more tolerant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hh1, post: 1542620, member: 146541"] I've had type 1 for over 30 years. I inject discreetly in public; I don't really want other people to see what I'm doing, and I also have considerable sympathy for those who don't want to see it. My husband was seriously needle phobic and in 30 years never once saw me inject; he may well have fainted if he had (over 6 feet and broad shouldered, I wouldn't have been picking him up off the floor :happy:). I can remember years ago before I had diabetes seeing someone inject in their arm in a motorway service station restaurant and being quite shocked; not upset and I certainly didn't say anything, simply taken aback. If I'm with a group of people and I'm not sure if I can be seen injecting, I simply ask that any needle phobes 'look away now' and it's taken in good part. I think it's a lot to expect everyone else in the world to understand diabetes. I don't understand the first thing about a lot of other long term conditions or what people have to do to manage them. Whilst I hope I'd never offend anyone with something I said or did, I know from friends with other conditions that they face unthinking, unintended potentially hurtful reactions or statements. So I'm happy to cut people some slack if they don't know what's happening and react unkindly; it's often because they simply have the same reaction as I did so I just explain. I do though think it's over the top to say that what the OP was doing is disgusting, and I understand being upset by that. I'd just prefer us all to be more tolerant. [/QUOTE]
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