Injecting in public

For me these issues are/were non existent, however I soon realised that's not the case for others.....so you're not alone in your feelings....

The arms and stomach were my site of choice when out in public......it can be done discreetly, just as if you were scratching an itch...the feeling you have to go and do it in private is common, but you don't need to.....of course if you're happy to do that, that's OK too...

you can inject through clothes yes.....I never done it as I was always wearing jeans.....you can expect to get blunt needles quicker that way also, so getting fresh one on each time would be important if you were doing it...

 

I have never worried about injecting in public. It would be in my stomach and, really, no one even notices.

 

To me there is a huge difference between doing something, like injecting, in public and doing it publicly.
As long as you don't make a song and dance about it (or pull your trousers down in public), anyone who complains are the ones with a problem, not you.
If I ever noticed anyone staring, I used to stare back ... not say anything, just stare. They turned away pretty quickly.

 

Do it Proudly... Do it however YOU AND ONLY YOU feel comfortable... I wouldn't do it through the cloths no matter how thin they are.

 

Yeah i do it wherever I need to. I do it in the street sometimes.

 

On the train, in meetings if there is food, wherever and whenever needed. I always feel it might look more suspicious if I go for the arm rather than the stomach but no one has pulled me up yet.
One colleague at an awards ceremony did ask if I was 'going to do that here?' And I just said that the table was likely to be cleaner than the loo and carried on...

 

I've never done it through my clothes which to me seems like a bad idea both for the needle itself and the state of the clothes, but injecting in public is perfectly fine. I've never had anyone call me out or anything, at most I've had some weird looks probably wondering what the hell I'm doing.

 

I have never worried about injecting in public. I am discreet though so if at a table in a restaurant I will inject into my stomach (below the table) If anyone complains it will be because they are being nosy..

I did however the other week inject whilst walking down the High Road as I had forgotten to take my morning Novorapid with my breakfast and sugars felt very high.

If it upsets people it really is their issue not mine. As stated I will always try to be as discreet as possible and I will always be aware if there are children present.

It's a medication I need to stay alive and I'm not going to apologies to anyone for that.

 

Hi. I inject at the table into the stomach and try to be discreet. No one ever seems to notice. I did this once in a restaurant and looked up and someone on another table was doing the same!

 

That has happened to me also some years back. I was on a train though and was doing it at the same time as a young lady sitting across from me..

She smiled....... And then it ended!

 

I'm a train conductor and have to do it whilst on the train. I try to go to a discreet part of the train (a middle cab if it's 8 or 12 coaches long or unoccupied first class). I've have been stared at by passengers and most are discreet about it. One time I had a passenger blatantly staring and when I walked past he asked me what I was injecting. I naturally said heroin and carried on walking past. I did call my line manager and let him know just in case there was a complaint lol. I always do my stomach, as for injecting through my clothes I'm to worried I might end up with half my trousers or shirt embedded in my skin

 

I just do it wherever and whenever I need to. The more matter of fact you are about,it, the less likely people are to even notice , I’ve found. I’ve been asked when our for food if I’m going to do an injection, and nine times out of ten I’ve already done it without anyone noticing. I’ll get skin out if I’m at home, but that’s not always possible when I’m out (long dress, anyone?) so I’ll go through clothes. Not bike leathers though

 

Just out of curiosity for those of you who do inject through your clothes, have you ruined any clothes because of it, and what do you do about stains etc?

 

Most of my clothes are black, so it doesn’t matter

 

I was sitting next to an elderly gentleman on a flight recently when I did a blood test and also injected myself. A little while into the flight we started chatting and the subject turned to health, fitness etc. So I naturally mentioned my diabetes. He was very curious to know about Type 1 and Type 2 etc and how they were different. He wondered how I did my blood test, injection etc. Obviously he hadn’t noticed me do them both right next to him! I was of course pleased to show him my meter, pen, needles etc. He was well impressed and thanked me profusely for enlightening him on the subject. He was a wonderfully curious retired teacher.

 

I usually inject in the stomach and often inject through my t-shirt when eating out in public. this is fine. Do you use single use needles as I do? just make sure you have sufficient needles for the amount of time you are likely to be out.