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Injecting yourself in a public place

Anna2007

Anna2007

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London
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
Dear All
I go out to restaurants as I am sure that many of you do. I frequently find myself in the position of having to inject myself while sitting at the table with my friends/ on my own as the toilets are often either far away, dimly lit or down a steep staircase. I was wondering if any of you had the same experience and had anyone objected to you injecting yourself in a public place. Sometimes it is the classic case of the environment disabling you. Can anyone legally stop you from injecting yourself in a public place?
 
I see no reason why anyone would stop you from injecting at the table. It is what I have always done.
There is a big difference between injecting in public and injecting publicly. Most of the time I do it, no one notices.
 
My dad injects wherever he is, into his abdomen and has never had any comments made to my knowledge. Showing a bit of skin over your abdomen surely isn’t offensive. I can’t see how anyone could legally stop you
 
I had a T1 colleague who injected at the table discretely, and never saw or heard anyone make a fuss. But I had a friend whose husband injected at the table and he always laid out a used a tissue with lots of old bloodstains on it (and carefully, very slowly arranged all his kit) - that tissue did make me feel queasy!
 
I completely understand your apprehension, and I was a bit wary of injecting in public too, but no one really notices.

Earlier today, I injected sitting on a park bench. I just did it casually and I don't think no one even noticed.

I was advised by my team to never inject in toilets since they're not sanitary. They said if a restaurant asked me not to do it at the table (but really, but they time they saw what I was doing and said something to me, I'd be done), I should ask to use somewhere like their staff room, but definitely not the toilet. Asking someone to use the toilets to inject would be like asking someone to feed a baby in the toilets.
 
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