My daughter is 12 and has only been diagnosed 2 weeks ago, she handlesthe pin pricks ok , but when it comes to injecting she is scared on putting the needle in we have tears , any ideas i know its early days , and hopefully this time next year she will be fine but any advice will be most grateful
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Injecting
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hi
is she injecting herself or are u doing it for her? if its injecting herself she is scared of there is a device my son used called a pen mate it fit over the pen and is spring loaded to ease self injecting it does make a clunk sound when pushed but my son was using it fine from the age of 7 maybe worth a try.
those early days are hard no matter what age u are she will get there its a steep learning curve
anna marie
is she injecting herself or are u doing it for her? if its injecting herself she is scared of there is a device my son used called a pen mate it fit over the pen and is spring loaded to ease self injecting it does make a clunk sound when pushed but my son was using it fine from the age of 7 maybe worth a try.
those early days are hard no matter what age u are she will get there its a steep learning curve
anna marie
The penmate is brilliant - worked wonders for my toddler.
It works on the Novo Nordisk pens - you put the insulin cartridge in the penmate, then screw on the top of the novopen. Screw in a needle when you're ready to inject.
There is a small square button on the top - to the side. When you press that, the needle is depressed - you then still have to eject the insulin from the pen.
We did some practice without the needle in to start off with as it really does clunk down and can make you jump, but it has made life a lot easier with the injections.
We found it helped us as we were reticent about injecting our daughter and weren't putting the needle in quick enough - the penmate takes this out of the equation.
It works on the Novo Nordisk pens - you put the insulin cartridge in the penmate, then screw on the top of the novopen. Screw in a needle when you're ready to inject.
There is a small square button on the top - to the side. When you press that, the needle is depressed - you then still have to eject the insulin from the pen.
We did some practice without the needle in to start off with as it really does clunk down and can make you jump, but it has made life a lot easier with the injections.
We found it helped us as we were reticent about injecting our daughter and weren't putting the needle in quick enough - the penmate takes this out of the equation.
We used the penmate too, but my daughter didn't like it so we stopped using it. It's worth a try though as it might be helpful for your daughter particularly when she needs to do the injecting herself. Make sure that you've been prescribed the finest and shortest needles available, they come in different sizes.The injecting does get easier with time, it's those first few weeks that are the worst to get through.
Hi
Has she got something to practise on. We've got a bear that you can inject which your daughter is a bit old for but in hospital we got to practise giving injections on a thing you strapped to your leg that was meant to be skin. Might be worth asking your DSN. It might help her get over the whole strangeness of injecting.
We have 4mm needles too.
Annette
Has she got something to practise on. We've got a bear that you can inject which your daughter is a bit old for but in hospital we got to practise giving injections on a thing you strapped to your leg that was meant to be skin. Might be worth asking your DSN. It might help her get over the whole strangeness of injecting.
We have 4mm needles too.
Annette
Hazza
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My daughter used a penmate and after a few weeks she did the injections herself (under supervision of course) She was 7 at the time and now we are on a pump.
At first she did them all in her legs but after a bit of persuasion we got her to do them in her tummy. She was scared at first but after a few goes she wouldn't do them anywhere else. I think the thought of injecting in your tummy is the scary bit, but she said that it didn't hurt as much as in her leg.
It is early days and it is scary so don't try and run before you can walk, I'm sure that you will get better with practice. Good luck.
Harry
At first she did them all in her legs but after a bit of persuasion we got her to do them in her tummy. She was scared at first but after a few goes she wouldn't do them anywhere else. I think the thought of injecting in your tummy is the scary bit, but she said that it didn't hurt as much as in her leg.
It is early days and it is scary so don't try and run before you can walk, I'm sure that you will get better with practice. Good luck.
Harry
imalittlefishy
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I was taught to inject when diagnosed at age 11 by injecting into an orange... 
Not sure if this is still the recommended way to do it, but it worked for me! It is scary and it does take getting used to, but I found that it wasn't long before I preferred to do it myself. To this day when I get flu jabs or anything like that I want to take the syringe off them and do it myself lol! Keep trying, it'll get there
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Not sure if this is still the recommended way to do it, but it worked for me! It is scary and it does take getting used to, but I found that it wasn't long before I preferred to do it myself. To this day when I get flu jabs or anything like that I want to take the syringe off them and do it myself lol! Keep trying, it'll get there xx
Jen&Khaleb
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imalittlefishy said:To this day when I get flu jabs or anything like that I want to take the syringe off them and do it myself lol!
xx
I have got like that taking Khaleb for vaccinations and blood tests. I can do stuff to him at home and not have him stress out, scream, cry .... I know it isn't the same as a subcutaneous injection but I figure I could learn how to do them all.
