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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2267100" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Hi [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER] ,</p><p>I don't have experience with pumps or the NHS (different country) but I've had diabetes for over 3 years now. </p><p></p><p>When I first started on insulin I had to decide how to approach this side of the condition. The way I solved it was to not care about it. Injecting doesn't need more than a square inch of skin between pants and shirt. Or even a hole in a shirt. Ive grown to particularly love old shirts with a small hole here or there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p>By now I must've given myself a couple of hundreds of injections in public (restaurants, shopping streets, family gatherings, public transport, walking around at flea markets, in the middle of a dancing crowd at a concert, in waiting rooms, at work, you name it) and never has something awkward happened.</p><p>Sometimes people will ask a question. If that happens I'll answer the question and then we proceed to doing whatever it was we were doing before.</p><p></p><p>I can understand how that can be difficult at first, but you'll be doing yourself a huge favour if you can decide it's fine to have people see you need to take care of your diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2267100, member: 372207"] Hi [USER=524746]@CelalDari[/USER] , I don't have experience with pumps or the NHS (different country) but I've had diabetes for over 3 years now. When I first started on insulin I had to decide how to approach this side of the condition. The way I solved it was to not care about it. Injecting doesn't need more than a square inch of skin between pants and shirt. Or even a hole in a shirt. Ive grown to particularly love old shirts with a small hole here or there :P By now I must've given myself a couple of hundreds of injections in public (restaurants, shopping streets, family gatherings, public transport, walking around at flea markets, in the middle of a dancing crowd at a concert, in waiting rooms, at work, you name it) and never has something awkward happened. Sometimes people will ask a question. If that happens I'll answer the question and then we proceed to doing whatever it was we were doing before. I can understand how that can be difficult at first, but you'll be doing yourself a huge favour if you can decide it's fine to have people see you need to take care of your diabetes. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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