Partially sighed and struggling to inject

DiabeticDi said:

I am getting very upset because i am struggling to inject now that my vision is so poor and I don't know what to do. today I spoke to my nurse. I asked her if there were any pens where you just put them on the skin, like a finger pricker really, and say pressed a button and the needle was automatically put in you. She basically said no and said why could I not just basically shove the needle in, bish bash bosh sort of thing. Should I do that or are there pens that people use?

I can see well enough to attach the needle and dial up, it's just inserting the needle. aAm I being a baby about it?

I am not going out for long periods because it would mean doing an injection away from how I have it all set up at home to do them.

Thought about a pump but would that really be any easier if I'm no good with fine detail.

any thoughts would be welcome, I don't know any other visually impaired diabetics.

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Antje77 said:

Getting a community nurse or anyone else to come over to inject 4 to 10 times a day, at different times each day isn't very practical.
Insulin use in T1's is very dynamic, and depending on countless factors. It's not as if you can just have someone inject a fixed amount twice a day and that is that.
Being able to do your own injections is the difference between being very dependent on outside help, losing all opportunities for spontaneous decisions, and leading an almost normal life.

If I take myself as an example, I may wake up at 5AM to see I need some insulin, even though I usually don't need it until 8. I can just take half a minute to inject and put out the light to sleep for a couple more hours.
But what if I'd need to call someone to come over to give me that injection? No more sleep in that case.

Or say my neighbour asks me to come over for a cup of tea. Can't do that, because the nurses visit has been planned at that time, and I'll have to eat right after her visit.

Or the nurse has been for my pre-meal injection, and it turned out I needed a little more insulin for that meal.
Can I call her to come back two hours later to give me some more insulin?

Believe me, being dependent on outside help for your insulin is a nightmare any T1 will want to avoid at all costs, if in any way possible.

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Erin said:

Before my mother passed away, the CLSC here in Canada would send a nurse every week to give her the Warfarin medication. I understand that a week is longer than a daily requirement, but if you look at commercial services, they can do it; so why can't the medical services do it? Also, there are private health care services that you may afford to hire them for this service.

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