Partially sighed and struggling to inject

EllieM said:

(As for @Jaylee's watcher comment, I'm the opposite. Happy to have blood taken or vaccinations given, but don't ask me to watch when someone else puts the needle in . )

52 years of injections for me....

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I forgot about the taken blood... Yep, that too..

I pretty much (Mentally) have a panel of "ice skate judges" holding up "score cards?"
When i came out of hospital as a kid from diagnosis? My mum banged in the needle & i was allowed to push the plunger on the glass syringe.. After a couple of days of this. she said, "yer gonna need to do this yourself. No time like learning now.."

With regards to the concern on bending needles..? They only seem to bend near the base if "dinged" on the insulin pen cap on replacement, or on a foreign object like clothing whilst exposed? A new sharp needle pushed into the skin perpendicular with a steady hand?
I'm confident the integrity of the needle should be OK.

Though to be fair, i can't imagine the challenges @DiabeticDi faces regarding her visual impairment.

Until my successful treatment for a macula oedema.. "airshoots" where a challenge with gauging for me.

Sorry for the pause in replying, been a long week...

So getting a place you hit before is just about rotating sites and having a good memory. on me unless I get a "bad shot" I can't see any real evidence of my old injection sites so sight doesn't help with that one.

But assuming they have you on insulin pens, you might be able to get a little help.

When I left hospital a year ago, they gave me BD microfine tips, and I just didn't get on with them. In the hospital they taught me how to inject using Ateria SafeControl needles, and that have a large base that means that you can just "plunge it in" until it feels flat against the skin.

I had a word with my GP, and they were happy to switch me to the ones they used in the hospital, and since then it was a lot easier.

It's a pain carrying them around as they are lot bigger than the average tip, but I think they could really help with your issue.

Here's a link to their website so you can have a look at them and ask your GP about them if you wish.

https://ateriasafecontrol.com/

When I was first diagnosed I was needle phobic, couldn't stand being in the same room. To begin with I had district nurses come twice a day and inject a mixed insulin. Later on the doctor offered me a set up where I never had to see the needle go near my skin. It was a clunky piece of apparatus, driven by air pressure from a canister. You basically rested a plastic circle against your skin, pressed the trigger, and it went bang, inserted the needle and injected all in one. He demonstrated it for me, and I was out the door at the bang. I didn't think they could make injecting more terrifying. This was nearly 20 years ago, so I don't know if the device is still available.