Type 1, How to inject with the wrong hand?

Do you have a pen? I suggest practising a lot before your op, maybe somewhere easy like your leg. I grip the pen in my fist with my thumb on the button at the end and I find that works well

I used to hold my pen with my index finger and thumb and nip my arm with the other 3 fingers, but you can just inject without nipping the flesh up, as azure says it will be worth practising before the operation.

@MySquareWheel . The reason you struggle with your left hand is because you don't naturally use it.
As of now whatever you do with your right hand stop and use your left hand.
It'll be difficult but it's not impossible, you need to get the control mechanism in your left hand up to speed.
Good luck with the op.

P.S. I had the operation in January this year and was back at work after 5 weeks, I would say the first week or two you won't be able to use it for not 8 weeks

It's times like this when I am thankful for being born a "leftie" in a right-handed world - it's one of the few advantages. I grew up having to become largely ambidextrous, simply because that's how the world operates - there are no allowances made for left-handers (or at least, none that I can remember or think of just now). There are some things I find difficult, and others I can't do at all (like sewing right-handed) but there are tons of things I can do, & I find it is a really useful facility. None of that is of any help to you, I know, but my reason for posting is to suggest that once you learn to inject using your left hand, it may be wise to keep practicing using it occasionally, because you never know what might happen in future that could mean you have to use your left hand instead of right.

Gaz-M said:

I used to hold my pen with my index finger and thumb and nip my arm with the other 3 fingers, but you can just inject without nipping the flesh up, as azure says it will be worth practising before the operation.

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That depends on how much padding you have. I am very lean and find it impossible to inject without pinching.

helensaramay said:

That depends on how much padding you have. I am very lean and find it impossible to inject without pinching.

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last year before I started on the pump my weight dropped from 10 stone to just over 7 stone due to other unrelated heath problems, I still did the same and it didn't hurt. You,d be suprised at how thick the layer of fat it even if you are thin

It's really practice and more practice. I'm a lefty but i started using my right hand whenever it was the easier thing to do. Something like hammering in a nail on the right side close to a wall is just easier with your right hand so i started doing so and now i have no problems switching hands. Same with using a computer mouse, if i'm using a computer that isn't mine i don't bother re-positioning the mouse. It's clumsy at first but you learn fairly fast (especially when hammering in nails ).

I'm not completely ambidextrous but i did manage to write with both hands once upon a time or switch the position of the pool cue when playing pool. Eventually it becomes second nature and the clumsiness is less apparent. Oddly some things i always did right handed like playing guitar, holding a riffle or a hockey stick. Switching those to a left handed position feels weird.

I'm gonna try injecting with my right hand tonight, never done that before and now i'm curious.

I had problems with my right wrist at one point and had to learn to do the injection with my left. I found I could easily give my shot in the arm by leaning against a doorjamb and using just my left. It took only a bit of practice, but I did it without any consequence.
It seems to me a pen would make it much easier, but they can run into a great deal of money, particularly depending on the type of insulin(s) you take.
Good luck!