- Messages
- 1,420
- Location
- Suffolk UK
- Type of diabetes
- Don't have diabetes
- Treatment type
- I do not have diabetes
- Dislikes
- Intolerance, selfishness, rice pudding
Ah, that's on the verge of 21st century. How do I do that?!
Ah, that's on the verge of 21st century. How do I do that?!What about moving your history posts from the other thread to here as well? The thread was started by a newly diagnosed T2 who mentions panic attacks because of their diagnosis. Perhaps not the best place to discuss scary historical treatment of T1?
Erm, you could copy and paste, and then delete the one on the old thread. Which would get confusing because @Zhnyaka has a reply there as well.Ah, that's on the verge of 21st century. How do I do that?!
I saw that @EllieM is online though, EllieM, would you mind moving a couple of posts?
Oh my. You'd need to scroll up past the drop bears and you'll find a post of mine with a link to the other thread.Sure, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to be moving.
And I can confirm from bitter personal experience that moderating from a phone is not a good idea....
I would like to show a pix of the colonoscope thingy they did the colonoscopy with please...Perhaps not the best place to discuss scary historical treatment of T1?
I think @Antje77 's needle is in a different category. It brings back squirmy memories for this old goat!OK, by popular request (@Antje77 and @Grant_Vicat ) I've moved @Grant_Vicat 's interesting (if slightly scary) posts on historical diabetic equipment to this thread, starting here. When you move posts they appear in the new thread according to the time they were posted, which is why they now appear before the request.)
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/th...en-parallel-chat.177870/page-110#post-2514054
I'm sorry, I didn't think it would scare anyone. I'm used to needles not scaring anyone in my environment, and I completely forgot that this is not true for everyone.I took it to this chatty thread in the General chat section of the forum because I didn't want to derail or scare the person who posted the other thread.
Imagine “ this” is the open mouth shocked emojiI took it to this chatty thread in the General chat section of the forum because I didn't want to derail or scare the person who posted the other thread.
I've only used pens as well, but with the old syringes you pinch some skin and inject at an angle to inject subcutaneously.
I've done it wit a guinea pig needing medication, and with a goat too. The goat needed both a intramuscular injection and a subcutaneous one, I was instructed to use the same needle for both.
For the one in the muscle I just rammed it in the goat's neck muscle, for the subcutaneous one I pinched and injected at an angle.
Told the vet injecting the goat myself wouldn't be a problem at all, but that was before I saw the needle!
Still, I managed!
A goat's skin isn't much thicker than a human's, so if you can inject under the skin with this you definitely can with the ones in @Grant_Vicat 's picture!
After reading Sugar Surfing I’ve also been trying to alter the times between insulin dose and eating. Like you, sieve memory isn’t helpful, although the libre is indispensable. I’ve found it helpful to also set a 30min timer on my iPad as a reminder in case I get distracted. My distraction is usually one of two high maintenance cats, a little easier to corral than big dogs but just as distracting.I really am trying this new regime of dosing with insulin half an hour before eating and it does seem to work at present. But it carries difficulties with it. Lots can happen in half an hour to subvert the planning, and it is no help at all if I forget (my memory is very much like a sieve). Today, for example: I heard Neil outside talking to someone, although I couldn't hear what was being said but all became clear when Bella and Ginnie came into the kitchen. They had got out of the garden somehow and gone for a walk. Luckily, their walk took them past our house and Neil saw them and so got them to come in. Banksie was nowhere to be seen. Neil decided to take the runaways home in the car and while they were being persuaded to get in, Banksie appeared at the top of our little hill so Neil drove up and persuaded him to get in as well. Large dogs wandering without supervision around a crofting village, especially at this time of year when there are small lambs prancing around, is a recipe for disaster. All's well and they're back where they should be but that little episode had blown all thoughts of insulin, half hours and food out of my mind and I only remembered when my Libre beeped at me - almost 3 hours later.
Hi,
Nostalgia! Mine were boiled till about 1975. Then I found the magic carrying cases.Hi,
Great stuff.
I heard someone talking about his diabetes when he was young.
He used to boil his syringes because they were reusable.
If someone is worse than you, it does not mean that you do not have the right to feel painuncomfortable, but not seriously painful - unlike some of the things other people on this forum have to suffer. I'm just a wimp!
If someone is worse than you, it does not mean that you do not have the right to feel pain
I fell in love with the videos of these guys. So much fun and so informative! Usually funny videos about diabetes are shot by diabetics themselves, but not by doctors, and here they are both diabetics and endocrinologists. Amazing! Now they have another fan (and I seem to have much less problems in understanding English by ear than I thought). Thanks!
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?