Given jip for injecting?

[Sally71]

When my daughter had just been diagnosed, a friend came to visit her while she was still in hospital. It just happened to be dinner time, the friend watched me give daughter an injection and then said “ooh I don’t know how you can do that!”. Um, well, I don’t have much choice do I, she’d be dead without it, when faced with that as the only option you’ve just got to get on with it and you find that you can cope pretty quickly!

 

[Elenka_HM]

Um, well, I don’t have much choice do I, she’d be dead without it, when faced with that as the only option you’ve just got to get on with it and you find that you can cope pretty quickly!

Yeah, same with injecting yourself! I used to think I wouldn't be able to because I couldn't even look when I saw an injection on TV. Turns out you can when the alternative is...you know. And I had been unwell for months, I was glad to have an effective treatment, intimidating as it was!

 

[SimonP]

I still don't like people giving me an injection though or especially having blood drawn, perhaps it's a control thing! 🙂

Tho thinking about it, I'd not be keen on drawing my own blood either!

 

[Elenka_HM]

I still don't like people giving me an injection though or especially having blood drawn, perhaps it's a control thing! 🙂

Tho thinking about it, I'd not be keen on drawing my own blood either!

Oh, I keep looking away when I get bloods taken. One of the last times I thought, I'm more used to it now, maybe I can watch. Nope I am less anxious about the blood appointments nowadays, at least.

 

[JJay]

Still amuses me when anyone taking my bloods says “are you ok with needles?” Er, I don’t have a lot of choice!

 

[helli]

I wouldn't say I "mind" having blood taken or an injection but I prefer not to look. There is something very disconcerting to see a needle hanging out of my arm.

I am partaking in a vaccine trial at the moment. Next week, I need to go to the clinic for two vaccine injections (one in each arm) and a blood draw. I will be looking directly forward for all of these.

 

[louisew]

I inject in my abdomen in restaurants, pulling down waistband or pulling up skirt. it’s kind of under the table, and I do it quickly so I don’t think anyone’s noticed. I would certainly tell anyone who had a go at me, where to go!

 

[paultrose]

I hate giving blood.....hate having a needle stuck in my arm or back of my hand.....have to look the other way

And yet i have no problem with accupunture......and on friday im getting a tattoo done thats going to take 4 hours and i cant wait!

Go figure 🙄

I have a little side story..........im type 2 so dont need to inject but years ago we had a cat who became diabetic........i had to be trained to give her injections twice a day.....wife said she just couldnt do it so left the job to me........first time i gave her a jab i cried my eyes out thro fear that i had hurt her or done it wrong.....she was the Special Little Cat that turned me into a catdad ..shes the kitty in my current avatar...didnt take long and she would come to me when it was time and sit as good as gold til i did the jab so she must have known it did her good......miss her even after all these years........but i think id have no problem injecting myself if i had to cos of this experience.....wouldnt like it but i could do it

 

[HayleyR]

I know my dad is squeamish about seeing the injections (I can't blame him, I used to be the same), so sometimes if there is not much to block the view I warn him in case he wants to look away. A couple of times when we have been eating out he's made some comment and said it's not about him, but it may bother other people 🙄 I point out I don't care if they see me, and generally, no one is even looking. Love my dad but that's a little thing that irritates me.

I never had any issues with strangers. One time I was having dinner with friends of a friend and started doing my injection as discreetly as I could. The girl sitting by my side realised and said out loud "wow, you are just injecting, you didn't say nothing!" (not in a complain or judgy tone but more as a surprise) and the girl on the other side "ooh, I didn't even realise!". I was like "well, yeah, I didn't mean to bring attention to it 😳 ". Obviously all the table was aware after that!

😳

 

[HayleyR]

what tattoo are you having done @paultrose ?