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Is your Uni Welfare Officer aware of you? Just thinking you can't be the only D in the Uni (Sorry I'm having a Little Britain moment in my head!) and you never know what help is there if you don't ask. I mean you can get help with eg extra time for testing etc in exams, and stuff like that, can't you?
 
Welcome to the forum OpheliaFlower 🙂

I was very self conscious when I first started injecting in public, I'd always nip to the toilet. I did it couple of times outside in London and when I realised no-one was paying attention it made me feel loads better :D

My friends would also try to shield me if in a very busy place (preventing people barging into me!) so would anyone be able to do that for you until you feel more confident? xx
 
Hello, I've only just come on here! So slightly late. I'm at uni too, I find it hard at times! I've not yet had to inject infront of anyone except from who I live with but the thought of it makes me feel horrid. I've only just started insulin hence why I haven't much experience yet! Forunately too I have a good timetable this term! Perhaps try to stick to somewhere quiet when you inject? There is always a free corridor or even classroom around uni when i'm in!

Do you have contact with a DSN in your uni area? I find mine really useful especially as she is used to dealing with uni students (its a university health practice) so i'm confident she will understand! Definately worth a try.

You have certainly done the right thing by joining here! Anyway, if you need a chat or anything please PM me 🙂
 
Hello and welcome.

Sorry to hear you are struggling with injecting in public. I was diagnosed while still at uni, but it was my final year so I didn't really have long in that environment.

As a starter, could you try doing a jab in a cafe while grabbing a cake? Find yourself a corner table with your back to the wall and table etc in front of you. Lots of camouflage and plenty of distractions around. Airshot under the table... pull your jumper up a tiny bit and away you go.

I very much doubt anyone in the cafe would even notice. And on the plus side you'll be having a cake (purely for the purposes of research, of course!)
 
Thank you for all your advice everyone .. I really appreciate it. Haven't been on here in a while but just want to let everyone know I am feeling much better! Still do not inject in public but managing to keep my blood sugar reasonably down anyway.. I'm sure to have more
Bad days but for now I am doing okay
 
OpheliaFlower said:
Thank you for all your advice everyone .. I really appreciate it. Haven't been on here in a while but just want to let everyone know I am feeling much better! Still do not inject in public but managing to keep my blood sugar reasonably down anyway.. I'm sure to have more
Bad days but for now I am doing okay
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I'm glad to hear that you are feeling much better 🙂 I think that, once you have done it a couple of times, injecting discreetly in public will seem like no big deal, but it's plucking up the courage to go ahead and do it in the first place - hope you manage it soon, it will make life a little easier for you 🙂
 
Hi , i was diagnosed just over weeks ago.being treated with insulin at the moment but awaiting results of some kind of blood test that will apparently tell wither im type 1 or 2. im still coming to terms with it, im ok some day then others im throwing tandums like a toddler because of it but i was really ill before diagnosis so its either come to terms with it and deal with it correctly or have the same thing happen again and i really dont want that. take care x
 
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