Injections and Toilets

[rossi_mac]

I commented on this thread first time round, but I would like to know more.
I inject my basal into me buttocks, how do I do that by not going to the toilet, I accept it ain't the cleanest room in the place, but bearing my checks for all to see I don't think is an option?!? Am I the only one who does the rear Basal thing?

 

[runner]

I commented on this thread first time round, but I would like to know more.
I inject my basal into me buttocks, how do I do that by not going to the toilet, I accept it ain't the cleanest room in the place, but bearing my checks for all to see I don't think is an option?!? Am I the only one who does the rear Basal thing?

Yes Rossi, it would be a bit cheeky, but I'm kind of getting behind what you're saying!!

I inject basal in very top of thigh, lantus in area around belly button or the 'plump' side area of the buttocks, altho' I have injected in thigh when out and about, through clothes.

 

[scotty]

I commented on this thread first time round, but I would like to know more.
I inject my basal into me buttocks, how do I do that by not going to the toilet, I accept it ain't the cleanest room in the place, but bearing my checks for all to see I don't think is an option?!? Am I the only one who does the rear Basal thing?

I also inject my levemir, in my buttocks as elsewere gets a tad sore

 

[sofaraway]

I often do my basal in my buttocks but I'm usually at home when i do it so not a problem. If I am out then I will do it somewhere else. I have injected in the toilet before and would again.

 

[Monica]

My daughter has been diabetic for 3 years now. She has always injected in the toilets when we're out, even though I'm not keen on the idea. Unfortunately, she wears jeans, trousers most of the time and still injects in her legs. So she can hardly take her trousers down in public. When she doesn't wear trousers I try to persuade her to do it at the table to no avail. She witnessed a lady on holiday once injecting in her leg and alerted me to it. I just said well if that lady can do it why don't you try? But I guess until she injects herself in the tummy she will continue going to the toilets. And if possible she will use the disabled toilets, as it is an independent room where no-one else will flush the toilet and no water particles will be floating around in the air.

 

[mattwardman]

falcon123
>I am still trying to resolve the issue of having been requested to do my blood tests in the loo rather than at my desk because of H&S reasons!

Can I suggest a different approach to this.

The person making that statement is either ignorant or not a real H&S person; I'd say it comes under the category "bonkers conkers" myths.

Why not phone or email the Institute of Health and Safety, who are the professional association and occasionally come on the radio to kill myths. They hate their profession being undermined by non-qualified people making stupid statements and it appearing in the Daily Mail.

Their website is http://www.iosh.org.uk/.

Their "stop taking the myth" campaign is here:
http://www.iosh.co.uk/news_and_events/campaigns/stop_taking_the_myth-1.aspx

Their contacts are here:
http://www.iosh.co.uk/news_and_events/media_centre/contact_the_media_team.aspx

I'd suggest getting in touch, and saying that this is a serious problem for you but that you don't want to be identified (for obvious reasons), and ask them to look into it and issue a press release.

That way you get the issue publicised while staying safe from blowback yourself, and get an authoritative statement in the public domain.

If you want to chat first, the site has a forum where you could register a pseudonymous account to ask questions. I've asked them about stuff like this before and they were friendly.

Once all that is done you can point it out to the relevant people as an authority they can't argue against - or get Personnel to do that for you 🙂

Rgds

Matt W

 

[mattwardman]

My attitude to injecting in public has always been (since diagnosed a decade ago) that it is as necessary as breathing and I will no more go to the toilet to inject than I will go to the toilet to breathe; after all, I will be equally dead if I stop doing either.

In addition to the problem of injecting in toilets, the point that made me think about it initially was that I was keen not to become conditioned to treating diabetes as something to be kept hidden or to feel ashamed about, which seems to me to cause real problems for the person concerned when that happens. Equally, I'd see it as an essential part of the process of educating everybody else out there.

I always inject through clothes unless I have nothing on, with no diabetes problems that I know about. I would not inject through clothes thick enough to make the depth of the injection uncertain as that could make me miss the fat layer, or if the clothes or needle could be damaged (e.g. plastic mac, leather, perhaps tough and thick jeans) - but that is just common sense.

Over the years I've asked various medical diabetes specialists about it from Consultant level down, and perhaps only 2 out of 6 or 7 have wondered whether there was anything to worry about. I reckon I'm above 12k injections through clothes now.

I have lost several pairs of trousers due to unexpected bloodstains as happens to all of us, so now I inject in my abdoman and wear cheap teeshirts which I can throw away easily.

Rgds

Matt W

 

[runner]

Hi Matt, liked your idea about the health and safety stategy. You can remove dried blood stains by soaking in cold water and treating with a stain remover (or diluted bleach, if it is a white garment). Ace bleach, which you can use on coloured clothes, used to work wonders, but don't know if it is still on the market - watch your skin though while using it - best to wear gloves.