feeling unnormal

some days i have moements when i feel really down about taking my injections,dose anyone else feel a bit unnormal when going out with freinds and eating out and people stare at you

im a happy go kind of guy ,,,,,,,,,,,,but yes even I have days when I get so fed up of injecting and testing , so i know how you feel ,

Having done this for nearly forty years I have occasionally noticed people staring, horrified at me. I don't care! Whilst I do my best to keep a low profile when doing injections in case there are sensitive souls about, I feel that those who don't like it should thank their God that they don't have a life-threatening condition which requires them to stick needles in themselves several times a day. Remember, you are as good as anybody else and probably better than a lot of them. You have nothing to be ashamed about.

In my opinion, the longer you have Diabetes, the easier it gets...........................Sometimes I can't be bothered with my injection, and sometimes very rarely I may eat something and not bother to take insulin for it...................but I am now motivated to keep my injections going because of DAFNE, and by that I mean, if I do miss it, then my blood sugars wont make sense................and I like to know why the numbers on my sheet are what they are. This is what DAFNE has done to me, and its good.

However, not everyone gets the same out of the course as me....................how long have you been Diabetic...........?

How high were you when you went in to hospital? What were your symptoms?

Even after all these years, if I am eating out, I will always go into the toilet, or inject discretely into my stomach...................dont really notice people staring, but I suppose everyone has different confidence levels, and if you show you are confident and happy about injecting in front of strangers, no one will make a big deal about it............

Just an observation, how are you inputting your RATIO in the online diary..............?

I have been type for 20years now - and I have always, when out and about, injected in public - in my view, and it is only my view, I have to inject, they don't have to look. To be honest I have never had any adverse reaction from anyone and I have never noticed anyone being affected - although I couldn't care less about them and so am not looking. The times I have had a reaction, it has always been curiosity and has opened up a discussion about diabetes and its control. Most non diabetics are unaware - not surprisingly, of how the condition is controlled and what to do if they come across a diabetic in difficulties, and so I feel these discussions are for the good as they help educate people.

Whilst I wish I didn't have diabetes, I am certainly not going to hide away because I do. If people don't like me injecting, it is their problem not mine, and as mention above - I have to inject, they don't have to look.

Only had one problem in 4 years , most of the time no problem at all , yes people stare but when I look at them they tend to look away , I wont stop injecting in publc but do try to do it without anyone seeing me ,,,,,,,,,,and I must say why ?

novorapidboi26 said:
In my opinion, the longer you have Diabetes, the easier it gets...........................Sometimes I can't be bothered with my injection, and sometimes very rarely I may eat something and not bother to take insulin for it...................but I am now motivated to keep my injections going because of DAFNE, and by that I mean, if I do miss it, then my blood sugars wont make sense................and I like to know why the numbers on my sheet are what they are. This is what DAFNE has done to me, and its good.

However, not everyone gets the same out of the course as me....................how long have you been Diabetic...........?

How high were you when you went in to hospital? What were your symptoms?

Even after all these years, if I am eating out, I will always go into the toilet, or inject discretely into my stomach...................dont really notice people staring, but I suppose everyone has different confidence levels, and if you show you are confident and happy about injecting in front of strangers, no one will make a big deal about it............

Just an observation, how are you inputting your RATIO in the online diary..............?

Did you give yourself insulin with those symptoms.....................

I have been like this a few times and if HI on the machine, I would normally take 25 units of insulin to get me back down quick............

What happened at the hospital..............?

yeah i did take isluin but once you have ketons in your blood and get them symptons you should get your self to hospital because as you probly know that high blood sugars like that can end up in coma or worse death i had really high ketons in my blood i was instanly put on a isulin pump and on drips i felt my self going in and out of deap sleep it was scary

Sounds it, you must of been in the high 30s or there abouts...........