Re: I can't live like this

[Guest guest]

I fought when the doctor put me on insulin too. I was on it for about 17

months and once I was under control I was able to go off it and have been off

13 months now. I do take 2 oral agents but the good news is insulin helped

me get to this good place. Keep trying.

The doc and nurses said jab the needle in fast and get it over with, but I

always put the needle in slowly. Also, if you get a knife and leave it in

the freezer then touch the frozen metal to your injection site for 2 seconds

and it numbs it long enough you don't even feel the stick. I never got to

where I did not give myself horrific bruises from time to time. A small

price to pay.

Good luck.

a J.

[Guest guest]

You need to find someone to give your shots to you. It is a must that you

do this.

I can't live like this

I had my appt the other day. It was supposed to be today but I was

miserable so I went early. My vision was very blurry and I was so

damn irritated by every little thing. I couldn't get off the couch.

My bg was 534. That's the highest it's ever been and quite frankly I

thought I should have been dead with it that high. My dr said the

meds aren't going to work and I need to take insulin. I fought with

him about it but in the end I decided I couldn't keep going like

this. He tried to show me how to give myself a shot and I couldn't

do it. I hate needles! I got dizzy and almost threw up. Pathetic,

huh?? This morning I was able to give myself 1 shot and almost

passed out. Dh wouldn't even watch. My bg stayed around 150 after

that. But when it was time to give myself another shot this evening,

I couldn't do it! I made myself sick trying. I just couldn't go

through with it. I feel like a baby! Anyway, not my bg is up near

500 again and I'm feeling like crap. I just don't think I can live

with this disease! I can't even do what I need to do to feel

better. I give up.

Beth

> > Another thing to expect with a diabetic pregnancy is for the baby

> to go

> > straight to neonatal ICU for about 12 - 14 hours. This does NOT

> mean that

> > anything is wrong with your baby. It is simply precautionary in

> diabetic

> > cases to insure that the baby's BG's are functioning normally.

>

>

>

>

> To leave this list please go to diabetes-unsubscribe@y...

> Hope you come back soon!

>

>

[Guest guest]

Beth, it will be ok!! It is hard for everyone at first, it's

unrealistic to expect that it is going to be easy! I was the biggest

baby about needles out of anyone I knew.. I was sick so often when I

was small, and I got so many shots that I was (and still am!)

petrified of shots. The last " shot " given to me by someone else was

November 13th, 1994. It was my tetanus booster, and it took 3 hours,

and 4 people to finally get me calmed down and hold me so I could get

that stupid shot. I was 14.. it should have been " easier " than that

just to get a shot. (Two years later when I needed bloodwork and an V

for my knee surgery they used EMLA on me, so it was " ok " )

When I was first diagnosed when I was pregnant, I thought it was just

about impossible to give myself a shot.. based on my last experience

with the tetanus booster. I can't say that I ever really did

get " used " to it while I was pregnant.. I had a nurse laugh at me in

the hospital about the way I did my shots - eyes tightly closed, and

I inserted it really slow, like a said she did. Now I am a lot

better about it.. just jam it in push the plunger and it's over in 2

seconds. Yes, sometimes it hurts, but honestly most of the time (and

I am on 4 shots a day now, so I get to do it a lot!) I never even

feel it. Maybe having your husband, or even someone else do it (your

neighbor maybe?) until you can do it yourself will help a lot.

There are also some " auto " injection aids out there.. like the B-D®

INJECT-EASE® Automatic Injector (your local pharmacy might have this,

or ask your Dr about it) where you put in the filled syringe, you

can't even see the needle, and you push a button like the lancing

device and it inserts the needle for you. That might help a lot,

especially if your major fear is inserting the needle, not the

injection itself. Also, what syringe you use can make a BIG

difference. I use the BD ultrafine II syringes, they are the finest

and shortest needles available on an insulin syringe, and it does

make a BIG difference to me! I've used " regular " insulin syringes,

and you couldn't pay me enough to stop using the short needles..

unless you were paying me to go on a pump!

Remember we are all here for you, you are not doing this all alone!

> I had my appt the other day. It was supposed to be today but I was

> miserable so I went early.

<snip>

> I couldn't do it! I made myself sick trying. I just couldn't go

> through with it. I feel like a baby! Anyway, not my bg is up near

> 500 again and I'm feeling like crap. I just don't think I can live

> with this disease! I can't even do what I need to do to feel

> better. I give up.

>

> Beth

[Guest guest]

Dear Beth,

This has got to be so shocking and upsetting for

you. I can remember the guy in the drug store showed

me how to take the blood sample. I couldn't get over

that he was perfectly healthy and did it so easily and

I was a massive coward!! He did it twice on himself,

before I finally did it on me.

To go right from learning to test to giving shots

in a matter of day has got to be terrifying. I also

would hope your husband could be of more help. Remind

him the source of this baby and put a little " grrrrr "

into the help aspect!! I don't mean to put him down.

It just is so much more helpful if you can share in

this.

My husband is just beginning to come around to see

how much I have to do to get along with everything

coming down the pike. Tomorrow is our 28th

anniversary and we are just beginning to get back to a

loving relationship that has been seriously lost the

last 3 years.

Is there a nursing school near you? Maybe someone

from there could help you with the shots for practice.

We are all pulling for you!!

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Beth, you *can* do this. In fact, I have heard that there is a

spring-load device for giving shots, so all you have to do is stick

the thing near the skin and it gives the shot for you.

Please look into that because I have heard it makes it a lot easier.

And once you accept in your heart that it won't go away, sweetie, you

will learn to do what it takes. Everyone is in denial at first when

they get a diagnosis of something they don't like hearing. YOu are

not alone. Work to find a solution you *can* live with.

Ask your doctor about the spring load device. You stick your syringe

inside that it gives the shot for you.

Ask your husby to learn to give you shots. I was scared to give

s his allergy shots. I was terrified the first month I did

it. Now I am a pro, 3 years later.

I am not on insulin yet but someday will be, I am certain of that.

I've had diabetes since I was 16 and it just gets worse even on oral

meds.

If you don't try and regulate your BGs then your vision will fail you

completely, your arms and legs, kidney, liver will be compromised.

You have a LOT of good living to do. And you CAN do this, I swear to

you. I know so many diabetics " on the needle " who have full lives...

and you will too!

Email me offline for a shoulder to cry on if you want. I have

serious non-related to diabetes health problems and I know that

despair well...

Hugs, Tammi

> > > Another thing to expect with a diabetic pregnancy is for the

baby

> > to go

> > > straight to neonatal ICU for about 12 - 14 hours.  This does NOT

> > mean that

> > > anything is wrong with your baby.  It is simply precautionary in

> > diabetic

> > > cases to insure that the baby's BG's are functioning normally.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > To leave this list please go to diabetes-unsubscribe@y...

> >   Hope you come back soon!

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Beth,

when i had to give myself my first shot i chased

around a friend of mine every day then my brother when

she was out of town and one day i could not find

either

so i was stuck,and i took the fattest part of my body,

my belly and stuck it there and you know it did not

hurt, and evey time they did it, it hurt like mad. or

well i thought it did, but doing it myself was so much

better, Beth, try your belly its much better there.

Please,,,,,,,patty

--- Madge910@... wrote:

> ---You may laugh at me, but it took me hours to give

> myself the first

> blood test. I could not push the button to get the

> blood sample. I

> look back and laugh at what I was like then. Now I

> do it all the

> time. Not the same thing, but the same concept. I

> just sat at the

> kitchen table and stared at it, would put against my

> finger and stare

> some more. Finally just did it. This was probably

> three hours later

> if I remember correctly!

> My husband gives himself shots and he was not happy

> with it at first

> either. I think he practiced on an orange first.

> But he does it

> really quick now and says it does not hurt because

> he uses the ultra

> fine needles.

> You can do this, Beth!

> Madge

> In diabetes@y..., " " <sjones319@n...> wrote:

> > You need to find someone to give your shots to

> you. It is a must

> that you

> > do this.

> >

> > I can't live like this

> >

> >

> > I had my appt the other day. It was supposed to

> be today but I was

> > miserable so I went early. My vision was very

> blurry and I was so

> > damn irritated by every little thing. I couldn't

> get off the couch.

> > My bg was 534. That's the highest it's ever been

> and quite frankly

> I

> > thought I should have been dead with it that high.

> My dr said the

> > meds aren't going to work and I need to take

> insulin. I fought with

> > him about it but in the end I decided I couldn't

> keep going like

> > this. He tried to show me how to give myself a

> shot and I couldn't

> > do it. I hate needles! I got dizzy and almost

> threw up. Pathetic,

> > huh?? This morning I was able to give myself 1

> shot and almost

> > passed out. Dh wouldn't even watch. My bg stayed

> around 150 after

> > that. But when it was time to give myself another

> shot this

> evening,

> > I couldn't do it! I made myself sick trying. I

> just couldn't go

> > through with it. I feel like a baby! Anyway, not

> my bg is up near

> > 500 again and I'm feeling like crap. I just don't

> think I can live

> > with this disease! I can't even do what I need to

> do to feel

> > better. I give up.

> >

> > Beth

> >

> >

> > > > Another thing to expect with a diabetic

> pregnancy is for the

> baby

> > > to go

> > > > straight to neonatal ICU for about 12 - 14

> hours. This does NOT

> > > mean that

> > > > anything is wrong with your baby. It is simply

> precautionary in

> > > diabetic

> > > > cases to insure that the baby's BG's are

> functioning normally.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > To leave this list please go to

> diabetes-unsubscribe@y...

> > > Hope you come back soon!

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Hi Beth

I am one of the lurkers. Don't say much unless I feel the need. My sister has

been on the needle for over 45 years and I used to say the same thing. Was sure

I would die if I ever had to stick it in me. I raise sheep and do my own

vaccinating so I am used to handling a needle and syringe but the thought of

sticking myself didn't rest well. When I couldn't get the bgs down on oral meds

several members of diabetes_int encouraged me to ask the dr to go in insulin for

better control.

Sticking the needle in my arm was impossible. I could do it in the leg but

never fast enough so I bought an injector that helped. My sister kept saying

use the stomach but that really blew my mind. She kept saying it is less

painfull there because there are less nurve endings in your stomach.

Well my husband couldn't give himself a shot at all (Mr. Army Medic) but when he

jumped right in and tried it and now that is the only spot he uses. I got the

courage to try it myself and sure enough she was right.

Make sure that you get the smallest needle you can. Half inch work pretty good

or if you can get the insulin pen they have even finer needles. Also try not to

dwell on it and you will get used to it eventually.

Carolyn Kaminski

[Guest guest]

I agree, I have to put the needle in slow. Even when

I am in the hospital, I give my own injection for that

very reason. It hurts like crazy when it is done fast

in my opinion. My teeth are all desinigrating from

the high sugars. I have had a devil of a time trying

to get regulated. Stress seems to really cause my

sugar to go crazy. I am looking into going on the

insulin pump. The cost of this disease has placed a

major burden on me. I sure relate to the statement I

can't live like this. No wonder I am depressed.Donna

kerner Mosley

--- Beth Capozio wrote:

> Thank you for the suggestion a. I'll try that.

>

> Re: I can't live like this

>

>

> I fought when the doctor put me on insulin too. I

> was on it for about 17

> months and once I was under control I was able to

> go off it and have been off

> 13 months now. I do take 2 oral agents but the

> good news is insulin helped

> me get to this good place. Keep trying.

> The doc and nurses said jab the needle in fast and

> get it over with, but I

> always put the needle in slowly. Also, if you get

> a knife and leave it in

> the freezer then touch the frozen metal to your

> injection site for 2 seconds

> and it numbs it long enough you don't even feel

> the stick. I never got to

> where I did not give myself horrific bruises from

> time to time. A small

> price to pay.

> Good luck.

> a J.

>

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