Insulin Injections

[carlton23]

Watching `The One Show` last evening the doctor spake about diebetes type 1 & 2, and mentioned that only experienced and trained persons should give injections to patients with diebetes, but when I started to have them a few months ago, the doctor showed my wife what to do injecting Humulin and then has left her to inject Enoxaparin Sodium also and she had never touched a syringe all her 65 years.

[Sqad]

carlton

\\\\trained persons\\\

That is the operative word......one can "train" the patient OR the patient's carrer to give the injection.

[starone]

True, sqad - my husband did his own injections after being shown once by the diabetic nurse. My mother did my father's injections for him - don't think she was ever shown, just did what he told her. And my son does his with no qualms whatsoever. Apparently it is quite easy and none of them ever came to any harm (except they all hated having diabetes).

[carlton23]

///carrer///...carer. (as you like to point out my errors sqad)

[Sqad]

carlton....LOL....touche.

[anneasquith]

good morning Bill, i hope you are well . :)

[carlton23]

G`afternoon Anne, I`m feeling fine at the present, despite the weather doing it`s best to dampen our spirits.

[tinkerbell23]

Its better to allow the patient to manage if the can IMO...

Even in hospital patients administer their own if they choose :0)

Xx