Would you be able to inject yourself?

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DH has to have daily injections. The District Nurse has been coming to do it but obviously they'd prefer he did it himself.

He really can't. I've done it today and will do them from now on but I'm not sure I could do it to myself.

It's a little sting, but you do get used to it. I knew I had to do it, so I did it.

Type one diabetic I've been doing it since I was 12. I can't watch other people doing it (to themselves or me!) much prefer doing it myself.

It's not pleasant but it is genuinely a case of mind over matter

Yes I have and I was fine with it. Just decide to go for it and jab!

It didn’t hurt in my thighs but much more painful in my stomach.

My DH is T1 diabetic so injects multiple times a day. After watching him for years yes, I do think I could do it. More easily than the finger prick tests for some reason. I’d probably get him to do it if I could, but I think it’s one of those things you just adapt to when it’s needs must.

Sub cutaneous injections, yes - no problem. I had ivf, gestational diabetes and had to take blood thinners a number of times.

I haven’t been able to bring myself to do intramuscular injections tho. When having ivf, my husband did them (in my buttock!) for me. The needle was huuuuuuge.

Type 1 diabetic here, so it was either inject or die. Kind of helps if there is no choice and you know it's for the rest of your life. I got over it within a few days. Never cared afterwards. I'd rather inject than swallow a big pill tbh.

Yes: blood thinners after broken ankle and c section (separate occasions!). I'm better at doing that than I am when I've had to check my blood sugar.

Yes. If it’s necessary and there’s no one to do it for you, you do it, don’t you?

Yes, blood thinners from 20 weeks and 6 weeks postpartum through 2 pregnancies. I was fine injecting myself but can't watch someone else do it or watch when having blood taken.

Like PP I have to self administer 2 injections every day of my pregnancy and for a month after. It wasn’t the highlight but I got used to it.

I just think when you have to do it you just have to suck it up & get on with it 🤷‍♀️

I always did it first thing in the morning as then I reckoned nothing worse could happen all day!!

Yes. However my son has been a TYPE 1 diabetic since the age of two. When he was first diagnosed his injections were always done using syringes, not the easier pens that he uses now.
I know it's not fair of me I really do, but I always struggle with grown adults who cause a big fuss about injections when my child has been injecting himself multiple times a day from such a young age.

Yep. Type 1 diabetic so 5 times a day, no choice. Also did my clexane injections after birth. It does get easier.

Yup. I did for IVF and then I Did it again the other week for the contraceptive injection

I couldn’t do it. I had to have blood thinners every day after all my sections and after a surgery last year for a month 😔 my DH did them though.

I’ve done injections for my DH but can’t do them to myself

I had to do clexane jabs after an operation, had to practice on an orange first before they let me loose on myself. It was useful for when I then had to care for DH and inject him.

I had to everyday for a week after my last section and will have to after the next one in August.

I’m dreading it. I used to sit there almost in tears willing myself to do it.

I’m a HCP. I inject people all the time.
I just can’t do it to myself.

I have done it for B12 and magnesium. B12 was easy, magnesium wasn’t as so painful.

Yes I have done it during pregnancy and it was fine. My DP has to object himself with a big fuck off needle once a week and I know he still finds it really difficult even though he’s been doing it for 10 years or so.

I did them for IVF. Depending what and where your DH needs to inject, you can buy a local anesthetic cream called emla online or larger pharmacies.

You put a pea sized blob on the skin and leave for at least 30mins- either under a dressing or exposed- as long as you dont rub it off. You also dont rub the cream in- it will just slowly absorb into the skin. I found it really took the sting out of the injections.

you have to learn to do it - and yes I have you just have to get over it if it keeps you alive

I did it for 6 months when I had several operations on my leg, even when in hospital the nurse gave it to me to do. I also did it for 3 week after I had my DS.

I have also done it for my mum on a regular basis. Doesn't bother me one bit.

I've never had to, but I think I would if I actually HAD to. Or I would make DH do it for me. There's no way I'd let a nurse come out just to inject me, but that's partly because I come from a medical family and am a HCP myself - there's not really a shortage of family members who would feel able to do it, so I really would not want to "waste" the nurse's time (I get that sometimes it is necessary for them to come and do them).

Super easy if it's jabbing a thin needle into done fat. Just go it quickly snd decisively