OMG!!! I broke an insulin needle off in my tummy and cant get it out........

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Permalink Reply by Mike Greenblatt on October 28, 2009 at 4:03pm

Have someone else drive and be careful with the seat belt.

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Permalink Reply by Maya Powell on October 28, 2009 at 4:13pm

Im gonna go out on a limb here and say that posting that on a website was not the correct first action.
DOCTOR.

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Permalink Reply by Terry Keelan on October 28, 2009 at 5:00pm

Yeah. Ya think.

Hope it all works out, so to speak.

Terry

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Permalink Reply by nel peach on October 28, 2009 at 6:37pm

6.35 pm my time : what's your latest update Krystal ?...( wanted to call you sweetie : Krystal just seemed more appropiate ) please let us know ...thanks for sharing with the community .
Was/Is it painful ??

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Permalink Reply by Mark Russell on October 28, 2009 at 7:21pm

So Krystal... lotta people wonderin about ya here... Hope you're ok. I really hope you didn't have to drive to er, that could be very bad, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Let us know something when ya can....

Manny and Linda... good info there.. thanks!

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Permalink Reply by MelissaBL on October 28, 2009 at 7:59pm

Hope you are okay. *hugs*

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Permalink Reply by elaine peterson on October 28, 2009 at 8:21pm

Hope all is OK, Krystal....scary thing for you to go through.

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Permalink Reply by Liz H on October 28, 2009 at 8:28pm

Ohhh my Goodness, I hope you're doing okay... following this thread so let us know when you can. Good luck to you.

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Permalink Reply by Joanne on October 28, 2009 at 9:00pm

Oh gosh Krystal, I hope everything turns out ok. Please let us all know your OK.

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Permalink Reply by MelissaM on October 28, 2009 at 9:04pm

wow that sounds painful. hope all is well.

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Permalink Reply by Krystal Parker on October 28, 2009 at 9:06pm

thanks for all the concern and thoughts. so I just got back from the ER. They at first told me they were going to surgically remove it, but the surgeon said it would be best to just leave it and watch for infection like you do with shrapenal from a bullet. I had an idea this would be the consensus being that I am an emt but wasnt sure because it is an impaled object. They said because I have a tendency to scar badly and am high risk for infection cutting me open and digging for it would be worse than leaving it alone. They doped me up with a bag of antibiotics and sent me home on oral ones as well and told me to come back if it starts to hurt or I start showing signs of infection. Oh and appearantly it was just because the syringe was expired( i didnt even know they had a expirarion date). Anyways I have no insurance and was running low on my stash so I grabbed on out of my travel kit. I am definately throwing all of those away. the hospital sent me home with enough to do me til I can get to the pharmacy. Once again thanks for the concern. I am so glad I found this site you all are so helpful. I live in very rural oklahoma and have only met 5 type 1s in my area since my diagnosis so it is incredibly helpful to have this site.

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Permalink Reply by Christian on October 28, 2009 at 9:31pm

wow!, sorry to hear about this.

So its really still inside your stomach? I think I would have just taken a sanitized razor and cut it out then bandaged the small wound.

I'm not a doctor, but I dont understand the logic in leaving it. Could you explain?

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