Comment by Maycri on May 4, 2012 at 8:30am

I have no problem injecting in public and educating people (adults) about diabetes, when I'm in the mood... but how do you explain it to a child with an attention span of an ant, also adults would have at least some tact about the subject, and if not you can tell them off, but kids!? I guess this shows i don't have any, i know some are well behaved, but the couple of times that I did it in front of friend's kids they were pointing fingers, making rude faces and I could not keep it private anymore, the lil sh*ts remember "are u gonna shoot up again? can I see? gross! mommy she is having sugar..." Many times the parents don't want to pick up the slack they want ME to teach them, maybe because they themselves don't see it as normal.
Sorry for the rant lol

Comment by Shawnmarie on May 4, 2012 at 9:03am

Regarding injecting where others can see, my sister is a T2 and injects Byetta. My mom wasn't aware that she had to inject any meds and last time we were all visiting her she said to me, "I walked in my bedroom and caught your sister injecting something." I responded "You caught her or did you just happen to walk in while she was doing it? I don't think she was trying to hide it." I think there's something about injecting ourselves that other people think should be private, which is why I try not foster that mentality. I'm just doing what I gotta do so I can eat and live.

Comment by Shawnmarie on May 4, 2012 at 9:09am

Posted my last comment before seeing Maycri's -- I agree, doing things in front of kids can be a different matter. Haven't had to deal with it much yet, but I can imagine it might be easier to just not deal with it. :-)

Comment by shoshana27 on May 4, 2012 at 1:47pm

JUST EXPLAIN WHAT & WHY YOU DO IT...

Comment by shoshana27 on May 4, 2012 at 1:50pm

KIDS ARE SMARTER THAN YOU THINK SOMETIMES SMARTER THAN WE ADULTS ARE :)

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