Injecting Myself

I hate needles, when I was a child I was in an accident. My leg broke and my hip was fractured. The leg healed as well as could be expected, but the hip was not. So they injected a steroid into the fissure to speed up the process. I was alomst 4 years old. The needle looked so big and it hurt a great deal when they inserted the needle in. Since then i had a great dislike of needles.

An now that I have diabetes I have to inject myself once a day. At first they gave be syringes and an insulin vial, the nurse gave me the most rudimentary explanation on how to do so. I had to go research on the Internet for a more detailed set of instructions on how to do so.

From the start my wife would inject the insulin for me. She did a good job but though I am mostly over my needle phobia I still not totally comfortable with it. She would see the discomfort on my face and grew to dread 10pm when it was time for my injection.

So when I went back to see the diabetic counselor, I requested the insulin pen. So what I have now is the Lantus SoloStar. I dial up 10 units of insulin and inject myself on the tummy. Most of the time this is easy to do so, other times it feels as if the needles are dull and it hurts injecting myself. Then sometimes it feels like it burns lightly just underneath the skin. The burn slowly spreading out from the injection point. It is during these times that my dislike for needles comes back strong.

I need to do everything I can to be healthy and get off insulin. I really dislike injecting myself...