The needle on one of my diabetes medications is huge

So big the medication leaks after I inject.

On the original poster's point, I find insulin injections in the belly unpleasant but tolerable. I don't mind needles in the arm, either for vaccination or blood tests but I don't watch.

Posted By: watfordcanary on January 18th 2021 at 10:38:29

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having a needle in your arm (Coronavirus) - earthleakage, Jan 18, 07:22:11
- For absolutely no reason at all, I nearly fainted after having the flu a jab few years ago (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Jan 18, 12:16:27
  - Girl (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Real Man, Jan 18, 13:31:47
- Just a little prick 😉 ... come on! This was an open goal 😂 (Coronavirus) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 18, 12:00:09
- I can watch my self having an injection no problems however I can’t watch others (Coronavirus) - Southampton Rob, Jan 18, 11:56:43
  - Girl (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Real Man, Jan 18, 13:31:59
- I'm fine with injections but i have to say i would much rather have the Oxford vaccine (Coronavirus) - Jim, Jan 18, 10:50:20
  - I don't think saying things like this is very helpful or sensible. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - norwaay, Jan 18, 11:46:05
  - This is Jim (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 11:39:00
    - Ha Ha! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Bravo win or die, Jan 18, 11:56:48
  - Pfizer better though isn’t it? (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 11:01:30
    - I'd take it, but can understand that some people are scared of new things (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 11:24:23
      - Is the android equivalent to Apple Pay really called Madness? (Coronavirus) - Bravo win or die, Jan 18, 11:39:02
        
        Yup, it's One Step Beyond cash (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 11:58:11
        
        Johnny Cash covered Madness? I'd love to hear that. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Old Man, Jan 18, 12:01:02
        
        i have a vision of him in a grainy black and white video sat at the piano singing (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 12:13:20
        
        I didnt even know there was an app for buying apples (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 11:47:02
      - Google Pay (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Chris Peacock, Jan 18, 11:30:11
      - Never interested me (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 11:29:05
        
        Luddite (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 11:30:51
        
        Until you lose your phone / battery runs out / dies and you can't pay for anything... (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Brom, Jan 18, 11:34:03
        
        Or trump loses off all his nuclear missiles and the EMP stops your phone working (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 11:52:15
        
        And you forget you've got a mask on so Face ID doesn't work (Coronavirus) - camcan, Jan 18, 11:40:57
        
        That would just be bad planning (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 11:37:23
        
        Although if I was going to be out all day I'd probably take my card too (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 11:37:55
        
        someone could cut your finger off (Coronavirus) - Chris Peacock, Jan 18, 11:33:38
  - Having been brought up and spent most of my life in Cambridge (Coronavirus) - CB41, Jan 18, 10:54:22
- The needle tears a hole, the old familiar sting (Coronavirus) - Old Man, Jan 18, 10:11:24
- I've seen the needle (Coronavirus) - Chris Peacock, Jan 18, 09:59:03
- I'm fortunate enough to have had the first vaccine owing to working for the NHS and being (Coronavirus) - Curnster, Jan 18, 09:35:54
  - any reason that it should be more painful (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 18, 09:44:19
    - Yes I had the Pfizer. (Coronavirus) - Curnster, Jan 18, 10:18:07
      - my family members who've had it say it's certainly more sore than usual vax (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 18, 11:57:18
      - That chip in the vaccine means the needle has to be bigger. (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 10:27:02
        
        The needle on one of my diabetes medications is huge (Coronavirus) - watfordcanary, Jan 18, 10:38:29
        
        i *had* to administer steroid injections into my fraus tummy as part of her treatment (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 10:59:58
        
        We've had a few service users at work require injections, thankfully it's (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 11:07:47
        
        i signed up for the jabs army this morning i love inflicting pain (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 11:25:55
        
        If you're coming into close contact with people from north Suffolk (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 11:59:59
        
        it's a non clinical role (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 12:09:29
        
        ONE two three ONE (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 12:24:48
        
        Standard procedure, trash their locker, tip the bed and put them on show parade (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 13:43:50
        
        small point of order (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 11:50:08
        
        No I don't watch either! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 10:48:24
      - Yes,it was definitely sore afterwards. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 10:26:01
- Weirdly it’s the taking of the blood pressure before the injection for me. (Coronavirus) - peterindxb, Jan 18, 08:30:54
  - 😂. A girl would be far more in control. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - peterindxb, Jan 18, 13:56:22
  - Girl (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Real Man, Jan 18, 13:32:34
- I hate it .... (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 18, 08:30:12
  - Girl (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Real Man, Jan 18, 13:32:50
- Freaks me out (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 18, 08:19:26
  - Nevertheless (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 18, 08:21:21
- Needle (Coronavirus) - letsbehavinyou, Jan 18, 08:03:34
- Bizarre numbers of people saying they are unlikely to be vaccinated though (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 07:37:24
  - A friend of Jools claims she's not having it because it's got mercury in it (Coronavirus) - CB41, Jan 18, 10:26:54
    - It's that big old chip in it. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 10:28:49
      - Is that the one that attacks your DNA and turns you into an alien? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - CB41, Jan 18, 10:47:52
        
        Yeah that's the one.👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 10:54:09
  - UK actually leads the way in vaccine take up (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 08:52:29
    - That’s true but 20% still seems bizarre to me (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 09:33:37
      - people still smoke cigarettes (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Jan 18, 10:52:46
        
        Both addictions (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 11:02:07
      - Yeah, really odd (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 09:36:37
        
        Turns out a family member would like it the vaccine route after all (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 09:45:31
    - And France was 39 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Jan 18, 08:55:05
      - RIP Frenchies (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 08:59:24
        
        give it 12 months, and it's time for a sneaky (re)invasion i reckon (n/m) (Coronavirus) - paulg, Jan 18, 09:28:03
        
        I'll take Governor of St Tropez (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 09:33:51
        
        please do! Bring Marmite! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - shoddy, Jan 18, 09:32:12
  - The vaccine could cause people’s heads to fall off in a years time (Coronavirus) - thirsty work, Jan 18, 08:08:04
    - or might speed up your appointment with St Peter (Coronavirus) - CWC, Jan 18, 09:39:28
    - When I went up there on Friday you literally couldn't walk for (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 18, 09:24:11
  - I don't know where I stand on this one (Coronavirus) - Captain Bligh, Jan 18, 07:51:24
    - Surely responsibility to your fellow citizens means you should have it? (Coronavirus) - Old Git, Jan 18, 07:55:13
      - yes but no but yes (Coronavirus) - CWC, Jan 18, 09:45:57
        
        I have some sympathy re the newfangled ones (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Jan 18, 09:54:45
      - But then (Coronavirus) - Captain Bligh, Jan 18, 08:04:24

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