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View Poll Results: Do you inject through clothing? | |
Yes - all the time, what's the big deal?
|    | 4 | 9.76% | |
Yes - most of the time
|    | 2 | 4.88% | |
Yes - it's about 50/50
|    | 6 | 14.63% | |
Yes - but only sometimes, on the odd occasion
|    | 7 | 17.07% | |
No - absolutely not!
|    | 22 | 53.66% |
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07-05-2006, 01:50 PM
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| | | Do you inject through clothing?
Georgia's question about whether to pinch for injecting reminded me about this question I wanted to ask. At my appt a couple of weeks ago I was browsing a diabetes magazine's Q&A section and there was a blurb about injecting through clothes and what the general consensus was. I think the answer said something like 'as with a lot of things, it is not recommended but most people do it anyway.' So, I'm curious, what's the consensus here? Do you inject through your clothes? I never have and can't imagine ever wanting to for fear of bending the needles - they are so fragile!
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07-05-2006, 02:03 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Jersey
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| | I'm a pumper now, but when I did injections - I ALWAYS shot through my clothes. I am a dress wearer, and I would just inject through my stockings, and really never thought twice about it!! 
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07-05-2006, 02:17 PM
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| | | I've always injected through my clothing.
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07-05-2006, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jen_slc Georgia's question about whether to pinch for injecting reminded me about this question I wanted to ask. At my appt a couple of weeks ago I was browsing a diabetes magazine's Q&A section and there was a blurb about injecting through clothes and what the general consensus was. I think the answer said something like 'as with a lot of things, it is not recommended but most people do it anyway.' So, I'm curious, what's the consensus here? Do you inject through your clothes? I never have and can't imagine ever wanting to for fear of bending the needles - they are so fragile! |
The few times I did, the needle burned, as if it had picked up some irritating substance while going through the cloth. |
07-05-2006, 02:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The city on the edge of forever.
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| | | Never have and don't plan to. I once caught a piece of clothing by accident and bent the needle. I thought it was going to break while in my leg.
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07-05-2006, 02:21 PM
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| | | If I was on MDI I would never consider injecting through clothing.
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07-05-2006, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by camjen1 If I was on MDI I would never consider injecting through clothing. |
You'd be DOUBLY sure you wouldn't want to do that, if you'd stuck yourself through a clean dress shirt (blouse, for you) and saw a bloodstain form on it after withdrawing the needle. DAMHIKT. |
07-05-2006, 02:33 PM
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| | | I put most of the time, becuase i use an insuflon, but when that isnt in I always inject through clothing... was toldby one nurse this was fine, quick and simple.. jsut as long as the clothes were clean (she was also diabetic herself)
though.... when i was in hospital (the one where they didnt treat me too well! lol) i got told off for doing it through my trousers... so kinad puzzled on which is right or not...
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07-05-2006, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by spike You'd be DOUBLY sure you wouldn't want to do that, if you'd stuck yourself through a clean dress shirt (blouse, for you) and saw a bloodstain form on it after withdrawing the needle. DAMHIKT. |
I was thinking the same thing. I sometimes get a real good bleeder and if I did it when injecting through the clothing, it would make a real nice stain.
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Say you'll share with
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Lead me, save me
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Say you want me
with you ,
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that's all I ask of . . .
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07-05-2006, 03:32 PM
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| | | Okay, so I don't inject through clothing anymore since I'm pumping but I did all the time on injections. Not only that, but I'd reuse the needles (pen needles) as well. When I had the pen that took the 150 unit cartridges I'd use one needle for the entire cartridge, injecting through clothes 90% of the time. When I moved to the disposable 300 unit Humalog pen I'd change the needle once or twice during the life of the cartridge.
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07-05-2006, 03:36 PM
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| | | As I was being educated on how to inject, the nurse, cde and the doctor said through the clothing is just fine.(these are the same people that told me to change my lancet every time and always use alcohol. lol) It's interesting to see the difference of opinion, within the medical community, on the basics.
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07-05-2006, 03:40 PM
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| | | When I was on shots I never even considered injecting through clothing. THe main reason is because you can't clean the area with an alcohol swab first and then even if you do, you would pick up dirt and bacteria from your clothing and put that in you. I've just never worn anything that I couldn't take off easily to inject.
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07-05-2006, 04:42 PM
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| | | Interesting thought. I never even considered shooting through clothes, though my dad (type 2) does it all the time. I prefer seeing where it's going! |
07-05-2006, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Stumpkins I'm a pumper now, but when I did injections - I ALWAYS shot through my clothes. I am a dress wearer, and I would just inject through my stockings, and really never thought twice about it!! | :dito: I am a happy pumper now, but when I did injections - if I was wearing a dress or skirt, I always injected through the nylons. Just nylons though, not through pants or tops.
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07-05-2006, 07:50 PM
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| | I inject through clothes on the odd occasion if i'm wearing a dress or something else inconvenient, i refuse to inject in a bathroom and don't want to show everything when injecting  I only ever use my abdomen for injections... I don't get bleeders very often, think i've maybe had one since diagnose in 2004...
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