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07-22-2005, 09:35 AM

I've had two main ones.

The WORST (and it still makes my toes curl) was when I was replacing the tip back onto the needle, I was holding it at a slight angle and therefore it wouldn't go on easily, so I really pushed it on... The needle came right through the plastic and went pretty deeply into my finger :argh: :argh: :argh: !!!

The second was once I was about to inject and goodness knows what I actually did but I managed to just jab the **** thing right into my hand...

We should be paid danger money, we really should!

(Also, a good pal of mine dropped her pen just as she was about to inject into her tum and it ended up making a big slice under her belly button which resulted in her needing stitches!)

I feel a bit queezy now... :smile:

2Cert

07-22-2005, 10:05 AM

This one is sort of scary :afraid:

This happened over 10 years ago and at the time I was taking Regular and NPH of the old beef-pork variety. This insulin caused me to have very deep and violent low blood sugars. Anyway, at the time I was dating someone who I worked with that lived about 45 minutes away. Late one night coming home from her house my sugar started to significantly drop. I noticed this because I started sweating and this was on a cool night with my air conditioner running in the truck (Jeep Comanche). Being the idiot I was at that time there was nothing in the truck I could take or eat. Well, the next exit on the highway was the one I needed to take and it was about 3 or 4 miles away. I thought "no problem, I can make that easy". I knew there were several fast food places I could stop to pick up something so I just sped up a bit to cut the time down :D Next thing I know I'm waking up bouncing all over the seat. I had run off the highway and was traveling about 70 MPH through the median in the center of the highway :vroam: This had a shocking effect on my low blood sugar symptoms and I immediately felt better and very wide awake! Well, that did not last long, I don’t remember exiting the highway but somehow I managed to turn the correct direction and make one more turn to start heading towards my house. I was awakened again suddenly and found myself lying over into the passenger side of the seat??? I had gone off the road and hit a VERY large branch of a VERY large tree that collapsed the drivers’ side of the roof!!! I've got blood covering my left arm and face and it's dripping everywhere. Now I really am WIDE AWAKE and FULLY AWARE :eek: I recognize where I am and strange enough it's only about a half mile from my house. I get the truck back on the road by reaching to the left with my arm to steer and manage to drive home. I immediately got in the shower, cleaned off all the blood and got all the glass out of my arm and face possible. Then when the adrenalin started to come down I went and got some juice.

To make this long story short, the accident went unnoticed by anybody besides my family. The story to the insurance company was I fell asleep, and the truck was totaled after being looked at by the insurance adjuster. Whew, I'm lucky to have survived that late night drive :cool:

jdstein11

07-22-2005, 10:17 AM

Wow! That's some story! Interesting how a "totaled" vehicle can still get you home!

camjen1

07-22-2005, 12:23 PM

My old style of reservoirs needed to be pushed down and locked on the vial of insulin and I had put my thumb on the top of it resulting in the needle going into my thumb. Come on confess I know there are some pump users that this happened to. :)

Andy_nut

07-22-2005, 01:36 PM

I feel a bit queezy now... :smile:

This is reason I hate being diabetic, I almost passed out reading it. I am t2 at the moment just on tablets, but injecting..... :eviltongu

jdstein11

07-22-2005, 01:43 PM

Hey, Andy, you get used to it! Not that there's much choice ;)

lgvincent

07-22-2005, 01:55 PM

I've done things like dropping a syringe into my foot after injecting the insulin into my arm (the blood that came out was a dark red), as well as breaking my nose several times and my front teeth recently while in insulin shock. I've also totaled several automobiles. Insurance is a little prohibitive right now . . .

Cinnabon

07-22-2005, 02:02 PM

well....
2 cert that was quite an event, gla you came out of that one. As for me... there have been a few..

1) While filling my insulin syringe, I placed the cap in my mouth to hold it (STUPIDINO!)while I filled, I sneezed and lodged the cap right into my throat, I couldnt breathe.

2) Came back from a trip and had BIG time jet lag, refused to eat (very young) and fell asleep. Woke up w/ a Hypo and my mom came in and gave me my daily shot of insulin on top of that, :shot: causing me to NEVER wake up. I woke up in an ambulance outside my house. I came to recognize my family about 8 hrs later.

2) Most recently I had a car accident (you can look it up here) My bloodsugar dropped from 1 minute to the next and I slammed into another car. I was ok, so was my daughter, and the driver was also.

I just wish I could have been on a pump 10 years ago, all my fault most probably for hesitating.

amccrazgrl

07-22-2005, 06:34 PM

omg those are some stories.

worse i've done is jab the needle in my finger.

Dewey

07-22-2005, 11:33 PM

omg those are some stories.

worse i've done is jab the needle in my finger.
Same here, only one time (Diabetes related), and the other times were when I was working as a vet. tech...I had more incidents working as a tech. than with my Diabetes...:eek: :D Have had some weird and wild lows, but no accidents as a result of them...

UpNorth

07-23-2005, 02:09 AM

Only thing that has happened to me this far is set my softclix on the deepest setting and test when i had a bad hypo yesterday :afraid: was blood everywhere :eek:

LauRa Lu

07-23-2005, 10:18 AM

I've had two main ones.

The WORST (and it still makes my toes curl) was when I was replacing the tip back onto the needle, I was holding it at a slight angle and therefore it wouldn't go on easily, so I really pushed it on... The needle came right through the plastic and went pretty deeply into my finger :argh: :argh: :argh: !!!

I just did just that :dong: owch!!!

The only other thing I've ever done is stab my boyfreind in the leg, I was sat next to him about to have my injection and kinda waved the pen about a bit for some reason and scraped his leg :o

lgvincent

07-23-2005, 10:33 AM

Oops! I forgot about that! I've hurt myself several times when replacing the cap on the needle only to have it go into my hand or a finger. The bad thing is, I usually push the cap real hard to make sure it stays on so when the needle goes in my hand, it's got a lot of force behind it. Not going to earn a Boy Scout badge speaking the sort of language I use at times like that!

UpNorth

07-23-2005, 03:34 PM

Right. I forgot... My cat has pulled my infusionset out once :p Dunno how he did it. I have to use violence to get them out :tongue:

Teresa

07-23-2005, 05:25 PM

i got a needle stuck in my stomach. it snapped off while injecting and its still in there! there is a post about it somewhere on here... it was last summer.

gettingby

07-23-2005, 08:06 PM

i got a needle stuck in my stomach. it snapped off while injecting and its still in there! there is a post about it somewhere on here... it was last summer.
Found it for ya. Hopefully this will work.
http://www.diabetesforums.com/showthread.php?t=2536

07-24-2005, 02:05 PM

i got a needle stuck in my stomach. it snapped off while injecting and its still in there! there is a post about it somewhere on here... it was last summer.

OH MY GOD!!!

UpNorth

07-24-2005, 05:23 PM

i got a needle stuck in my stomach. it snapped off while injecting and its still in there! there is a post about it somewhere on here... it was last summer.

Now THAT IS scary :afraid:

lgvincent

07-24-2005, 09:09 PM

i got a needle stuck in my stomach. it snapped off while injecting and its still in there! there is a post about it somewhere on here... it was last summer.

I was wondering if you had ever gotten it out. I'm sorry to learn you haven't. Is it uncomfortable? Is there any way it can be gotten out without putting you at risk?

Mark C

08-09-2005, 06:22 PM

This is reason I hate being diabetic, I almost passed out reading it. I am t2 at the moment just on tablets, but injecting..... :eviltongu

I was like you. However, I lost control more and more. Lantus, and then Novolog at mealtimes, improved my life considerably. I wish I had done it long ago!

I am no longer losing my sight, no current organ damage, I'm not tired all the time, my eyesight has not only stabilized, but improved, I have fewer headaches, My football-damaged shoulder is less painfull, My skin is better, feet less cracked, tingling in my hands is far less, have not had any more peri-rectal/prostate abcesses (There and evil tongue one!), and I have energy!

Don't fear insulin and feel it a failure as I did! It is a new lease on life!

Mark C

08-09-2005, 06:24 PM

rzrbks

08-10-2005, 01:05 PM

bruising around the mouth area

from shoving in food too fast :embarasse :hahaha: :smartass: :rofl:

lgvincent

08-10-2005, 03:31 PM

Oh, boy! Trying to prime the lancing device only to have the cap(?) pop off and sticking the exposed lancet into my hand. It hurts a lot more when I'm not expecting it like that.

am1977

08-10-2005, 04:18 PM

Oh, boy! Trying to prime the lancing device only to have the cap(?) pop off and sticking the exposed lancet into my hand. It hurts a lot more when I'm not expecting it like that.

Do you these Freestyle Lancing device? That has happened to me too. :dito: Ouch! :help: You would think that the cap to it would be more secure. :s:

BJC411

08-10-2005, 05:01 PM

Last weekend I hit a curb at about 60mph straight on and messed up my brand new truck with 5000 miles on it, I did have it aligned and it drives good but man was it scary! :afraid:

BadPixie

08-16-2005, 07:48 AM

The worst I've had was when i was doing an injection as i went to pull the needle out it really hurt, and when i did get it out the needle was bent in half!
Ive also had the needle on the injection go straight under my finger nail before ripping up all the skin underneath-that was very painful!