Given that I'm the biggest coward...the biggest crybaby...on earth I don't see why most insulin users can't inject themselves.
It’s not that simple. Many diabetics end up getting scar tissue and the absorption of insulin is critical. Critical meaning life and death. And that is where this new inhaled prandial insulin might make a huge difference because not only is it inhaled vs injection but it acts much faster than any other rapid acting injectable. If you ask a diabetic if he or she would rather have a meal time insulin peak at 15 mins or 90 mins, I think most who understand their disease would all say 15 mins. Add that Afrezza clears out quickly to so it minimizes hypos. Afrezza acts as if the diabetic has a normal pancreas. All diabetics still need to talk with their endo or GP about it.
Given that I’m the biggest coward...the biggest crybaby...on earth I don’t see why most insulin users can’t inject themselves.
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Now take your 1 shot experience and apply it to my grandaughter diagnosed as type 1 at 9 years old.
6-8 fingerpricks a day to test sugar level
insulin shot at every meal
between meal shots for correction if sugars are high
1 shot of long lasting basal insulin twice a day to cover between meal shots.
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thats 6-8 finger pricks
average of 5-8 insulin shots a day
*yes she injects herself*
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7 days a week, 365 days a year .. she’s 9, there are infants diagnosed and parents have to follow the regimen to keep them out of the hospital and alive.
My son, since he’s been 19 months old, has had to prick his finger to get BCG readings 8 to 10 times daily. He has to have a sub-cutaneous set inserted into his leg every three days.
It gets to you.
I’m a type 1 and have been doing this four the past 20 years. However, three years ago I switched over to an insulin pump, the wireless Omnipod. I also wear a constant glucose monitor from Dexcom. It sure beats having to get shots all the time. I still have to insert the cannula, a flexible needle-like tube, but it stays in place from anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks.
Both are a godsend! I am very brittle and by programming my pod I insure specific dosages of insulin as it is needed. The Dexcom tells me when I’m too high or low, and I either have the pod deliver more insulin or I eat/drink something when I get too low. In my case, it means I won’t die in the middle of the night due to low blood sugar.
I’m not sure I’d even want to go to the breathable insulin, as I couldn’t program it, but have to remember.