"I look around the restaurant and think—is the table high enough?" (:36)
Blake, 48, needs to inject insulin before meals. He'll inject insulin at the table, or in the restroom.
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Hypoglycemia
"My blood sugar was really plummeting"
( 1:26 )
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Stopping Insulin
Some people may be able to stop taking it
( 1:10 )
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Insulin in Public
Sometimes I care what other people think
( :36 )
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Fear of Needles
"You feel it a little, but it's nothing"
( 1:15 )
Share Your Thoughts
Do you inject insulin in public?
Some types of insulin are injected once a day; others are injected just before you eat a meal. When it comes to restaurants, people with diabetes need to make a choice—inject in front of others or hide it? Blake, 48, tries to gauge whether the table top is high enough to hide the injection to his midsection or heads to the restroom to inject. Other times, he thinks, “If people can’t handle it, that’s their own problem.”
Hypoglycemia"My blood sugar was really plummeting"
Stopping InsulinSome people may be able to stop taking it
Insulin in PublicSometimes I care what other people think
Fear of Needles"You feel it a little, but it's nothing"
