I shed a few tears when I found out I was going to be taking insulin (1:15)
Sean, 34, did not want to take insulin, but the needles were smaller and much less painful than he expected.
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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 )
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How did you feel when you found out you needed insulin?
Like many people with type 2 diabetes, Sean was not happy to hear that he needed to take insulin. He’d always been afraid of needles. But when he actually started using the small, Teflon-coated needles, he found them much less painful than he imagined. “The fear I’ve always had of needles has kind of evaporated over the years,” he says.
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"
