I did it...

Folks,

It has finally come to this and I had to do it. Over the last week, my blood glucose (BG, blood sugar) went above 500 (mg/dl) and I couldn't get it down. I went to the hospital Sunday night and with four bags of fluid and 30 units of insulin, they got it down to 235.

So, on Monday, I sent the lab results to my endo in Dallas and today I gave myself my first injection of insulin using a Novolog Mix 70/30 FlexPen. I went to the health center on campus and the showed me how to use it (actually, they had never seen one, so I told them how to use it and they showed me where to injection.)

Then, the wuss in me kicked in. I HATE NEEDLES. If you missed that, I HATE NEEDLES. Even though I have to check my BG, that is spring loaded and I can accidentally set it off. But this, I had to inject myself. The nurse was really there to encourage me. Here was our conversation:

Nurse: Just pinch your fat and jab it in
Me: I hate needles and its going to hurt
Nurse: Just push it in fast like a dart
Me: It's going to hurt isn't it?
Nurse: Just a little
Me: I heard that lie before. It's going to hurt isn't it?
Nurse: You have to do this yourself
Me: Can I have your cell phone number and you could just do it for me all the time?
Nurse: I can make it hurt worse
Me: I know how you nurses are
Nurse: just pinch your fat like this (she demonstrates)
Me: like this (wasting time)
Nurse: Just like that
Me: It's going to hurt, isn't it
Nurse: Just jab yourself real quick
Me: (I jab myself and it doesn't hurt) That didn't hurt. I didn't even feel it.
Nurse: Push the button so that the insulin goes in


And that was that.