Blog：’Scared’
Penny now has to inject herself with insulin twice a day.
“I was taught how to do it with an orange and an old fashioned syringe.
“Then, when I first had to do it to myself, it wasn’t too bad, it didn’t hurt too much.
“But it took time to get back to how life was before. I did feel like a bit of an invalid.
“And I was quite scared because my blood sugars could rise or fall and I would feel bad either way.
“It knocks your confidence because you didn’t think about how you ate, or needing to have injections, before.
Penny’s colleagues had to be instructed in how to help her if she had a hypoglycaemic attack because her blood sugar levels had fallen dangerously low.
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