Got up around 0600. I knew my blood glucose was high. Other than glucose monitor keep beeping, my feets were tingling pretty bad and couldn't go on sleeping. I wasn't asleep anyway.
Got up and grabbed my fast acting insulin. Set down prep the injection pen and jabbed. For whatever reason, it didn't go in. The needle that is. Then my hand lost motor control. Drop the pen. But when I picked it up, the needle was gone. Not the whole needle assembly, but just the needle. Oh great. These things are fairly thin, and I wasn't looking forward to searching for the needle.
Got on the floor and started looking for the damned thing. Didn't see the needle, but saw a pool of blood. Followed the blood trail, and it was from top of my left foot. Got the alcohol swab, and cleaned the mess. There it was. Broken needle still stuck on my feet.
Got a needle on tabletop and tried to put in plastic container so no one gets jabbed. Drop the container and lost the needle again. Did I mention it's a tiny thing? Started swiping the tabletop hoping to find it. Sorted everything on the table making sure it didn't fall in between papers. No luck. Getting pissed by this time.
Then saw something shiny. It was the needle on my straw place mat. Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack x)
Got up and grabbed my fast acting insulin. Set down prep the injection pen and jabbed. For whatever reason, it didn't go in. The needle that is. Then my hand lost motor control. Drop the pen. But when I picked it up, the needle was gone. Not the whole needle assembly, but just the needle. Oh great. These things are fairly thin, and I wasn't looking forward to searching for the needle.
Got on the floor and started looking for the damned thing. Didn't see the needle, but saw a pool of blood. Followed the blood trail, and it was from top of my left foot. Got the alcohol swab, and cleaned the mess. There it was. Broken needle still stuck on my feet.
Got a needle on tabletop and tried to put in plastic container so no one gets jabbed. Drop the container and lost the needle again. Did I mention it's a tiny thing? Started swiping the tabletop hoping to find it. Sorted everything on the table making sure it didn't fall in between papers. No luck. Getting pissed by this time.
Then saw something shiny. It was the needle on my straw place mat. Talk about looking for a needle in a haystack x)
