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Injecting Insulin Through Clothing… Is It Safe (Gasp!) Or Not?

By AmyT on January 4, 2013

You’re out in public, surrounded by people without diabetes, and you need insulin. So, instead of pulling up your shirt and showing some skin, you opt to just inject through your clothing.
Gasp… Oh my! What are you thinking?!
The habit of stabbing a syringe through your clothing is a controversial one that’s long been debated within the diabetes community.
Curious about the actual safety aspects of this practice, our correspondent Mike Lawson decided to…

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Blünt Lancet Rocks the Diabetes Community

By AllisonN on January 20, 2011

Have we mentioned that we are hard core fans of Blünt Lancet?  Nope, not those overused needles that haven’t been changed since daylight savings time ended. I’m talking about the awesome D-rock band that made the girls swoon back in the early ’90s!
Haven’t heard of them? Don’t worry, it’s not that you weren’t hip, even if you were old enough to remember their “heyday.”  Is Blünt Lancet really a “blink-and-you’ll miss-them” has-been group making…

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