Product Review: BD Ultra-Fine Needle Insulin Syringes

I was diagnosed as having Type 2 Diabetes on my birthday, May 19th of 2005. I must admit that it wasn't a complete surprise because I had been feeling terrible and each day I was feeling worse and worse. I had so many health problems that I ended up in the emergency room in the middle of the night on my birthday that year. The emergency room staff took a blood sample and found my blood sugar level to be over 500 so they immediately gave me an insulin shot. Normal blood sugar levels are anywhere between 70 to 120. Thus began my life as a diabetic person.

Being a Type 2 diabetic who needs between two and three insulin shots per day can really be a pain, literally. I mean, needles can really hurt! I have had people say to me that they just couldn't do it; give themselves a shot with a needle every day. Please don't say that to the diabetic that you know, it really is hard to hear because WE don't want to give ourselves a shot either. Unfortunately it is necessary if we want to live.

Thank goodness that syringes with very thin needles, such as the BD Ultra-Fine Needle Insulin Syringes with their 1/2 inch length 30 gauge needles have been invented. Usually, if done correctly, there is very little or even NO pain involved in giving myself an insulin shot. Once I had my adult daughter give me a shot in the back of my arm and while I waited impatiently for her to finish the deed, she had to finally tell me that she had already done it. I hadn't felt the shot at all! I was fortunate in that I never did fear needles plus when I was a teenager, I used to give my horses all their shots, so giving myself insulin shots is just an extension of that experience.

When I was diagnosed with diabetes, the nurse gave me a quickie crash course in how to give myself an insulin shot. One important thing to remember is that you must vary the sight of the injection every time so that you don't damage the skin. Evidently, even with the super thin, fine needle, the injection site can become irritated and the cells damaged. So, rotate the injection site each time.

I have found out by trial and error that there are some areas of the body that are less painful to give an insulin shot than other areas. The area along the bottom of the belly/stomach and at the back of the arms are the least painful areas to give myself an insulin shot. When I give myself a shot with my BD Ultra-Fine Needle Insulin Syringes in those areas of my body, a lot of the time I don't feel any pain. If there is any pain, it is very little.

My least favorite area to give myself a shot is in the thigh because it usually hurts the most; therefore it is a rarely used injection site on my body. Using the BD Ultra-fine insulin syringes makes an unpleasant task as painless as possible.

If you have been diagnosed as a diabetic and must give yourself insulin shots, then I recommend the BD Ultra-Fine Needle Insulin Syringes with their 1/2 inch length 30 gauge needles simply because I have found them to cause the least amount of pain.