Gotta Love Mums ;)

[Fulvio]

So, I go and hit up on Byetta just now, and didn't notice I bent the needle. As I put the sheath back on (I don't subscribe to that stupid single-use policy the manufacturers tell you) it comes out the side of the sheath and into my thumb.

I yell in surprise rather than pain (hurts less than lancets do). Mum asks what happened and I tell her.

And then I can't believe my ears, as she says, matter-of-factly:

"Well, go and put some disinfectant on it, you don't want to catch anything"

SAY WHAT?? :huh: :shock:

I love her dearly, but sometimes I do wonder if there was a mixup at the hospital. :angel:

[robbiegal]

ha ha that is funny

but all jokes aside I have seen very serious infections admitted to hospital because the patient did an automatic thing like suck on the injured finger
the human mouth is as toxic as a dogs'
but it is automatic to do that

so follow mum's advice

[Fulvio]

...because the patient did an automatic thing...

Well, yeah, but the only other thing it touched was me. Nobody in their right minds shares needles of course, but I was like... "I just stabbed myself with it, what germs do you imagine it could have that aren't mine?"