[lace-chat] Anyone self-inject?

2011-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Thanks for the all the information, suggestions and encouragement. The first one under supervision is booked for Monday after next, the 23rd. With two more supervised a week apart after that. I'll forget about it until then. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK To unsubscribe send email to majord...@ar

Re: [lace-chat] Anyone self-inject?

2011-05-12 Thread suebabbs
Good point, Brenda. I think you will also find your own preference for speed of inserting the needle, and speed of delivering the liquid. They both made a difference to me - and over time I discovered slow for both was most comfortable. But then, I'm a "pull the band-aid / plaster off slowly" p

Re: [lace-chat] Anyone self-inject?

2011-05-12 Thread suebabbs
I've used pre-filled syringes too when injecting the cat, and it was really difficult to get those caps off the syringe. There must be a trick to getting them off, but I didn't discover it! Thankfully I had to fill my own syringes and those needle covers were much easier to remove. Sue To

Re: [lace-chat] Kuminimo

2011-05-12 Thread Sue Duckles
Sue, do you mean a Chinese Button Knot? It's shown here: http://totheweb.com/cuc/knots.html Sue On 11 May 2011, at 23:30, Sue wrote: > Nothing to do with lace really unless you count braiding as lace > (its done > with thread after all) but I am trying to find out the name of the > button

Re: [lace-chat] Anyone self-inject?

2011-05-12 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Jean I'm sure you will manage it OK. Lots of other people do. One thing I have found from experience (of professionally inserted needles) is that if the swabbed area is still damp when the needle goes in it stings a lot more than if a couple of seconds have been left to allow the skin to dr

[lace-chat] Kuminimo

2011-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
Sue Can you describe the fastenings. I've googled and they seem to fasten them in a variety of ways - magnetic clasp, sprung ring necklace clasps, a braid with a knot on the end passed through a loop, a button on one end and a loop on the other, tying the ends together. Or there's one where

[lace-chat] Anyone self-inject?

2011-05-12 Thread Jean Nathan
I've taken encouragement from you and just committed to doing the injections myself. I've just got to wait for them to tell me when the three weekly appointments at the hospital will be (starting in the next couple of weeks) for the rheumatologists to do the first one and supervise me doing the