Everyone needs an Assistant Diabetic

I am very excited to announce that Colin (the wonderful, awesome, helpful, handsome, live-in boyfriend) put his first needle in me last week, all by himself. It was a sensor too, those needles are wicked huge!

I usually put my sensors in my love handle area but I know that I should be venturing out to new areas in order to prevent scar tissue. I know that don't want to go toward the front of my abdomen because I reserve that for infusion sets, so I decided to head backwards. Obviously I can't quite reach behind me so I asked Colin to do it. To my surprise (although maybe not yours) I was about 10 times more nervous about the idea than he was. Now, if it were an infusion set I wouldn't have minded at all, but those sensor needles still scare me! It was hard to not be in control of the insertion.

Regardless of my fear he did a great job! It was quick, painless, and even better than I could do on my own! I think I have found an assistant diabetic! Hooray!