| Please beware of anyone telling you you can survive without insulin. You cannot. Some Type 2's can control their BG's with diet and exercise because they still make enough insulin, but most need oral meds. Type 1's like you and me have to inject insulin by syringe or pump. Have you looked into insulin pumps? Instead of several shots a day, you give yourself one big one every 3 days to inject a tiny tube, and then you don't have to deal with needles, you just program the amount of insulin in and it delivers it through the tube. I've been on one for 5 years and it's a godsend! I would never give it up!
Until then, have you tried practicing giving shots on an orange? It's an old trick they used with me, and it helped. I'm extremely needle-phobic too, but I managed to get used to the little insulin needles, and I psyched myself out to think of it as something other than a needle. I still pass out when I get other shots like inoculations! Funny...
A couple of years ago they launched an inhalable form of insulin, but the dosages were so inconsistent, and it caused lung problems for so many people, plus it just wasn't very popular, so my understanding is they've pulled that off the market. Go for the pump!  |