how does a one handed dibetic give herself shots if sh is right hanede and can only use her left hand?

Answer 1

I would bet she has an easier time doing that than you do typing with both hands.

Long Live Jambi

Answer 2

You might want to check with a Prosthetist to see if they can make a gadget that can help you perform certain tasks. If they can't then maybe they know who can. Are you getting a prosthetic arm? If so, maybe they can make adaptions to it that will help you hold the insulin bottle. Then you will just have to learn to do the rest with your left hand.

As an amputee myself, (I am a below knee amputee) I got first hand knowledge of how clever a prosthetist can be. They will do their best to address your concerns and make necessary adaptions for you.

I met a man about 10 years ago. He lost his hand in an accident. He was a Metal worker by trade. He loved to build stuff. He had a hammerhead built into his prosthetic arm plus a few other special adaptions. He chose to have a hook instead of a hand because that better suited his needs. He continued to build stuff for people for many years after his accident.

I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Ask your doctor to prescribe you the pens. You dont need 2 hands to use the pens. You just twist the dial to whatever your dose is, stick it in, and press the button down. Syringes are the past. I use the pens. Cant imagine using the syringes again.

Ignore the people saying "Learn to use your left hand". They obviously have never had to draw insulin out of the bottle into a syringe. It would be quite difficult with one hand.

Answer 4

She will need occupational therapy to learn to use her left hand to give the shots. Or she can learn to do this herself by trying on a pillow or an orange or something like that.

Answer 5

Naturally not having one hand would necessitate the person learning to use their other hand for one.

That the person is right handed is of no consequence since the other hand is missing.

Diabetics can give themselves shot in the gut and it would be fairly simple to give oneself a shot with one hand with a little practice.

Answer 6

The body is a marvelous thing, when you have the loss of one thing you get more flexibility somewhere else. As a diabetic, with both hands, I could still very easily give myself a shot. You find a way.

Answer 7

...now , just think about it. if she's only one arm-able and has only ONE ACTUAL HAND, then eventually she'll grow accustomed to being able to function perfectly using all her fingers on her other hand to give herself shots either into the other arm or another spot on her body. she can hold the insulin bottle between her thighs to keep it leveled, fill her needle up and dose herself. now if she needs to check her sugar level, then she can use either fingers, or hold a pen or pencil with her right had to push the necessary buttons on her glucose reader, and hold that with her thighs and prick herself. ...there's common sense ...

Answer 8

She'd learn how to give shots with her left hand. I'm right handed but if I had to, I could give a shot with my left hand.

Answer 9

Okay, my first thought would be to learn to use her left hand. Since this is a life and death situation, survival ought to kick in and this person should have very little difficulty finding a way to learn how to do it.

Answer 10

Maybe you could try the insulin pen. It is already loaded with insulin. Otherwise, I would ask my doctor. Maybe he or she would have a good idea. Sometimes a visiting nurse or a friend or neighbor would be kind enough to help you. Hugs to you.