A couple of weeks ago I was having a chat with an old friend who was diagnosed with diabetes around seven years ago.

Lawrence mentioned that his Diabetes Specialist Nurse had warned him that he was a very likely candidate to move on to insulin injections within the next couple of months.  Apart from the obvious concern as to his diabetes he was also worried about injections.

Why?

Well like a lot of us, me included, Lawrence hates injections.  So I said that I would run a blog post for him to get advice from our readers to to how they deal with having regular injections as part of their medical condition.  Of course it is not just diabetic who have injections – people with multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia all come to mind.

So how can you help?  Well firstly it would be great if you could take take the poll on the subject we have set up below.  Even better it would be great if you could use the comments box below to share your story of using injections and any tips you may have for lawrence to get used to them.

Many thanks in advance.