4a6317d1_Afrezza__July_2010__Comment
[#] 1 [Response from NICE-UK] The guidance states that people with severe and persistent problems with injection sites (for example, as a consequence of lipohypertrophy) despite educational support and injection site rotation will be eligible to receive inhaled insulin. [Comment] 
I am a 48 year old type 2 diabetic my daughter is 11 and a type1 diabetic, I was diagnosed when she was born and she was diagnosed 2 years ago we are both injecting 4 times per day. My stomach and bottom are covered in bruises and my bottom also, I am quite thin. My daughter will only inject in her bottom, having originally only allowed us to inject in her thin thighs. Her bottom is a mass of bruises and often painful. She is a bright well mannered young girl and will shortly be going to senior school, she is traumatised by the fact that her best friend who helps her with prick tests and injections is going to a different school and she will not be with her to support. How much easier it would be if she could inhale, sadly we are both mentally stable-what nonsense. Neither myself or my daughter became diabetic as a result of obesity; a tag I fear is too often associated with our disease. To restrict the freedom to enjoy life to the full for a young girl is not fair, inhaling insulin will give her so much more freedom and a lot less pain, discomfort and embarrassment. If the people making this decision had seen their daughter wince and scream on a regular basis then they might think differently. I make sure my daughter does not see my stomach as I am trying to convince her to take her rapid insulin in her stomach as it is more effective-but I can’t let her see my bruises.
Afrezza: July 2010
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