So ever since the age of 3 or 4 I've had to have nightly injections of meds (I had some sort of growth disorder), and now that I've pretty much grown to my full height, I still have to use it, but now it's for different reasons. Up until the other day, my dad usually did it because a) he likes to do those things himself, because he's a bit of a control freak sometimes
. and b) I do not handle needles well. At all. I've only just learned how to control my panic attacks when I get blood drawn a couple of years ago, and I'm still deathly afraid of IVs. But now that I'm going off to college in a couple of days, my doctor agreed that I needed to learn how to inject myself. So we switched over to the "pen", which is basically a pre-mixed pen like syringe that's already filled with a set amount of the meds. You just attach a needle, dial the dose on the pen, and inject. It's really easy to do, though I was a bit hesitant to stick a needle into myself. It kind of goes against my instincts to chuck the needle across the room and run out of there, you know? Well, it's actually going better than I thought it would have-only a few days in and I'm already kind of used to it. Since I have to do on my belly (which is a 1st time experience for me), I barely feel anything usually, which definitely helps. Usually, I can actually feel the needle in my body (esp. when I get blood drawn). So I'm actually very excited to do this on my own for a change! My only regret is that the nurse didn't come earlier in the summer.