not painful, really.

'NO, I DO NOT want to inject medicine.'
'but the doctor prescribed insulin for you to inject'
'never mind, no need. i m fine. i ve been having diabetes for 20-30 years. i m fine. i DO NOT want injection.'

a 73-year-old man, slow but firm, refused insulin injection.

Reluctantly, he walked into the counseling room, me too.

so....should i continue to do the counseling, or shud i just tell the doc that patient insisted on not injecting medic? it's peak hour with lotsa patients waiting, and i do not want to waste time counseling a patient who still wont inject the medic after the time-consuming and lengthy counseling.

RBS 14.7, creat 200++.

oops...mayb i shud try...

'uncle, u have to strt to inject insulin cos ur blood glucose is high'

'No, no need. i have this for 20-30 year dy.

'yea, but ur kidney is failing. wat would happen to you if u need haemodialysis after 1-2 years?'

pale...

'but injection is very troublesome and painful.'

'nope. it's very easy, i can teach u, and i can assure u, it's not painful.'

doubtful face...

'if u do not believe me, i can inject you now, then u know it's not painful.'

'really? let's try.' challenging me.

'oh yea, come. i try injecting you now. tonight u wont be afraid to do it urself.' no one can challenge me....show me the tummy, babe~~

ok....so, i poke the uncle stomach while explaining wat he shud do.

'ok.'

'eh? u poke dy? i cant feel anything. ok, if this is the case, i tink i want to try injection.'

wooooooohooooooooooooooooooooooooo~~~~~~mayb i shud be a nurse, instead.;p

honestly, i din expect this to work. But at least, he was patiently learning how to inject insulin (though yawned many times during the session). Being extra patient with him, i repeated several times of the direction and drawed nice pictures for him.

so have he injected his 1st dose of insulin 2night? he is to come back after 2 weeks....really wonder if he would continue using it.

Uncle, u must jia you ar~~~