I don’t think any one got that I was talking about “occasionally”. I’m not talking about every day. I stand by my comments. No one ever lost their eyesight because a few times a year they took their shot 15 minutes later than normal.
You may well be right. But I think you will forgive Hentor, not to mention QtM, if they go with their experience and what their investigations into the research have shown, particularly for their minor children, rather than what ‘some person on the SDMB’ said.
How many clinical studies did you say you’d personally run? Where did you get your degree? 
If you don’t have a degree or a background in medical science, then don’t mind me as I shrug at your words and turn back to the advice of QtM, and that of my own treating physician. I don’t have diabetes, but a first cousin on my father’s side does.
And sadly, occasionally can become frequently.
The devastation of DM is cumulative–and every time does matter. Retinopathy and neuropathy are silent- often, you aren’t aware of the destruction until too late. Better to be strict and well controlled always than to take that chance.
YMMV.
I can verify that, eleanorigby. I work with some people like this. Every year it gets worse and more painful for them, and there’s nothing they can do about it. These are people who do what they’re supposed to. All they can hope for is to slow it down a little. It’s cumulative and unrepairable.
last time I checked the general population of planet earth came equiped with heads attached to necks that were capable of turning under the comands of the brain. its not that hard to turn your head.
and to the people who feel the bathroom is the right place for this…do you honestly think some jackass woulndt have posted how offended they were when they went to the bathroom and saw some kid getting a shot?
its a MEDICAL CONDITION, they arent shooting smack, pull your heads out of your asses and cope. and be thankful you and yours dont have to actually be the ones WITH the condition.
what makes you think that your aversion to something makes that something innapropriate in public? there are people who cant stand the sight of amputees, should some guy who lost his arm in Iraq be placed on house arrest because soe fucking pussy cant handle the sight?
this isnt like a couple homless guys on the corner having sex, its not like the kid is sitting at the table rubbing one out. he didnt crap his pants and start playing with it, the only thing going on here is parents trying to keep their kid healty.
I hope your kid (and anyone else with Diabetes) continues with good health. ignore the people with out the self control to turn their head BACK to whatever they were doing in the first place.
you morons who cant turn your head and not watch are the same dipshits on the freeway causeing traffic jams because you have to slow down to 30 to look at a guy changing a flat tire 40 feet off the road.
Hentor’s kid will have to manage this his entire life. What is the threshhold of losing your eyesight because your medication wasn’t timely. 3 times a year? 5? 25? Its a cumulative effect over time. I wouldn’t want to lose my sight as an adult because my parents hadn’t been aggressive enough in my management - choosing to put the concerns of other diners over my health.
There may be points in Hentot’s life where its much more difficult to manage his diabetes as agressively as his parents can now. He may need all those “occations” for true emergencies and when he gets irresponsible in college.