My needle phobia is well earned. This incident is also the start of my medical problems.<\/p>\n
Back when I was in college, I was very physically active, and especially did a lot of bike riding. In fact, since gas prices were so high, I drove almost to campus, parked at a friend’s apartment complex and rode to campus on my bike. When I was done from classes for the day, I’d go back and tutor him. It worked out well …<\/p>\n
Until one day when I rode all the way back to the apartment. I was having problems with the car, so I’d left it where it was and took my bike home. I was the night and weekend manager of the complex, and one of our groundskeeper hit me with his car. I went through his windshield and fell face first into gravel.<\/p>\n
I almost lost my eye, and broke the edge of my jaw, though no one knew it until a few years later when I started having ear problems.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I had to have about 20 stiches in my face, mostly around the eye area, and so not only couldn’t have I have much in the way of general anesthisia, but had to keep my eyes open while they stitched.<\/p>\n
As a result, needles really bug me, especially the ones coming out of me, going in doesn’t seem to bother me as much.<\/p>\n
You’d think after two years of diabetes and the associated needles I’d be over it, but I’m not. I just tolerate them.<\/p>\n
And yes, insulin was MY idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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