Re: [IP] Advice Needed.....please help
I was very much joking, remembering how I was chastised by my first CDE
(an RN) for using the term "shot". She was the one that said, "'Shots'
are from guns, injections are from syringes. You will be giving
yourself injections from now on."
Antonio in LA, Type 1 since 1993
MiniMed Paradigm 522 RT CGMS
OneTouch Ultra, MiniMed Carelink and PAL software
Jan H. wrote:
>> From: Antonio <email @ redacted>
>>
>> eh hem, an *injection* may be necessary... Shots come from guns. We
>> don't "shoot" our insulin either, at least I don't.
>>
>> :-)
> I had foolishly written, in part:
>>> A shot may be necessary to bring it back down.
>
> Notice I snipped ALL the unnecessary fluff that was included to get to
> the
> *point* (pardon the intended pun). Who amongst us has not said *shot*
> for an
> injection, including medical personnel???????? Anyone not understand
> (i.e.
> comprehend) what I meant first time?
>
> Out of 18 definitions of *shot* from www.onelook.com:
> * a.. noun: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a
> syringe
> (Example: "The nurse gave him a flu shot")
>
> Jan T-1 11/50 http://tinyurl.com/hqsk2 - http://tinyurl.com/z4j5f -
> http://tinyurl.com/er5c3 including evolution of pumps
> .
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