Evangelical: AIDS is a gift from God.

You left out "AIDS is what Jared used to lose all that weight".

/we can still laugh, right?

Who the hell shares insulin pens?

Born2Fart: Evangelical: AIDS Everything is a gift from God.

FTFT

boobsrgood: ...and if you was already mean and ugly, it turned you into a mammy nun.

I FZ what you did there...

Also, the needles are removable:



Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

You forgot the time period where it was a black disease.

Occupy AIDS.

Honest Bender: Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

Are there any diabetic farkers out there who can set us right on this? Is this common among diabetics?

Coffee Snob: You forgot the time period where it was a black disease.

No, they are just the ones who created it.

/tiger love FTW

Transmission Category - Estimated Number of Diagnoses of HIV Infection, 2009
Male-to-male sexual contact: 23,846 men
Injection drug use: 2,449 men, 1,483 women
Male-to-male sexual contact and injection drug use: 1,131 men
Heterosexual contact: 4,399 men, 8,461 women
Other:47 men, 29 women

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imprimere: Born2Fart: Evangelical: AIDS Everything is a gift from God.

FTFT

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Honest Bender: Also, the needles are removable:

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Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

Article says don't even do that.

There was a 21 Jumpstreet (IIRC) where one of the students had AIDS and after all the posturing about this cause and that cause he just admitted he's gay. I remember at the time thinking that was pretty bold as plot developments go.

Semen does contain a dose of fructose..

Wow, it's amazing how closely the headline mirror's my aun'ts life:

1980: BECKY is a gay . 1996: BECKY is a junkie . 2012: BECKY is a diabetic.

AIDS or HIV?
/dnrtfa
//saw the headline, felt compelled to ask, that's all.

common sense would dictate to not share insulin. my mother had diabetes and i can't remember how many units she had to take, but my understanding is that it varies with each person and you didn't want to get too much or not enough.

Brew78: Semen does contain a dose of fructose..

Yeah, give all the diabetic women out there another reason...

2/10, trollmitter

Fat, legless and AIDS-ey is no way to go through life, son.

Honest Bender: Also, the needles are removable:

[www.health.com image 460x300]

Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

Dude, holy crap. The article is only 6 sentences long. And you didnt even need to read that far, the second sentence of the article -

Insulin pens should never be reused on multiple people even if the needle is changed.

So not only did it take you longer to post than it would have to read two sentences in, your post is in direct contradiction with the article and gives shiat advice that might actually hurt people. Hell, you didn't even need to read the article, common sense says if you're stabbing yourself with a needle to the point of bleeding, yeah you might bleed on the needle and some might get on the thing also holding the needle. But fark common sense, fark reading the article, post away!

So yeah, you fit right in here on Fark.com.

Born2Fart: Evangelical: AIDS is a gift from God to everyone I don't like.

2030: It's a junky gay diabetic disease.

Honest Bender: Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

fireclown: Are there any diabetic farkers out there who can set us right on this? Is this common among diabetics?

My uncle's diabetic, as is one of my friends from high school. From what they said, sharing syringes and insulin would be like sharing a toothbrush--not something anyone would want to do, and certainly not common. Obviously some people's mileage may vary.

pens suck anyway... no way to do fractions of a unit

I'm a type 1 diabetic, have been for 20 years. I've never shared needles/insulin pens. I mean, I guess if someone was like "OMG I FORGOT MY INSULIN AND WILL DIE", I'd happily give them a syringe and insulin, but I can't see it ever occurring on a regular basis.

/unless Zombies attack
//in which case I'm going to be dead when my insulin runs out.
///ZOMBIES

danceswithcrows: Honest Bender: Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

fireclown: Are there any diabetic farkers out there who can set us right on this? Is this common among diabetics?

My uncle's diabetic, as is one of my friends from high school. From what they said, sharing syringes and insulin would be like sharing a toothbrush--not something anyone would want to do, and certainly not common. Obviously some people's mileage may vary.

Except you can't get hepatitis or HIV from sharing a toothbrush.

Mugato: It wouldn't hurt Wilfred Brimley to get a little AIDS, he could use the weight loss. Not like AIDS AIDS, maybe a slight case of walking AIDS.

You are my new favorite person on Fark.

fireclown: Honest Bender: Just swap the needle if you're going to share your insulin. Which you really shouldn't need to do, anyway.

Are there any diabetic farkers out there who can set us right on this? Is this common among diabetics?

My GF is type 1. I don't think the idea would even occur to her. Granted, if it came down to it and she was with another diabetic person with dangerously high BS, I'm sure she'd dole out some spare insulin.

However, it's worth mentioning that she's on a pump. She only carries around one of those pens just in case. I've never known a diabetic who wasn't on a pump, so I'm not really familiar with the habits of non-pumping diabetics.

lennavan: common sense says if you're stabbing yourself with a needle to the point of bleeding, yeah you might bleed on the needle and some might get on the thing also holding the needle. But fark common sense, fark reading the article, post away!

my son is type 1 so I have some firsthand knowledge... if you're bleeding when injecting your insulin... then you're doing it wrong. Only chance is if you manage to hit a vein or something... yes you will get a drop of blood from your finger (for testing)... but not when injecting... trust me, type 1's (who aren't on a pump) do a LOT of injections... they're pretty good at it.

meanmutton: Except you can't get hepatitis or HIV from sharing a toothbrush.

I wouldn't be too sure of that. What if both people have gingivitis?

Remember the big deal about HIV-infected needles washing up on the shores of NY or NJ some years back? If you can get AIDS from an old needle, why not from a toothbrush, or even a mosquito's proboscis? I was arguing with my wife (she's an ER nurse,) about this last scenario. I told her, "If you can't get HIV from a mosquito, then obviously mosquito saliva is a cure for AIDS!"

lennavan: Dude, holy crap. The article is only 6 sentences long. And you didnt even need to read that far,

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Coffee Snob: You forgot the time period where it was a black disease.

My wife works at the local college and facilitates HIV testing and education provided by Lowcountry AIDS Services. They've found that infection rates trend opposite of outreach: when they focus on HIV prevention for homosexuals, the black rates go up. When they focus on prevention for blacks, the rates go up for gays.

Of course, there is the idea that much of the black infection problems are from "down low" guys. Those would be married or at least hetero-dating men that have gay sex and relationships on the DL. Needless to say, their alter egos are not the most fastidious about safe sex.

The crazy things I learn having a wife that works in psych and public health!

HAMMERTOE: meanmutton: Except you can't get hepatitis or HIV from sharing a toothbrush.

I wouldn't be too sure of that. What if both people have gingivitis?

Remember the big deal about HIV-infected needles washing up on the shores of NY or NJ some years back? If you can get AIDS from an old needle, why not from a toothbrush, or even a mosquito's proboscis? I was arguing with my wife (she's an ER nurse,) about this last scenario. I told her, "If you can't get HIV from a mosquito, then obviously mosquito saliva is a cure for AIDS!"

No one has ever gotten HIV from a shared toothbrush.

I'm pretty sure its still mainly a gay and African disease.

Is anyone else horrified that the CDC apparently thinks this is the sort of normal "oops, my bad" thing that people in healthcare just needed a little heads up about? Is it even remotely possible that someone in a health care facility didnt get the germ theory of disease memo?

The press release ought to read:
We recieved reports of people using insulin pens on multiple patients. Instead of issuing a warning to knock it off we closed the facilities where this was occuring, suspended the license of every health care worker involved until fruther notice, offered free tesing for hiv and who knows what else to everyone ever seen at said places and made future infractions punishable by hanging.

I'm almost the only non-diabetic in my family, (prepared doses of insulin for years) and sharing any diabetes equipment is just weird.