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Insulin
All people with
type 1 diabetes and some people with
type 2 diabetes need to use insulin
Your doctor
will tell you if you need insulin
and the dosage and when you have to have it
Insulin can only be given by injection
Adiabetes educator can teach you how to give yourself insulin injections
Tick one of the boxes to let us know if you have insulin injections
If you do have insulin injections, tick when you have them
You need to eat straight away after having insulin.
Insulin needs foods like:
If you are not at home when it is time for your insulin, you will have to take your insulin out with you.
Missing your insulin can make you sick.
Tick which part of the insulin injection you can do yourself
Draw a circle on the body to show where you prefer to have your insulin injection
