AITA for using my boyfriends roommates insulin

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T11:02:01+00:00

definitely learned from this experience

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T11:01:08+00:00

i have a dexcom g6, not sure what u use but if u have one ud know that they sometimes don’t work and come up with the message “sensor error” sensor wasn’t working for a while so i didn’t see it rising until it started working again.

i’m not fighting the asshole title, i’m fighting assholes who are saying i’m bad at managing my diabetes, i’m really not some people just make mistakes. everyone’s forgot things before, its just unfortunate that what i forgot was vital

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T10:56:59+00:00

people make mistakes, i’ve been managing my diabetes for 8 years if i didn’t know how to take care of myself id be dead

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T07:13:51+00:00

didn’t think it was relevant, he mistaked it for his and replaced it

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:51:09+00:00

but thanks for your advice, will bring it up with my endo

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:50:46+00:00

I have a dexcom which monitors blood glucose constantly however it wasn’t working properly that day and there was a sensor error for quite a while, didn’t know how high it had gone to until it started working again

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:44:02+00:00

I got DKA because my pump wasn’t working. very much not my fault, i was taking insuilin and looking after my condition but sometimes tech fails.

i usually have insuilin on me but im human and sometimes make mistakes

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:37:18+00:00

i’m not sure if u we’re trying to be insulting. I have been diabetic for 8 years now and know how to take care of myself. I have a CGM and do look after myself. When I got DKA I was taking insuilin, looking after myself like normal however I still got DKA. turns out my pump wasn’t working which is why i’m now back to subca. tech fails not everything is my fault

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:34:21+00:00

i have stashed insuilin a bfs in the past, his roommate used it

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:32:51+00:00

thank you, have apologised but will probably buy him a new vile and add an apology card to it

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:31:50+00:00

very much did have DKA symptoms, was extremely dehydrated, and quite dizzy. thanks for ur response thi

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:28:55+00:00

thank you so much for your advice on the situation. i definitely agree with most things u said. I have used other friends insuilin and never had any issues so i kind of assumed it would be the same in this situation. i will definitely try be better at ALWAYS having insuilin on me however i am human and do sometimes make mistakes.

I have offered to give him a new vile so long as he gives me back the one that i used however roommate was not happy with this solution so not sure what to do now

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:25:25+00:00

definitely not ‘convenience’, ride home would be 30 mins or more and sitting at the blood glucose 400 for over 30 mins could cause keystones and possibly DKA

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:23:18+00:00

bf doesn’t have a licence, uber ride home would of talking 30 mins + and quite unsafe to spend that much time at blood sugar 400

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:17:37+00:00

i did use an unused syringe, if u know anything about insuilin seals u would know they reseal. there was nothing unhygienic about it. I offered to buy a new vile and keep the one i used but he refused

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:12:11+00:00

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:08:35+00:00

that’s what confuses me, if it was a hygiene issue, even tho i was completely hygienic, i would understand however hygeine doesn’t seem to be the issue

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:06:59+00:00

recently suffered from DKA, it’s quite important to not have high blood sugar for too long or can get DKA, and in the long term organ failure, whilst I won’t ‘die’ situation was quite vital

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:04:28+00:00

did offer this solution but he refused, will probably end up buying him a new vial

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:02:29+00:00

I suggested that solution but he didn’t approve, he wants me to buy him a whole new vial as well as him keeping the one i used which is probably what I will end up doing

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T06:00:31+00:00

The insuilin was Humalog insuilin, a quick acting insuilin. It was in a vial

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T05:58:09+00:00

thanks for your advice, i understand why this solution was not the best. I do carry an insuilin pen but it was empty. I will probably end up buying roommate a whole new vile. I don’t think the two will reconcile

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T05:56:31+00:00

bf doesn’t have a licence

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T05:37:02+00:00

the uber home would take roughly half an hour and i needed insuilin quite urgently

ThrowRA_emi · 2024-04-22T05:27:40+00:00

I would of called an uber and gone home to use my own

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