How to inject insulin with one hand

Good morning,

I am going to have surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, and I don't know what mobility I will have with my hand after the operation.

Could someone give me some advice on how to inject insulin from a pen with one hand?(Put the needle, the units...).

I accept suggestions!

Thank you!

You said it, put a needle, units and then stick it into the skin, hit the plunger and that's it!!that easy

I have sometimes managed to crush my arm (making a kind of pinch) with the frame of a door.Then, with my free hand, I click normally.It's a bit convoluted, but it's the only way I could think of 😅

Can you use it with two hands?!!!

I always only use one hand, except threading the needle.But to thread, ask for help if you don't live alone.

Try placing the insulin pen on a stable surface like a table, use your non-surgical hand to pull up the pen cap and set the dose

I always put it on with one hand, on my leg.

I believe that, if you hold the pen between your knees, you can now manage to change the needle and mark units.

And pricking is already easy if you use short needles that do not require pinching.

It is always applied with one hand...you don't have to pinch it, it is subcutaneous, you put the dose, stick it almost perpendicular and that's it.

I have always done it with one hand, I hold the needle with my right hand, I removed the sticker with my teeth, I removed the cap and the pen and I held it with my pinky and ring finger with the thread facing the index finger, and now with the middle and index thumb, I thread the needle, took out the protector and put the units on it......always playing with the handling of the little finger and ring fingers, and the middle index thumb.

I hope I have explained myself.Also after removing the sticker from the needle I have held it with my teeth by the protector while I thread the pen, then I put the units playing with the groups of fingers of the hand separately, I remove the protector and put flags.

Hello, the first thing is that you do tests before the operation, I recommend the butt, belly and shoulders.But try first to see what skill you have.

The needles, as long as you have good hygiene, there is nothing wrong with reusing them several times as long as they stick well.I usually do it.

May you get better and may the intervention be successful.