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- 3 hours, 36 minutes ago
  
  Amy Schneider likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I have been taking insulin for 45 years and I have always hated the smell.
- 4 hours, 30 minutes ago
  
  abir albazian likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Occasionally. It smells like a doctors office, or a dentist office.
- 5 hours, 16 minutes ago
  
  ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Yes, 42 years Type 1. I don't remember R and NPH smelling as strongly as the analogs do now days.
- 6 hours ago
  
  Skye Greer likes your comment at
  What are your favorite T1D-related podcasts? Please share in the comments!
  TCOYD is my favorite source for info
- 6 hours, 1 minute ago
  
  Skye Greer likes your comment at
  What are your favorite T1D-related podcasts? Please share in the comments!
  Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
- 7 hours, 53 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  That's the preservative. It's also useful for detecting leaks or broken tubing.
- 7 hours, 54 minutes ago
  
  KarenM6 likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Of course, it smells like insulin. Lol also my husband and son know the smell, so they’ll ask me if my pump is leaking when they do smell it. They find it rather disagreeable in oder. 🤷🏼‍♀️
- 12 hours, 8 minutes ago
  
  Kristi Warmecke likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  41 yrs here and same. My ex-husband told some random cashier at a truck stop once he knew she was diabetic because he smelled insulin. She was, but I was so embarrassed! How RUDE he was, I'd have died if a stranger said that to me. Plenty of reasons he's an ex. She was surprised and said yes she was but was probably mortified, too. 🤦‍♀️
- 13 hours, 18 minutes ago
  
  Lozzy E likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  A kid said it smelled like Band-aids!
- 14 hours, 50 minutes ago
  
  Phyllis Biederman likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  41 yrs here and same. My ex-husband told some random cashier at a truck stop once he knew she was diabetic because he smelled insulin. She was, but I was so embarrassed! How RUDE he was, I'd have died if a stranger said that to me. Plenty of reasons he's an ex. She was surprised and said yes she was but was probably mortified, too. 🤦‍♀️
- 15 hours, 21 minutes ago
  
  Bill Kast likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  prepared insulins - the stuff we use, contains phenol. That;s what we're smelling.
- 15 hours, 24 minutes ago
  
  Kathy Hanavan likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I think it smells like bandaids
- 15 hours, 40 minutes ago
  
  TEH likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Those around me notice the smell as well, but usually only when I am changing the cartridge.
- 15 hours, 51 minutes ago
  
  MurphsWorld likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  41 yrs here and same. My ex-husband told some random cashier at a truck stop once he knew she was diabetic because he smelled insulin. She was, but I was so embarrassed! How RUDE he was, I'd have died if a stranger said that to me. Plenty of reasons he's an ex. She was surprised and said yes she was but was probably mortified, too. 🤦‍♀️
- 15 hours, 52 minutes ago
  
  MurphsWorld likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Same! Im wondering if many who don't notice it just use pens. I never notice it then, only with vials and filling my pump unless I have a leak.
- 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
  
  KCR likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  prepared insulins - the stuff we use, contains phenol. That;s what we're smelling.
- 15 hours, 55 minutes ago
  
  KCR likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Same! Im wondering if many who don't notice it just use pens. I never notice it then, only with vials and filling my pump unless I have a leak.
- 15 hours, 56 minutes ago
  
  KCR likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I have been taking insulin for 45 years and I have always hated the smell.
- 15 hours, 56 minutes ago
  
  KCR likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I think it smells like bandaids
- 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
  
  Bethanne Dykes likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Of course, it smells like insulin. Lol also my husband and son know the smell, so they’ll ask me if my pump is leaking when they do smell it. They find it rather disagreeable in oder. 🤷🏼‍♀️
- 16 hours, 5 minutes ago
  
  Bethanne Dykes likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Those around me notice the smell as well, but usually only when I am changing the cartridge.
- 16 hours, 9 minutes ago
  
  Bethanne Dykes likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I have been taking insulin for 45 years and I have always hated the smell.
- 16 hours, 9 minutes ago
  
  Bethanne Dykes likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  I think it smells like bandaids
- 16 hours, 18 minutes ago
  
  Jian likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  No. Unfortunately, the senses lessen with age. Olfactory in my case being the first to go. Hearing is less. Eye sight lessened. Taste and haptic senses, though, are still robust. 🐦
- 16 hours, 33 minutes ago
  
  Karen Newe likes your comment at
  When you take an insulin injection or fill your insulin pump with insulin, do you notice a certain smell associated with your insulin?
  Of course, it smells like insulin. Lol also my husband and son know the smell, so they’ll ask me if my pump is leaking when they do smell it. They find it rather disagreeable in oder. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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