![]() You may chose to tell children that it is a medical procedure, or ignore them and let their parents do that. Restrooms exist to provide a proper location for such necessary activities when away from home, and those who use them have no business monitoring the respectable, if sometimes unaesthetic, activities of others. ![]() The technology associated with diabetes is fast approaching this standard, although Miss Manners draws the line at drawing blood. ![]() Miss Manners does not object to a pill taken at dinner, so long as it is not accompanied by a dissertation on your cholesterol. GENTLE READER: Absent an emergency, medical applications (like bodily functions and grooming) are properly done out of sight - meaning in private or in a restroom - unless they can be done so surreptitiously as to be unrecognizable as such. I have also had children ask, “What is that man doing? Isn’t that a bad thing?” (They’re obviously thinking of their drug education classes.) Am I too self-conscious? Many people seem to stare and resent the fact of performing such a function in this space. In the airport, I use the counter by the wash basin, since most water closets have no room for insulin vials and other supplies. Am I being rude to perform this test next to a stranger? Injections I perform privately in the plane’s lavatory. Of course, all lancets, alcohol preps and test strips are stored in my test kit for proper disposal later. It does involve using a lancet device to get a drop of blood to test, but is fairly unobtrusive. I currently do my glucose testing in my seat. I also happen to be an insulin-dependent diabetic. You may see a certain Washington Post article floating around the interwebs it contains, in part, this letter and response from Miss Manners:ĭEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a businessman who frequently flies both domestically and internationally.
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