What silly thing have you done with a syringe?

[Mom2Deacon]

I am normally very careful about the syringes. I sit at my desk or table to fill them and then I place them in a quiet place until I am ready for them. This morning, I filled a syringe with Lantus and went on my way. I put the Lantus back in the fridge, grabbed bowls from the sink and started pouring cereal. It was when I needed my other hand to pass bowls out when I realized I had been carrying the filled syringe all that time. Thank god the cap was on.

Another question about syringes: Have you ever stuck yourself with them? I have had the needle go through the cap when I putting it back on before. I also, on a klutzy day, had one slip out of my hand and prick me right on the breast. OUCH! It was certainly a wake up for me that morning.

--Sara

[miss_behave]

Silly things? Do syringe water fights count? :p I have stabbed myself accidently several times with both syringes and pump infusion set needles :(

[BrendaK]

I used one to pop a pimple last week. :eek: (On my face, not Carson's :D)

[Sue too]

Just last week I took pliers and popped the needle off of a 50unit (wished I had a 100) to use it for gorilla glue. We are repairing an antique drawer and this was the best way to squirt the glue into the dovetail joints!

This was the first time a syring has been used in this house in about 5 years!

Lancets do well for removing splinters too.

[badshoe]

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[Mom2Deacon]

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will...


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I am making sure that that URL is never found. One of my kids will have to figure this out on their own.

--Sara

[allisa]

I used one to pop a pimple last week. :eek: (On my face, not Carson's :D)

:eek:

I've cut the needle part off so Ty could "play" with them when he was young....part of his doctor kit !!

[Emma'sDad]

OMG badshoe, this brought back sooo many memories of when I was "a young boy" with diabetic supply. And to this day, I've been known to do weird stuff with them.

When I was a boy, I used to do the squirters thing too.. Not very hard to figure out girls, plunger + water equals squirt toy! :) The worst for me... I'll give you time to get your kids out of the room....








Take a syringe, blow air into it. Now you have a vial full of air. Take the syringe and when you're ready to shoot, aim at your target, pop the needle into the vial and you have yourself a wonderful rocket launcher!!! Be careful though, putting too much air into the vial will make it blow up... Double bonus for a boy!!

Now, I am known to do artzy stuff. Such as this.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2077/2047496013_4bc5172c93_m.jpg
As you can see, I don't have fun with syringes anymore because of those pens... But if you link the used tips and link them with the lancets alternating, you have yourself a long cool looking stick. I should take a picture of this too. Does this make me weird?

[WestinsMom]

My husband has filled one with paint to touch up a scratch on the car.

We also used them when Westin was younger so he could pretend to give shots. Wieland hasn't really seen one yet so he hasn't asked. (We use a pump, hence not a lot of need for syringes)

[Gaia]

:D Nope, nothing...Im a GOOD girl!! :D See my halo?? LOL
http://temptatts4u.com/images/TM_cute_greenwinged_angel_with_halo_small.jpg

[rare]

Yep I've stuck myself in the thumb before. My finger was definitely sore lol.

The detergent containers full of syringes are taking over my house. We have 3 years worth in here. Last week I finally got sick of it and told Ty to take them out to the garage so I didn't have to look at them anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. Heh. Except he opened the trash bin outside, opened up one of the detergent bottles and dumped all of the syringes in the trash. He walked back inside with the now empty container of detergent and said "Here mom, I emptied the container so we can use it again."

I was like "What did you do??? Noooo...!" :eek: :o I explained to him why we can't throw syringes in the trash and then told him not to ever tell another person what he had done. LOL.

[vettechmomof2]

While repairing a fracture on a gerbil we cut off the needle part to use as the pin for the leg. it was just the right size.:D
Allene

[Mom2Deacon]

Yep I've stuck myself in the thumb before. My finger was definitely sore lol.

The detergent containers full of syringes are taking over my house. We have 3 years worth in here. Last week I finally got sick of it and told Ty to take them out to the garage so I didn't have to look at them anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. Heh. Except he opened the trash bin outside, opened up one of the detergent bottles and dumped all of the syringes in the trash. He walked back inside with the now empty container of detergent and said "Here mom, I emptied the container so we can use it again."

I was like "What did you do??? Noooo...!" :eek: :o I explained to him why we can't throw syringes in the trash and then told him not to ever tell another person what he had done. LOL.

Why do you have 3 years worth of detergent bottles? Can't you just throw them away once they are full? In our state we can toss them but I am lucky right now. My mom's nurse takes the detergent bottles and disposes them for me.

--Sara

[csnider3]

When I had gestational diabetes and was on insulin my dad would ask for a few extra needles, when he would go fishing he would inject his worms with water to bulk them up. Must have worked because he alway came back with his limit of trout.:D

Cathy

[Emma'sDad]

When I had gestational diabetes and was on insulin my dad would ask for a few extra needles, when he would go fishing he would inject his worms with water to bulk them up. Must have worked because he alway came back with his limit of trout.:D

Cathy

Good one!!! I'll have to tell my father about that one!!! He'll be excited!!

[MReinhardt]

While repairing a fracture on a gerbil we cut off the needle part to use as the pin for the leg. it was just the right size.:D
Allene


Science project, huh. :D

[Skyefire]

Take a syringe, blow air into it. Now you have a vial full of air. Take the syringe and when you're ready to shoot, aim at your target, pop the needle into the vial and you have yourself a wonderful rocket launcher!!! Be careful though, putting too much air into the vial will make it blow up... Double bonus for a boy!!


HAHA I remember do that with my Mom's needles when I was little, we use to play with them when I was bored, my brother, Sister and I would have rocket fights with them

[rare]

No it's illegal here to toss them. They have to be taken to an approved site that accepts sharps. I just got around a couple weeks ago to calling and finding out locations in the area that take them because previously I didn't know where to go or who to call and find out, thus they've been collecting in the house.

Why do you have 3 years worth of detergent bottles? Can't you just throw them away once they are full? In our state we can toss them but I am lucky right now. My mom's nurse takes the detergent bottles and disposes them for me.

--Sara

[shekov]

I've poked myself 3 times in the past week...each time I was distracted, thought I got the cap back on then jabbed myself. My kids say I'm a slow learner. I think I'm sleep deprived but they may be right. :D

[wendyc]

At the endos office we go to, they cut the tips off syringes, have the kids draw with markers on paper towels, then squirt water with the syringe. Abby and Maddy call it needle art!

We've pulled the tip off to use the syringe for role play.

[vettechmomof2]

Science project, huh. :D

I am a veterinary technician, it was an actual surgery. This family LOVED their gerbils and went to all measures for them.
THat gerbil lived like a king and if I remember lived to the age of almost 8 years. They knew his birthdate because he was born in their house.
Nice family. It was needless to say an interesting surgery.
and yes, my daughter did watch but she was young at the time and does not remember.
Allene

[T1Spouse&Proud]

My wife likes to take the cap off with her teeth, so when I fill up her syringe for her sometimes (when it's dark) she forget I already took the cap off and stabs herself in the lip. Not her favorite stick. She also punches the needle through the cap. Never good.

[Caydens_Mommy]

I have poked myself many many times, and Cayden always says Mommy it doesn't hurt, and I tend to bleed easily so i bleed all over everywhere..

[Heather(CA)]

My wife likes to take the cap off with her teeth, so when I fill up her syringe for her sometimes (when it's dark) she forget I already took the cap off and stabs herself in the lip. Not her favorite stick. She also punches the needle through the cap. Never good.

Aaaaoooooohhhhhhwwwwwww:eek:

[rachabetic]

A long time ago when i was about 8 yrs old, we went on a road trip. My dad had a Jack in the Box head thing on a stand in his car. This was the time when the lancets were different colors, and you changed them every time you checked. So each time after I checked, we stuck the lancet on Jack in the Box's head!!! He had really colorful hair!:D There were a lot on his head by the end of the trip!! :D

[Nelson]

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will...
http://ydmv.blogspot.com/2008/01/little-help-from-your-friends.html

When I was in Jr. High School I figured out that I could shave down the top of the plunger to fit a 1 cc syringe into a pen instead of the ink cartride. I had quite a business going selling these modified pens to kids as squirt guns that once they squirted, couldn't be found out by the teachers. We had a lot of fun with them, made a lot of other kids rather frustrated, and never got caught. :D

[Twinklet]

I used one to pop a pimple last week. :eek: (On my face, not Carson's :D)

I've done this, too!!! :D:D

[ScottB]

I caught the boys snipping the needle off used syringes, taking them out to the garage, sticking the snipped end on the end of my air compressor hose with about 100psi then see who could shoot the plunger the farthest. Not good if your garage has an exposed ceiling with insulation, I think I still have a couple of plungers still stuck up there. It was however one of the coolest stunts they ever pulled.

[czardoust]

used it as a dart. fill it with water and the weight/center of gravity is perfect. we've also taken the needle out and used it as a oral syringe for the cats zyrtec

[RosemaryCinNJ]

I prefer to use the pen syringe and my husband prefers the syringe. This weekend he was all ready to give Amanda her insulin and shes at that age now (2) where she is into the "no" stage and will try to run from you so it takes the two of us sometimes to distract her..anyways I had Amanda in my lap and hubby was all set to give her the insulin and Amanda moved! I got the darn syringe right in my knee cap...thank goodness for small tiny THIN needles!!

[Gaia]

Hmmmmm how about frosting for that fine line decorating on cakes and cookies?? :D

[TripleThreat]

used it for ink on scrapbooking pages