It sounds to me like this lady needs a referral to a diabetic educator or nurse. A person should never be put on Insulin and not have substantial education on how to use it. I did a lot of diabetic education as a home care nurse, and it took several visits to my patients before most of them were allowed to draw up and give their own injections. She needs to learn more than just injection technique, where to inject, how to rotate sites, how to monitor injection site, she needs to learn how to recognize and handle hypoglycemia!

She should give her doctor's office a call and ask for diabetic education. Her doc must have been stressed or mentally out to lunch (which happens with human beings). I can not imagine that he would not be mortified that he forgot to give her a referral for education. Docs do not generally do that education part, but refer to their office nurse, or to a home care nurse or to a diabetic educator.