Our morning schedules are off due to my car being in the shop, and Hubby having to be in the city at 8:00am. (45-60 min away from home, as opposed to the 20 min away where we both work and don't get in until 9 on an average day). In any case, this let me to do my first Lupron shot on my own. I've only ever done a few Gonal-f pens so far, back in February. Hubby is the best and does most of the injections for me.
So, I got myself already to go, loaded up the syringe, jabbed it in (just as small as Gonal-f, but didn't go in as easy...). And then I forgot to wait a few seconds before pulling it out. When I did, a big drop of blood, and probably all of the Lupron, dripped out and down my leg. Wonderful.
But, I am not going to worry if it got in there or not. It's the first day of ten. I'll get it right tomorrow.
Another question for you experts out there. Everyone talks about their bruised bellies, which leads me to believe that's where most of the injections are going. But the videos I watched for subcutaneous injections say to rotate daily between the thigh, the stomach, and the arm (which I don't like). What is your experience with different injections sites? Is there a reason I don't know about that everyone seems to favor the belly?
my RE told me to do all my lupron shots in the side of my thigh. the follistim pen I was told to use my stomach.
ReplyDeleteI dont know about the lupron, but I'm getting quite familiar with the whole trial & error of self-injecting!
ReplyDeleteThe only input I have about subQ injections is you want to give them in areas you can pinch some skin up. Good luck with them and I hope your schedules/car situation gets easier and worked out soon!
It depends on the MD-all preference. RE1 said belly only, RE 2 said belly or thigh. In my mind, its all the same!!!
ReplyDeleteI asked this question and my feedback was that the belly was easiest if you are doing it yourself.
ReplyDeleteHubby does mine because A) he's better at it and B) it keeps him involved.
For that reason, I prefer the arm.
I don't know anything about injections so I have no advice for you. But...yay for you to be able to give the shots to yourself! I am not sure if I could do that!
ReplyDeleteI was told to do them in the belly and to alternate sides day by day. If you're doing more than one injection they often tell you to do one in the thigh and one in the belly but I had two and did both in the belly, just opposite sides. It's much easier to do it in the belly imo so I was happy to stick with it.
ReplyDeleteGenerally I don't think it matters where you do it, as long as you are able to 'pinch an inch'