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Could you give yourself injections?

103 replies

FinnyStory · 04/08/2020 20:46

DH has to have daily blood thinning injections in his stomach for the next few weeks. He's an ex soldier and afraid of nothing, I'm the squeamish one in this house.

After he was discharged from hospital, they sent the district nurse to do the first one and to teach him how to do it himself. He real really can't, so I'm doing it. I've surprised myself and am rather proud that I can just get on with it Grin

I get it, I'm not sure I could do it to myself, could you?

Also,I'm allowed to tease a little bit, aren't I?

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Longdistance · 04/08/2020 21:24

Yes, had to inject Clexane. I was supposed to do it in my tummy, but was told I could do it in my thigh by alternating legs each day.

DeeDimer · 04/08/2020 21:25

I'm on Clexane long term. I'm fine injecting myself. My worst moment was having to do it in the loo in the airport in Amsterdam. I felt really seedy!!

FourPlasticRings · 04/08/2020 21:26

I had to have clexane injections for a few days and had to get DH to do them. The nurse was rather cross with me about it, but I just couldn't!

TotorosFurryBehind · 04/08/2020 21:26

Yes, after birth. After the bloody horrendous birth and third degree tear I'd suffered, there was no way sticking myself with a tiny needle could possibly have bothered me.

pastaparadise · 04/08/2020 21:32

Yes for 36 +4 weeks x 2 pregnancies. It was easy in the early stages but increasingly hard as my stomach got bigger as there was no spare fat! I realised sometimes it was really painful and sometimes i could barely feel it - presumably to do with nerve clusters? - so would have to prod around with the needle looking for a painless spot.

Keep up tje good work and dont tease!

GlamGiraffe · 04/08/2020 21:32

Two cycles of IVF and blood thinners didnt bother me in the slightest injecting myself didnt bother with the injector pen just used the syringes.
I was given progesterone to inject as part of the IVF instead of the oessarues at ibe piunt. It is truly the most painful drug to inject. I used to sit to psyche myself up due to the extreme pain of it. I used to cry through the pain of each of those jabs, the rest were nothing. I still did them all it was the pain not the squeamishness which was the issue.

NervousInYorkshire · 04/08/2020 21:34

Insulin twice a day here for the last 18 months - it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Still get the odd stupidly painful one though.

StopGo · 04/08/2020 21:35

I had to inject DH through several courses of blood thinners during his cancer treatment. Sadly I gave him the premeasured syringe that killed him. I will never inject anyone again.

SimonJT · 04/08/2020 21:40

Type one diabetic so no choice.

PoodleMoth · 04/08/2020 21:46

I have no problem with needles etc but unless I had absolutely no other choice I know I wouldn't do them on myself. I got a family member to do mine every day for 6 weeks after my c section. I did manage to prick my finger 3 times a day for weekd though to test my blood sugar.

belwiz · 04/08/2020 21:46

I used to have such a phobia of needles that I would even faint in anticipation of an injection, keeling over in the queue for the BCG at school etc. On my third pregnancy I was told I had to inject clexane throughout until 6 weeks post partum. I remember vividly the first time, trying to distract myself from feeling queasy by watching tv and taking ages to build up to putting the needle in. Proud to say it soon became second nature and I became v blasé by the end. Still fainted whilst giving blood a few months before lcokdown though Confused

belwiz · 04/08/2020 21:51

Stopgo, l'm so very sorry for your loss and to hear what you have had to go through x

StopGo · 04/08/2020 21:52

@belwiz thank you.

CoveredInBeeeees · 04/08/2020 22:31

Dear God, stopgo that stopped me in my tracks. I’m so very sorry. Flowers

Nixen · 04/08/2020 22:34

I did them for 2 weeks after I gave birth. You do get used to it in a way

Lockdownlooks · 04/08/2020 22:36

@StopGo Flowers

WhenCoronaWasALager · 04/08/2020 22:40

I don't mind stabbing myself to measure glucose so I guess I'd be OK. I guess you don't really know until it comes to it.

stayathomer · 04/08/2020 22:58

Dh does it every 2 weeks in his stomach. I feel for him when I hear the noise, sounds like a staplerSad

Mollymalone123 · 04/08/2020 23:05

Yes I had to do it after rounds of chemo each month- I was surprisingly ok once I got the first one out the way.Inghen Aldo did DH’s blood thinning one after he had cancer op.I think it’s a good idea that the nurses teach you to do it yourself or for others- saves valuable time for ourselves or nurses and HCAs who you would have to book appointment to have them done.

Gilead · 04/08/2020 23:08

I have and may have to again. Doesn’t bother me.

weegiemum · 04/08/2020 23:14

I injected painkillers for months when I had chronic kidney stones. Also the wee clexane ones after I broke my ankle. No problem.

QueenCT · 04/08/2020 23:16

Yeah I inject myself weekly. I hate needles!
I hate doing the injections but that's because I associate them with the side effects so I now start retching as I do them Blush

student26 · 04/08/2020 23:16

Yes, I had them after birth. I must have a heck of a flabby stomach as I barely felt a thing.

QueenCT · 04/08/2020 23:16

Oh mine are sub cut GCSF injections, mix up myself so use a normal needle/syringe

icebearforpresident · 04/08/2020 23:17

I’m a type 1 diabetic and been injecting myself 4 times a day for the better part of 20 years. First ever injection I gave myself I hesitated and had to gear myself up to it, not thought about it twice since then.

That said I use an insulin pen. For a while I had a glucogen kit (emergency glucose injection) that was in a syringe and the prospect of ever having to use it freaked me out. I could just stab myself with it anywhere, it’s not like I had to tap out a vein or anything, but something about using a syringe on myself made me really squeamish.