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Freaking Out About Lovenox -- Anyone Else Have To Do This? Self-Injections?
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The stomach is definitely the best place for these. Pinch up a bit of fat, and swiftly puncture, making sure the needle is all of the way in (until you can't see any part of the needle out of the skin
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yeah, but I will have to do this by myself daily for 2 weeks, probably make my wife do it, she was a CNA. I hate needles.
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Hi, I hate needles too, but I figured that I'd hate the blood clot even more. I thought it would be bad, but I didn't feel it at all. You'll do just fine.
I totally forgot to ask the scheduling lady about the filter my doctor was going to put into to safeguard against blood clots.. So I called her and found out he'd changed his mind and instead I would be taking lovenox for 2 weeks post-op.
I thought, oh ok. That doesn't sound too bad.. Til my wife informs me that it is an injection into my stomach! WTF.
I can handle arm injections, but just get queazy thinking about it lol..
Anyone else have to do this? Is it painful?
This is now the one thing I'm dreading most about surgery!