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Lovenox Injections ?

Does everyone take the injections for seven days twice a day after surgery ? Or am I the lucky one !! Lol

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    Never heard of it. What is it for? I did not have to.

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    They gave it to me while I was in the hospital but I didn't have to go home on it.

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    Does everyone take the injections for seven days twice a day after surgery ? Or am I the lucky one !! Lol

    It depends on your BMI, I got it for the four days i was there but did not take any home.

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    I have a high bmi also but everyone at my support group meetings had to take them also .

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    I have a high bmi also but everyone at my support group meetings had to take them also .

    It is so you will not have blood clots and the needle is extremely thin and does not hurt, it is actually a good thing!

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    Thanks my3stars ! I feel like my brain is going to need a vacation after this, it's so much to learn and process ! I'm looking forward to a new me .

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    I went home with 10 days of shots/ twice a day. Aside from some awful bruising and injection site swelling, it wasn't terrible ;)

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    Lovenox is for the prevention of blood clots. I don't believe it has anything to do with BMI. Because I can't walk I was supposed to take the shots for a month after surgery. However, because I had 2 bleed outs in the hospital and required 2 pints of blood, they decided not to put me on Lovenox since it is a blood thinner.

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    Does everyone take the injections for seven days twice a day after surgery ? Or am I the lucky one !! Lol

    I had to do injections for ten days when I came home. These injections are to help prevent blood clots. You do not want a blood clot. I had. Loos clots on both sides of my lungs on 2006. I was bless that I did not die.

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    my doc sent me home with 28 days worth of shots 2 times a day.

    I had to do injections for ten days when I came home. These injections are to help prevent blood clots. You do not want a blood clot. I had. Loos clots on both sides of my lungs on 2006. I was bless that I did not die.

    you were very lucky, my 17 year old son passed last year from a blood clot.
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