Has anyone been sent home and had to give themselves lovenox shots? It a blood thinner for blood clots?

Also what pain meds did you get an rx for and the costs?

Lovenox can be 300-600 bucks

What fun

I had the shots for seven days. My insurance covered it, with a small copay... Maybe $15. I had Tylenol with codeine for pain, again a minimal copay.

Not with my sleeve surgery. But I had them after each of my knee replacements. They auto-inject so its not a big deal. You'll probably start them in the hospital so the nurse can show you exactly how to do it.

Honestly, the worst was all the bruising on the abdomen at the injection sites. That takes awhile to clear up... looks gross but is harmless.

Now this is news to me this is the first I've heard of this I wonder do all the doctors/hospitals do this send you home with blood thinners? Anyone know?

Has anyone been sent home and had to give themselves lovenox shots? It a blood thinner for blood clots?

@@lmm300missouri I haven't had surgery yet but when I do i'll have to do it for about two weeks afterwards. I had a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in lung) in 2013 so they need to take extra precaution with me.

Now this is news to me this is the first I've heard of this I wonder do all the doctors/hospitals do this send you home with blood thinners? Anyone know?

Has anyone been sent home and had to give themselves lovenox shots? It a blood thinner for blood clots?

It varies, so you need to ask YOUR bariatric surgeon.

As I mentioned above, my doctor does not routinely prescribe post op blood thinners. My experience was post knee replacement.

I had to do this after I broke my kneecap a couple of years ago. The injections were easy to give, and not painful (I had been on insulin before that for gestational diabetes so I wasn't worried about injecting myself, but it is very straightforward and anyone could do it). You will be fine ????

Here in UK it's farly common my o h is doing the jabbing it does not hurt . It's included in the cost of treatment

Thanks all!