They’re to prevent blood clots.

i have to do it twice/day for 14 days. I have been doing them since post op and it’s been going ok except I find that the thigh is harder to pierce than the tummy and stings for a bit afterwards.

just curious if anyone else had to give themselves injections

7 minutes ago, JustinH said:

Yeah 2 of 10.... it’s raining here for the next 10 days so getting outside and going anywhere is like out of the question... sucks... when was your surgery?

Oh, well you are OK while on the injections. My doctor said they do 10 days of them because they expect you to be inactive the first week or so. I am 4 months post op, my surgery was 1/19.

i took them as well in my stomach.

I did. Stomach was easiest.

I was only given the shots in the hospital and then they have switched me to a pill that I have to crush and take 2x per day.

31 days ?

1 minute ago, Flora50 said:

31 days ?

Wow! You win the "Sucks to be me" prize!

Yep did 30 days on my thys I figured I’d leave my tummy alone it had enough

Yep I did

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Say here, tummy. It stung.

2 hours ago, kgbhalloween said:

Say here, tummy. It stung.

For anyone pre-op, this tip from my nurse: Let the alcohol that you used to sterilize the skin dry completely before you inject. It's the alcohol that stings.

On 5/18/2018 at 5:10 PM, Flora50 said:

31 days ?

Oh my goodness!

I had to do two weeks worth of injections after surgery. As I was leaving the hospital the nurse said, "let me show you how you're going to do your injections." WHOOOOA, I'm sorry, what did you say???? Holy crap, I HATE needles - how am I going to do this????!!! Well, I told myself, do you want to die? No. Do you want to be skinny? Yes. Well, quit acting like a little B and let's do this. It wasn't as painful as I thought but somehow I did it. So if anyone is worried they won't be able to do it, you'll be amazed at how strong you are and what you will do to make this surgery work.

Let me guess-- Rainy Days ☔& Lovenox,injections really get you down!?☁

I had them for 14 days as well. I never used my thighs as an injection site. I always used different spots on my stomach. I found that it stung when some of the medicine creeped out of the syringe before injection. Otherwise I didn't feel anything.

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Oh my. I hope I don't need to do this, but also don't want blood clots ???