Hello all,

I have read some posts on here regarding the lovenox shot in the belly right before surgery a long time ago when I started this journey and I can remember someone saying they felt like jumping off the table it hurt so bad. Can you share your experience with it? Any tips as far as to tense up or relax when getting it? I asked if they could give me something for nerves before the shot and they said nope...grrr....why in the heck not? LOL....crybaby here.

Lovenox is supposed to hurt less than heparin, and bruise less. The dose is actually prepackaged with a small air bubble that does the trick; (and it is too minute to do any damage) but most nurses are taught to get rid of ALL air bubbles and so can actually bypass the "innovention" of of lovenox. Even if the shot hurts, though, (lovenox or heparin) it beats getting a clot. Those things can kill you. The pain from the shot goes away!

I didn't feel anything from the actual needle. But a few seconds later it felt like a really bad bee sting. But I had actually forgotten about it until now.