My surgeon requires that I give 3 heparin injectionas a day for 3 weeks after surgery. If anyone else is doing this, could you tell me if it makes your stomach (where the injections are given) itch. It drives me crazy...Thank you!

as a nurse, i can say, they sting, but shouldnt itch, is the skin hot, or reddened or just bruised after them?

are you pinching up enough fat before you jab yourself?

sus

Thanks for the reply. I think there is plenty of fat, they don't sting AT ALL, the skin gets a little red afterward, but not hot, and it doesn't itch immediatly, but after awhile. Then it itches like crazy for 15 minutes or so, and goes away until the next shot!?!?!?!?

"Itch" sounds like an allergic thing to me. Is there any way you could be having an allergic reaction?

cos it doesnt linger for very long, althogh it must seem like forever, but sensitive, how much longer do you need to have it for, and have you spoken to your doc about it?

heparin is really thick stuff, so yeah speak with your doc post haste

sus

I have my first post-op Wed. and will ask at that time. I don't really know what the deal is, my nurse sister in law says it just does that to some people. I have to do it for 3 weeks.