Medical Need to Give Myself a Shot

Ms. Haiku
Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
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I found out from my cardiologist that I can have a tattoo, but as I have a stroke history and other cardiac issues I have to do some things. I usually take blood thinners, and that would stop before the tattoo, and resume after it. Instead I have to take a shot that I give myself. EEEEEEEEEEEEK! I'm sure I can get over it. I have had this shot done to me (lovenox) whenever I stay overnight in a hospital, but the thought of it is making me sweat. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. It's all about the purple stickman tattoo.

Anyway, have you had to get over giving yourself shots? Oi! EEEK!
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited February 2024
    I've never given myself a shot, but I have given myself a (successful) tattoo, and I can say that when I did it it hurt WAY less than when a professional did it for me!! And it was in the same spot too, so placement wasn't the issue. I feel that it was because I had the control. Maybe it will be the same with the shot. After this you may want to give yourself all your shots from now on, haha.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    PJ_Soul said:
    I feel that it was because I had the control. Maybe it will be the same with the shot. After this you may want to give yourself all your shots from now on, haha.
    hahahahaha  :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,843
    Ms. Haiku said:
    I found out from my cardiologist that I can have a tattoo, but as I have a stroke history and other cardiac issues I have to do some things. I usually take blood thinners, and that would stop before the tattoo, and resume after it. Instead I have to take a shot that I give myself. EEEEEEEEEEEEK! I'm sure I can get over it. I have had this shot done to me (lovenox) whenever I stay overnight in a hospital, but the thought of it is making me sweat. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. It's all about the purple stickman tattoo.

    Anyway, have you had to get over giving yourself shots? Oi! EEEK!
    I give myself a shot every day. No big deal. 
    Don't get me wrong, I am not thrilled about it, but 75% of the time I don't feel a thing. 
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Maaaan, what a rip off.  I've poked, stapled, cut, contused, bruised, shocked, sprained, and broken myself, and all I ever got out of it was some scars.
    I hope it goes well, Ms Haiku.  Just be careful!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    I had to do this last year for a few months.  My advice is to lightly poke around to find a spot that is less sensitive.  Insert slowly and Inject slowly (over 30-60 seconds) and you shouldn’t feel much discomfort afterwards.   if you go quick, you will disrupt muscle tissue which leads to a little soreness that usually goes away after 15 minutes.   

    After a week it will become routine. 

    If all else fails, recite this quote from book Dune:

    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

     ;) 


    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    edited February 2024
    Jason P said:
    I had to do this last year for a few months.  My advice is to lightly poke around to find a spot that is less sensitive.  Insert slowly and Inject slowly (over 30-60 seconds) and you shouldn’t feel much discomfort afterwards.   if you go quick, you will disrupt muscle tissue which leads to a little soreness that usually goes away after 15 minutes.   

    After a week it will become routine. 

    If all else fails, recite this quote from book Dune:

    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

     ;) 


    Thank you for the idea of inserting slowly as I had planned to go fast and get it over. I'll have a stop watch and time it as you suggested.

    I have a plan. I will think of three people who I had crushes on in high school, and say their names (insert (first person's name), push in medicine (second person's name), take needle out (third person's name). I will reexperience the embarrassment of high school and it will block out any attention to the pain.  =)

    High school was good for something!
    Post edited by Ms. Haiku on
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    Ms. Haiku said:
    Jason P said:
    I had to do this last year for a few months.  My advice is to lightly poke around to find a spot that is less sensitive.  Insert slowly and Inject slowly (over 30-60 seconds) and you shouldn’t feel much discomfort afterwards.   if you go quick, you will disrupt muscle tissue which leads to a little soreness that usually goes away after 15 minutes.   

    After a week it will become routine. 

    If all else fails, recite this quote from book Dune:

    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

     ;) 


    Thank you for the idea of inserting slowly as I had planned to go fast and get it over. I'll have a stop watch and time it as you suggested.

    I have a plan. I will think of three people who I had crushes on in high school, and say their names (insert (first person's name), push in medicine (second person's name), take needle out (third person's name). I will reexperience the embarrassment of high school and it will block out any attention to the pain.  =)

    High school was good for something!

    It does help to have a routine!  

    The insertion doesn't need to take super long ... kind of the speed you would dip your finger into hot water.  When injecting, just go slow enough were you don't feel the injection ... if you feel it that is an indication that muscle tissue is being agitated.  After a week or so you will have a good feel (literately) for it.   And I usually set aside 10-15 minutes to sit on a couch afterwards ... that seemed to help avoid discomfort.   Once I got the speed down, I only sat for around 5 minutes afterwards.  And it kind of helped me to keep a little pressure over the injection spot with my hand during the cool down. 

    Remember to swab the area with an alcohol patch/cotton ball prior.  I think the website for lovonex has an instructional video with delightful corny music. 

    The key thing is that you can do this.  You are strong.  And gosh darn it, people like you!

    Peace
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Jason P said:
    I had to do this last year for a few months.  My advice is to lightly poke around to find a spot that is less sensitive.  Insert slowly and Inject slowly (over 30-60 seconds) and you shouldn’t feel much discomfort afterwards.   if you go quick, you will disrupt muscle tissue which leads to a little soreness that usually goes away after 15 minutes.   

    After a week it will become routine. 

    If all else fails, recite this quote from book Dune:

    “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

     ;) 


    I love that quote. It has served me well over the years.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    Jason P said:

    The insertion doesn't need to take super long ... kind of the speed you would dip your finger into hot water.  When injecting, just go slow enough were you don't feel the injection ... if you feel it that is an indication that muscle tissue is being agitated.  After a week or so you will have a good feel (literately) for it.   And I usually set aside 10-15 minutes to sit on a couch afterwards ... that seemed to help avoid discomfort.   Once I got the speed down, I only sat for around 5 minutes afterwards.  And it kind of helped me to keep a little pressure over the injection spot with my hand during the cool down. 

    Remember to swab the area with an alcohol patch/cotton ball prior.  I think the website for lovonex has an instructional video with delightful corny music. 

    The key thing is that you can do this.  You are strong.  And gosh darn it, people like you!

    Peace
    Thank you! Yes doggone it, people like me!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Ms. Haiku said:
    I found out from my cardiologist that I can have a tattoo, but as I have a stroke history and other cardiac issues I have to do some things. I usually take blood thinners, and that would stop before the tattoo, and resume after it. Instead I have to take a shot that I give myself. EEEEEEEEEEEEK! I'm sure I can get over it. I have had this shot done to me (lovenox) whenever I stay overnight in a hospital, but the thought of it is making me sweat. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. I'll get over it. It's all about the purple stickman tattoo.

    Anyway, have you had to get over giving yourself shots? Oi! EEEK!
    Hi Ms. Haiku, been a while.  Nice to see you!!  Regarding your post . . . Oh hell no, gives me chills just thinking about you having to do it.  I've given blood over 130 times and I have NEVER seen the needle, I just look away.  Can't imagine having to give myself a shot.  Hell no!  Good luck to you though!
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    Shots are done. It was much easier than expected. Overall, the shots went in quicker than expected, and I didn't need to try a mind game to handle it. I tried to go slow, and the time I was quickest I had the most "pinching" pain afterwards. It went away in less than an hour. Only one time did I bleed, but that stopped quickly. If the tattoo goes well tomorrow I wouldn't be against getting another tattoo and going through this again. It is not a pleasant experience, but it is doable. 
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,890
    Best of luck. Show us the results tomorrow. I'm sure it will go just fine.


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    PJ_Soul said:
    I've never given myself a shot, but I have given myself a (successful) tattoo, and I can say that when I did it it hurt WAY less than when a professional did it for me!! And it was in the same spot too, so placement wasn't the issue. I feel that it was because I had the control. Maybe it will be the same with the shot. After this you may want to give yourself all your shots from now on, haha.
    you tattooed yourself??
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    edited March 2024
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I've never given myself a shot, but I have given myself a (successful) tattoo, and I can say that when I did it it hurt WAY less than when a professional did it for me!! And it was in the same spot too, so placement wasn't the issue. I feel that it was because I had the control. Maybe it will be the same with the shot. After this you may want to give yourself all your shots from now on, haha.
    you tattooed yourself??

    Lol, yup! When I was like 18, with a needle, a lighter, and some India ink. It turned out super well! I didn't look like a prison tattoo at all, haha. It was just small, like probably smaller than a loonie, on my ankle bone. I loved it. I did it because I was in some assembly at school shortly before graduating high school and I drew on my ankle out of boredom, and really like what I drew, so on impulse I just tattooed it on there when I got home. :lol: Unfortunately, I chose to get a professional tattoo a couple years later, and I really couldn't think of another place on my body where I wanted it, so I got that on top of my own. I quite regret that. I wish I had just gotten the new one on the other leg. :(
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    edited March 2024
    *for our American friends, a loonie is the slang term for a Canadian one dollar coin (it has a picture of a loon on it)
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,882
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    *for our American friends, a loonie is the slang term for a Canadian one dollar coin (it has a picture of a loon on it)
    Now do twonie.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,665
    Poncier said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    *for our American friends, a loonie is the slang term for a Canadian one dollar coin (it has a picture of a loon on it)
    Now do twonie.

    Oh, we did, in 1996. :lol: But it is spelled Toonie. :lol:  Apparently they cared more about matching it to loonie than they did the numerical meaning, haha.




    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,074
    PJ_Soul said:
    Poncier said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    *for our American friends, a loonie is the slang term for a Canadian one dollar coin (it has a picture of a loon on it)
    Now do twonie.

    Oh, we did, in 1996. :lol: But it is spelled Toonie. :lol:  Apparently they cared more about matching it to loonie than they did the numerical meaning, haha.





    Did that not catch on - unlike our super popular $2 bill  ;)
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,371
    So, that was painful. As I have the experience of giving myself shots I handled it like a boss. My breathing only slightly changed as the artist tattooed me.

    The artist convinced me to do it in black because of the fading difference from purple. It is classic looking. 

    I'll post an image soon. :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,890
    Well done. Take a picture as soon as you can tattoos look best straight after they are done 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -

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