marc_kowal
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So today was the first day of me bridging for a procedure on Tuesday. So I figured since others may find this helpful, I would write about it.
First things first, wash the hands.
You need to give your self a shot in the stomach, about 2 inches from your belly button. You swab the area with an alcohol pad and then pinch the area, because you want the injection to go into your fat, not the muscle. Injecting into the muscle could cause bleeding into the muscle. Lucky for me I'm not as young as I once was and have some belly fat.
So the syringes I have are pre-loaded with 100 mgs of Lovenox. Based on my weight, my doctor wants me to take 90 mgs. So, take the cap off, and squirt 10 mgs out. Nothing hard about that. With a shot that goes into your veins, you want to remove any air bubbles from the syringe, since this is going into your fat/tissue, you leave the air bubble in the syringe, as it helps deliver the Lovenox into your system.
So now it's time to give myself the shot. I figure this should be no problem, as I have no problems getting shots or giving blood. Hold the syringe in my left hand, pinch my belly with my right hand, look at my wife, look at my stomach, look at my wife again. Damn, this is harder than I thought. I really don't want to have my wife giving me these shots. Deep breath, look at my belly and jab the syringe in. Didn't even feel it go in. Inject the Lovenox and pull the needle out. No bleeding from the site.
Area had a little stinging and was a tiny bit sore for about an hour, then I didn't even notice it.
Take the syringe and put it into a "sharps container" that I bought from Amazon.
Did my second shot tonight with no problems.
I hope this helps anyone who wondered about what it's like giving your self a Lovenox shot. If you have any questions, let me know.
~Marc
First things first, wash the hands.
You need to give your self a shot in the stomach, about 2 inches from your belly button. You swab the area with an alcohol pad and then pinch the area, because you want the injection to go into your fat, not the muscle. Injecting into the muscle could cause bleeding into the muscle. Lucky for me I'm not as young as I once was and have some belly fat.
So the syringes I have are pre-loaded with 100 mgs of Lovenox. Based on my weight, my doctor wants me to take 90 mgs. So, take the cap off, and squirt 10 mgs out. Nothing hard about that. With a shot that goes into your veins, you want to remove any air bubbles from the syringe, since this is going into your fat/tissue, you leave the air bubble in the syringe, as it helps deliver the Lovenox into your system.
So now it's time to give myself the shot. I figure this should be no problem, as I have no problems getting shots or giving blood. Hold the syringe in my left hand, pinch my belly with my right hand, look at my wife, look at my stomach, look at my wife again. Damn, this is harder than I thought. I really don't want to have my wife giving me these shots. Deep breath, look at my belly and jab the syringe in. Didn't even feel it go in. Inject the Lovenox and pull the needle out. No bleeding from the site.
Area had a little stinging and was a tiny bit sore for about an hour, then I didn't even notice it.
Take the syringe and put it into a "sharps container" that I bought from Amazon.
Did my second shot tonight with no problems.
I hope this helps anyone who wondered about what it's like giving your self a Lovenox shot. If you have any questions, let me know.
~Marc
