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Advice for making monthly injections more tolerable
Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) | Last Active: Jun 24, 2023 | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Initial instructions from the nurses at the Mayo Arizona infusion center have served me well for a couple of years now. Stand up but lean on a counter or back of chair, take your weight off the leg on the side of the injection, remind the nurse to do a slow push (full time recommended) and after the injection apply some heat to the site, walk a lot that day if possible, and drink lots of water. I usually get my injection closer to home these days but sharing these suggestions with whomever is giving the injection seems to really help--both me and the nurse giving the shot. Several have admitted, they don't enjoy giving these shots so they seem really open to the conversation.
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You make an important point, @kjstein. We have a lot that we can teach those who help us. We, in fact, can help them!
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Hi @kjstein
My nurses don't like giving the shots either. I have limited those allowed to give them to me to two people because once a new person gave me the shot and she didn't go deep enough. I was suspicious when it didn't bleed or hurt at all. I ended up with a ping pong ball full of fluid on my back side that took a full month to flatten out. The medicine was wasted and not absorbed. I had a very bad coughing, mucus, SOB month about two months later. Don't let any newbies give the shot. Too expensive and too important.