Thanks for the tips everyone, this will all certainly help next week!
mallani said
Feb 24, 2013
Hi Caryn,
If you do a subcutaneous injection in the abdomen, there are no significant blood vessels to worry about.
Make sure you get all the air out of the syringe . Hold it upright, tap the sides of the syringe, and gently depress the plunger. All the air will come out- stop when you see a drop of fluid on the needle bevel.
Remove from refrigerator 10 minutes before use. Insert syringe and needle with the bevel up. DON'T draw back on the plunger. Inject until plunger hits syringe base. Leave in place for 10 secs. then remove. Put a cotton bud at injection site and tape in place for a few hours.
Make sure you have good lighting and I needed a backlight.
Northern said
Feb 23, 2013
I am nurse doing treatment for the third time. This time using the pre-filled syringes. I pull my syringe out of the fridge and let set for a few minutes. For injections sites I use my abdomen. Using my button as a center I rotate around that 4-5 inches out. I have used my thigh in the past but I found it easier pulling shirt than dropping pants I carefully remove the remaining air in the syringe after placing the needle on. Pick my site, clean with alcohol and inject. What feel is important is leaving the needle in for a few seconds so the med does not follow out the needle track. I have never pulled back on the plunger for blood check. I jab, hold, pull. That is my method. Works for me.
2willy said
Feb 23, 2013
I do the eprex also with the interferron injections and I inject in the front part of my thigh and in my belly above belly buttona and atleast 4 " away. I am a type 2 diabetic but not injections. The Diabeatic society told and should me for future that injections to be put in 45 to 90 degrees and where I mentioned really not an issue with blood veins. Main issue was to make sure area cleaned with alcohol and dried. I only tap suringe and make sure bubbles out of it. warm both suringes under hot water.
Hope that helps
Bill and Family
Shep said
Feb 23, 2013
Hey Caryn--giving yourself shots is a nerve rattlling business. I was worried about hitting a vein when I started also. My dear sweet nurse was pretty old school about the shots and taught me to pull the plunger back to check for blood but after some discussion here on the forum discovered that others were not trained in this way. The needles are so thin and small the chance of striking a vein are very, very slight. It helped me to hear that others did not pull the plunger back and it makes giving the shots less tense. Don't worry--after a few weeks it gets a lot easier! But just to double check -if you do have a nurse or medical person you can call--never hurts to talk with some one. The pharmacy where I got my meds had people you could call and speak with around the clock. They were also helpful and got me to relax when I thought I was messing up! Good luck
JoAnneh said
Feb 23, 2013
You sound like me...so concern if shot is Properly injected. do you have phone number for nurse that works w Pegys company? I bleed after some shots but hope of the time I don't. I like to see blood so I know the shot Was injected. Anyway, I keep getting UND so I must Be doing something right. I use the pen Syringe. You are doing good, call the nurse and ask them. Xxoo
Caryn said
Feb 23, 2013
I was too tired to post last night, but I am having some issues with the pre filled syringes. I get super nervous when injecting becasue I am so freaked out I am going to hit a blood vessel. Getting the needle in is not a problem as I dont even feel it, but when it comes time to pull back on the plunger I cannot tell if I have pulled back far enough or not. Because I am so nervous anyway, I swear the needle moves a little bit and who the heck knows if I am in the same spot anyway??? That is one problem. The second is twice now after injections I have had medicine left in the syringe. Not a lot, but there is some there. I push the plunger down while injecting and hold it for a few seconds, but when I pull out I look at the syringe and the plunger is all the way down, but if I press the plunger harder mediciine squirts out. Again, it is not a lot, but still there. Last night for the first time there was blood when I squirted the plunger. That could be from the small amount that is there after the injection, but I don't know. Any suggestions? I dont want to short myself of one drop of the medicine. Also, I wish the lettering and plunger was not red....duh, the same color as blood! Makes it just a tad bit more difficult to see if blood is in there anyway.
Thanks for the tips everyone, this will all certainly help next week!
Hi Caryn,
If you do a subcutaneous injection in the abdomen, there are no significant blood vessels to worry about.
Make sure you get all the air out of the syringe . Hold it upright, tap the sides of the syringe, and gently depress the plunger. All the air will come out- stop when you see a drop of fluid on the needle bevel.
Remove from refrigerator 10 minutes before use. Insert syringe and needle with the bevel up. DON'T draw back on the plunger. Inject until plunger hits syringe base. Leave in place for 10 secs. then remove. Put a cotton bud at injection site and tape in place for a few hours.
Make sure you have good lighting and I needed a backlight.
I am nurse doing treatment for the third time. This time using the pre-filled syringes. I pull my syringe out of the fridge and let set for a few minutes. For injections sites I use my abdomen. Using my button as a center I rotate around that 4-5 inches out. I have used my thigh in the past but I found it easier pulling shirt than dropping pants
I carefully remove the remaining air in the syringe after placing the needle on. Pick my site, clean with alcohol and inject. What feel is important is leaving the needle in for a few seconds so the med does not follow out the needle track. I have never pulled back on the plunger for blood check. I jab, hold, pull. That is my method. Works for me.
I do the eprex also with the interferron injections and I inject in the front part of my thigh and in my belly above belly buttona and atleast 4 " away. I am a type 2 diabetic but not injections. The Diabeatic society told and should me for future that injections to be put in 45 to 90 degrees and where I mentioned really not an issue with blood veins. Main issue was to make sure area cleaned with alcohol and dried. I only tap suringe and make sure bubbles out of it. warm both suringes under hot water.
Hope that helps
Bill and Family
Good luck
Properly injected. do you have phone number
for nurse that works w Pegys company?
I bleed after some shots but hope of the time
I don't. I like to see blood so I know the shot
Was injected.
Anyway, I keep getting UND so I must
Be doing something right. I use the pen
Syringe.
You are doing good, call the nurse and ask them.
Xxoo
I was too tired to post last night, but I am having some issues with the pre filled syringes. I get super nervous when injecting becasue I am so freaked out I am going to hit a blood vessel. Getting the needle in is not a problem as I dont even feel it, but when it comes time to pull back on the plunger I cannot tell if I have pulled back far enough or not. Because I am so nervous anyway, I swear the needle moves a little bit and who the heck knows if I am in the same spot anyway??? That is one problem. The second is twice now after injections I have had medicine left in the syringe. Not a lot, but there is some there. I push the plunger down while injecting and hold it for a few seconds, but when I pull out I look at the syringe and the plunger is all the way down, but if I press the plunger harder mediciine squirts out. Again, it is not a lot, but still there. Last night for the first time there was blood when I squirted the plunger. That could be from the small amount that is there after the injection, but I don't know. Any suggestions? I dont want to short myself of one drop of the medicine. Also, I wish the lettering and plunger was not red....duh, the same color as blood! Makes it just a tad bit more difficult to see if blood is in there anyway.