Re: Injection Bruise Question

October 21, 2007

personally, i would ignore it.

i bruise after almost every injection, but most often its limited to

my legs - sometimes its not a large bruise, sometimes, it looks like

a met someone with bad aim in a dark alley! LOL

i've never been concerned. the only thing my dr says is that if the

bruise is still around two weeks later (when i'm due for another

dose of xolair - 3 shots like you), do not inject into the bruise.

i wouldn't be concerned. if the bruise really bothers you, tape a

post-it note over it so you won't see it. hehehee =o)

heather

--- In , " instdesgn1 " <instdesgn1@...>

wrote:

>

> I injected my 375 mgs (3 shots) of Xolair Wed. eve. as usual. Two

shots

> in the belly and one in the arm - myself - at home. []

>

> This afternoon I suddenly noticed that one of the shots on the

lower

> belly (under a roll of fat, admittedly) has a huge bruise - about

3-1/2

> to 4 inches inches wide and maybe an inch vertically. It is warm

to the

> touch but does not hurt. [b-)] No other significant bruises

w/any of

> the other shots. I'm assuming I just somehow hit a blood vessel

(???)

> I've never had a bruise like this before. With my very first shot

in

> the thigh I had a much smaller bruise but that was just part of the

> learning curve. In the back of my mind the thought of infection

is

> swirling a bit. However I'm on Avelox (maybe that's part of why I

> bruised?) and not too long ago had the one dose of methotrexate.

>

> Ok, I might be slightly overreacting. Is it best to just ignore

it or

> put something topical on it? Thanks!

>

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