Re: Best site for pain-free Xolair injections

[Guest guest]

Fatty tissue in the stomach is an excellent, pain-free site as well.

Addy

Group co-owner

>

> I used to have to get my shots administered at my doctor's office. It

> was always horribly painful UNLESS one nurse in particular gave me the

> shot. Eventually, she taught me how to give it to myself painlessly.

> And then when the black box warning came out and i had to have them

> administered in a new doctor's office, I showed my doctor how to do it

> so that it doesn't hurt.

>

> Here's what I learned: If I go to my upper thigh, about only two to

> three inches below my underwear line, and closer to my outer thigh

> than the top (that faces the ceiling if I'm sitting) -- it almost

> never hurts!

>

> Meryl

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you everyone for the replies and suggestions on xolair injections. i

have some useful info. to give the nurses and only hope they listen to me.

jean

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Meryl Cohn <mcohnlist@...> wrote:

>

>

> I used to have to get my shots administered at my doctor's office. It

> was always horribly painful UNLESS one nurse in particular gave me the

> shot. Eventually, she taught me how to give it to myself painlessly.

> And then when the black box warning came out and i had to have them

> administered in a new doctor's office, I showed my doctor how to do it

> so that it doesn't hurt.

>

> Here's what I learned: If I go to my upper thigh, about only two to

> three inches below my underwear line, and closer to my outer thigh

> than the top (that faces the ceiling if I'm sitting) -- it almost

> never hurts!

>

> Meryl

>

>

[Guest guest]

Mine never hurts. They give it slowly in upper arm. Must have some fat there,

though.

Carol

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