Re: Growth Hormones - Marcy

[Guest guest]

Hi Marcy,

I've never heard of this brand of GH. uses Genotropin with a mixer.

Dr H, also requested that we wait to start 's GH until she had seen

him at the convention last year. She wanted to make sure she had accurate

weight and height measurements before he started. Our Endo wasn't worried

about this at all. We went ahead, got our training, and had everything

ready. We took all the supplies with us to the convention, and then started

Bran's shot the night after his appt.

Our biggest problem was that the company set us up with a pen device, did

all our training with that, and then Dr H insisted that we use a syringe!!

This really stressed me out!! If it hadn't been for some wonderful friends

at the convention, (THANK YOU JODY Z AND CARMEN!!!) I would have lost it!!

THIS is a BIG advantage to starting the shots AT the convention. There are

plenty of experienced people around to help you out and show you the

ropes!!!

Dr H likes us to use insulin syringes because the needles are smaller, and

you can give a more accurate dose. gets 10 units delivered with a 50

unit syringe. For a long time I couldn't give the shot without using an

Inject-Ease. This is a device that hold the syringe (so the child cannot not

see it). It is spring loaded so that the needle goes in quickly and

painlessly. It's maybe an inch in diameter, so it's easier to hold on to,

and keep steady, then the syringe alone. BUT after about 9 months of usage,

our spring gave out, and became unreliable, so I learned to give the shot

with only the syringe. I still don't like doing 's shots, but I've

learned to deal with it.

If I were you, I would get the training, and the supplies, and then just

hold onto everything until the convention rolls around. Especially since you

said the difference was only a week! It won't hurt na to get one shot

and then no more for a week. was actually started on GH the first

time at 13 months of age! When we found out that the Dr was limiting him to

6 months of GH, dependent on results, and that GH is not the ruling factor

for growth under the age of 2, we decided after a week of shots to stop. And

strangely enough, has a MAJOR growth spurt right after we stopped!

LOL

Taking GH to the convention isn't really that big a deal. You can pack

everything in an insulated lunch bag, with a couple of freezer packs for

traveling. The biggest thing for us last year was making sure that the GH

stayed cold, but didn't freeze. We prevented that by wrapping the pen case

in paper towels for insulation.

Hope this helps!!

Pat (g-ma to , RSS, 3 yrs 5 months old, 23#, 33 " , G-tube, GHT)