Hi
Just wondered if anyone does their injections themselves? Has anyone asked about doing them themselves?
Thanks for any experiences.
Emxx
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Anna
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Hi Em, I’ve been having zoladex since December 2014. I cannot imagine ever giving myself these injections, the needle is huge and the injection is very painful. The practice nurse who does mine has a spray to numb the area before I have my injection.
I have aver recently finished giving myself daily injections of heparin for 6 months and they were bad enough, zoladex would defo be a no go.
Hi Em, I’ve been on them for 8 years and agree that doing them yourself is probably not a good idea. The needle IS HUGE…and has to go in at a certain angle to get it in the fat under the skin.
After all this time I don’t have the area numbed first, but then I think I have skin of leather on my stomach now!
I too have had periods where I’ve had to self inject blood thinners and I wouldn’t ever want to get involved with such a big needle.
Good luck with it all 
Wendy