I always had troubles giving myself a needle. I just could not poke myself no matter how hard I would try. I would put the needle against the muscle and slowly try pushing it in and usually bending the needle or not getting it into the muscle.
I just discovered the correct way to give yourself a shot. Instead of slowly forcing it in, just stab the needle (not super hard, but give yourself a quick fast stab)
Relatively painless and it works.
My “Eureka moment” of the day.
I suspect that I am not the only one with that phobia.
I recently had to take “Lovenox” for a few days. Had to inject myself in the abdomen (the “love handles” area). It was definitely a difficult thing to get used to. And I always ended up bruising myself.
It’s funny how quickly you’d change your mind. I had a roommate that couldn’t even look at the TV when someone onscreen was getting an injection. A few weeks after falling in with the heroin crowd, amazing had no more problems with it.
Sad footnote: a few years later he was found in his apt tied to a chair and bled to death of a “puncture wound”
Not a medical type, but it makes sense that an intramuscular injection would have trouble if the muscle is too tense, which would be likely if you try to slow-poke yourself.
I’m a borderlineish type two diabetic, and really hope that by the time I inevitably advance from metformin to insulin they have some way to deliver it besides needles. After years of getting blood drawn for tests, I’ve just about worked up the courage to still not watch.
