My autoject has broken, and so has my spare. (springs inside it broke?)

I had to have my dad give me my shot of C tonight.

I'm hoping that having him do it in a new spot (the side of my butt where I cant really reach, and am not all that sure it's an approved spot for injecting C)

The SS nurse that I talked to today said that it would take 10 business days to get my new injectors (ordered a spare!) so it's either have my dad poke me with the stabby things, or just not shoot up at all.

I just cant inject myself manually with the syringe, I'm afraid I'm going to inject it too fast, or that my hand will slip and I'll end up hurting myself. Since my dad is a nurse anesthetist, and gives shots to people every day at work, I figured that he could at least give me a few of my shots while I'm waiting for the new autoject to arrive.

I told him not to put the needle in all the way, and to inject very slowly. (first time he injected me, it was in the arm, and he just popped it all the way into my arm and injected as fast as he could! OWWWIE! I had the BIG reaction too...felt like I was having a heart attack)

Hopefully I told him the correct way to do it. It stung a bit more than an autoject injection, but I'm guessing that it's because it was in a spot that wasnt a usual injection spot.

At least I didnt feel like I was having a heart attack, and actually the stinging sensation isnt lasting as long as it usually does.

Maybe I'll get in touch with the training nurse and see if she can retrain me with the manual injections. Maybe I can try to get past the needle phobia. (that's why I like the autoject, I dont have to actually see the needle inject me)