hi natalie,

i'm sorry you're going thru this right now.
it sounds like you're having to make a lot of adjustments all at once.
that has to be energy draining.

i've been on copaxone for 5 yrs and it does get easier.
in the beginning my shots and site reactions used to be bad.
it's all gotten much better.
i used to call shared solutions quite a bit to get advice and tips.
it sounds like your pick for this injection didn't work out.
just avoid that area from now on.

i have plenty of fat but i think it's harder to inject if you don't.
i also had to experiement with the depth setting of my autoject.
i finally had to go to about 9. if you don't go deep enuf the site reactions will be worse, in my experience.

please hang in there.
venting is a good thing and we're here to help you get thru all this.
i've been very stable on the C and my disease activity is well controlled.
so try to think of the C as attacking your disease and that you are the person in control.