[PatriciaQ]

;advice, on how to get ;comfortable with a ;someone eles doing your ;shots ??? beside's the ;nurse

[kicker]

When doing Rebif.
Used a warm washcloth, right after shot, applied to injection site.
Premedicated with Tylenol @ 45 minutes before shot

When getting Fertility shot (Pergonal) in butt by newbie SIL made her practice on orange first.
Try not to watch
Trust


But other CRABs different.

I did Jeopardy song doo, doo, doo doo, doo, doo, do....., so I knew to this had an end.

[Dejibo]

I trained my husband how to do them,and was scared! I have seen him hammer a nail into a board and was terrified!

He did a great job. Learn to relax your muscle. Even if its a fat shot. RELAX! The more relaxed you are, the less it hurts. Breathe. relax, and let go. in time you get used to it.

If that person makes a habit of being a bad shot, dont be afraid to fire them.

[nemsmom]

My husband does the ones in the backs of my arms and the butt ones. He is an EMT so he already knew how to give shots but I had to show him how to do the auto-injector.

I guess it's just learning to trust them. I had been only doing my stomach and legs because they are the ones I can reach. I have a lot of pain with my shots (which they tell me is abnormal) so I wasn't wanting him to have to do it. I think my pain always seems harder to deal with when I see how it hurts him to see me that way. He always tries his best to do anything that helps but there's not much he can do most of the time. Well anyway I have less site reactions when I use all the possible sites sooo... now he does them for me where I can't reach.

I know none of this helps much but I hope you find a way to get comfortable.

[SallyC]

DH did the Copax shots I couldn't reach. He was a trooper.. My DIL did my Avonex shots for awhile...she was a nurse, though.