Darn forgot I was back to the left arm again, this injection like my very first injection is nothing. A tiny burn/prick from the needle and that's about the long and short of it. But that silly left arm has many issues! Even though I'm still thrilled the finger are starting to work again on that hand but obviously there's something else going on with its nerves.

Just a thought, based on something I just happened to read recently. Sometimes a smaller needle helps.

An experiment in various needle lengths was done, based on subcutaneous tissue thickness (or where you have the most fat).

My experience with Copaxone was that the first 3-4 weeks were the worst. Each shot seemed to burn and sting worse than the one before it. Then it just seemed like my body got over the reaction and within the next month or so, it would hardly react to the shot. It still hurt slightly when I did it, and I would get a reddish irritated area around it about a day or so later, but the initial intense pain and burning sensation seemed to go away after a few weeks of doing the shots.

Finally past the first bad shot with the new meds, and wasn't bad at all. It still felt like fire ants dipped in kerosine and lit on fire running through the area, but found placing ice on the injection site with a heating pad behind it closest to the heart keeps the burn localized. With the new meds though the muscles didn't even flinch.

It might be sad to say, but now I'm almost grateful for such an intense reaction. Without it I never would have gone running to the pain mgmt doctor asking for a change. I would have continued to 'tolerate' my lot in life. But now with these new meds I feel like I'm 24 again, before all this crap really starting hitting. The muscles are still fluttering as they've done all my life, but they aren't "Spastic", I know the fluttering is still a spasm, but to me there's a distinction between the two . one is painful the other is more.... Normal?

I feel great! My eyes are a bit wiggly and I'm suffering from CRS (can't remember $@&%) so I'm not exactly my old self again, but still cannot and will not complain.

Whoopeee for you Starz!!

That's really good news!

TxBatman is right, I think. You need to allow time for your body to get used to the Copaxone shots. For many, it takes about 3 months.

I neglected to post a link to the study I mentioned, about needle length:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25225835

Okay lesson learned today that hopefully is never forgotten.... My husband and I ended up in a "disagreement" one that still is not resolved to either's satisfaction mostly because there can only be one winner in this.... But it is oh so very bad an idea to inject copaxone when one is angry. But that's probably a bonus to the DH as this could cause enough issues with me that he'll win by default

Ouch, sorry