[coletaterbug]

I have had a couple problems here lately with it. I gave myself a shot Friday night in my leg and it hurt like heck. It was extremly bad it welped up and gave me a big bruise and was hurting the rest of the night. Then on Saturday gave myself a shot in my stomach. I pulled the needle out and I could almost say that none of the liquid went in my belly because it was coming out of the injection site and going down my belly. Is this normal or I am doing something wrong? I use the autoinject and it is set on 8.

[Dejibo]

I have injection sites that the meds ooze out when I withdraw the needle. I usually have a wet paper towel on hand to wipe it away. it WILL increase the burn of the after effets from the med. You are not doing anything wrong, its just the pressure of the fat tissue not wanting to hold onto the meds. If it keeps happening, or you find you are losing more med than you are keeping, you may want to pull the skin to the side, shoot, and release the skin. The Z track of the skin once released, pulls the fat back over the hole that you used to inject the meds. Please ask your Shared Solutions nurse to better explain it if you chose that option.

it is normal for some to leak out on many spots on the body. happens to me all the time.

[Debbie D]

never had oozing of the med before...the legs are the worst site for me. my neuro told me to shoot on the outside of the thighs where the fat pads are. No problems with that area at all...