Giving Yourself a Shot

Not really, I did that when I was taking a GLP. It wasn't like a needle injection though more like a pin prick. They called them injector pens.

I give myself allergy shots all the time. (Epi-pen shots) You just follow the verbal instructions from the box and it tells you were to place the box and how long to hold it in place while it administers the epinephrine. The other type of epi-pens are just as easy to use. With those, you remove safety stuff from the epi-pen, swing the tip of the pen into the outside middle of your thigh and hold it in place for the count of 15... I like the verbal pen better but use which ever kind the pharmacy brings me at the time. I've given myself 5 epi-pen shots this year, so far. (Around once every month and a half when I start having trouble breathing or my tongue starts swelling up.) Pretty gives me shots once in a while, when I can't see to give them to myself.

I do not think it would bother me.

I was really afraid of giving myself a shot when I first started on the allergy shots. Then the day came that I had ant stings all over my right hand. Yes, I'm very right handed. My hand started shaking and it just a few minutes my whole body was shaking. It wasn't fear. Now, I had an antigen in my purse and a needle, well, actually a lot of both, not all the antigens were for insect stings. I was at my mother's place because she was out of town. I sat down at her table and loaded the syringe. But the insect antigens were really painful, and I didn't want to inject it into my thigh, I wanted it in my hip. I am a plus sized person, I wasn't quite as plus sized then, but I was still quite large. And, the stings were on my right hand, so it was shaking the worse. I had to use my left hand to hold my right hand still while I gave myself the shot. After that, shots were much easier. Then Hobo, one of my cats, became diabetic. Now, Hobo was about as great a cat as you might ever know. Because I was able to give Hobo shots, when my friend and now roommate, J's cat became diabetic, I went over while she was out of town and gave her shots. When you give a cat insulin you need to watch them for a bit. Hobo was super insulin resistant, but Pixie, her cat, wasn't. I would hang out at her place for about a half hour to make sure she was okay. What did I do? I collected insulin needs that had been left around the place, I also picked up trash. I took a couple of bags of trash out her apartment and filled up a couple of soda bottles with needles... Also, after Connie got a blood clot in her arm, they wanted her on blood thinners. I was at the hospital and the doctor said he wanted her on Warfarin. I said: No, no Warfarin. The doctor asked why. I replied I would not be able to get her to the weekly testing. I think that really surprised the doctor that I knew that. So, they went with a daily shot instead. Now, I went after work to watch the lady give Connie the shot. I said I knew how to do it, I gave myself allergy shots. The next day, Connie is still in the hospital, and she watched me give Connie the shot. The day after that I took Connie home and the lady came with a week's worth of shots that needed to be kept in a refrigerator. And she watched me give Connie a shot at the house. She said: "I don't know why I have to do this, you know what your are doing." I told her that I have given myself shots, we had a diabetic cat and a friend had a diabetic cat and I gave them shots as well. I have to say that I did get some pleasure out of saying I had to go home and shot the roommate. This was before I evicted Connie, but not too much before.

Yes it would bother me. I am needle phobic so don't expect to see me shooting up.

Could I give myself a shot ? Only of vodka ! I hate needles ...I had my flu jab last week and told him not to let me see the needle .... I guess if I was diabetic and HAD to then I would, but generally, no I couldn't.

Never been a fan of needles--though over the years they don't bother me as much. Maybe I could--if someone practiced with me the first few times.

Probably, but if necessary I could get used to it. At least I hope I could.

I have always had a fear of needles. I do test my blood sugar myself , but have to talk myself into pricking my finger each time.

I think I could.

Nope get the heeby jeebies from needles,

I don't think I could do it unless I had some severe allergy and had to use an epi-pen. I don't mind shots but I don't think I could do it myself.

Yes, I've done it. The medication that I was taking for quite some time was injections covered by insurance, like yours. We do what we need to do, it didn't bother me, either.

I’ve done it. No biggie

I do not think I could give myself a shot.

Probably it would not bother me. My Mom often gave herself a shot.