oh no, I think I have to give my PIO shot to myself tonight

CarrieB.

DH had serious eye surgery today and is in really horrible pain. I don't want to ask him to give me my injection, but I'm a little scared, since he's done all my injections since the beginning. Tell me that its not that bad. 

mbjmaybebaby

It's not bad...I actually liked giving them to myself better but let DH do it so he could feel a part of everything.  Just use the mirror in the bathroom and you will do fine!

crystalgirl

I'm assuming I'm way too late to chime in, but here goes anyway...   I had to do them myself for three days while DH was away on business.  It took a TON of psyching myself up, but it was not as bad as I expected.  The needle goes in smoothly, but the oil takes some effort.

Our mirrors don't go down low enough in our bathrooms, so I did mine laying down on my side and twisting around to see.  I found it was actually LESS painful to do it this way than to have DH do it -- I'm guessing because I had more control.  I still went back to having him do it as soon as I could, though!

Hope it went okay for you!

bmagsgirl

It's not that bad.  I was able to do it in my leg and my dr gave me a little bit smaller needle to use.  I just used ice packs to numb it since I was terrified and it took a couple of tries but I got through it and I was so proud that I did.

You will do fine it just may take a but to get the courage up. 

perry7285

it's really not. i did it myself a few times and it wasn't a big deal. ice that area first and you'll be fine!

KiKiGee

Totally not that bad!  The fear was worse for me.   I did (almost) all of my own and liked it MUCH better than when H did them.

GOOD LUCK!