I am, like so many other people, experiencing difficulty in getting my injection. I tend to make my appointment and get my injection from the nurses at the practice as the doctors just seem so flippant about 'this P.A. malarkey ' as one said! So. My question is. Is there any reason at all why I can't self inject? I asked the nurse about it and she said I couldn't as it has to be put directly into the muscle. I just accepted the response as I don't know enough to ask questions. What I do know though is so many other lovely people on here self inject, and like everyone else I'm really starting to suffer not having them on a regular basis. Can anyone advise please?
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So it can be done if I can get my practice on board? I think I'd actually prefer being injected into my stomach or leg! Especially if I'm doing it myself.
What was the Wedgwood place you said to check out? Wedgwood and(?) fbirder(?)
It’s worth noting that the German boxes state for sub cutaneous administration. That is good enough for me. I do sub cutaneous in belly fat. I find it much easier than IM which I only did once.
Yes, b12 from Germany and needles and syringes from U.K. from medisave. I probably have more chance of winning the lottery than getting my GP to agree I have a b12 deficiency. I gave up.
When I started my loading doses I asked the nurse if I could do it myself, to save myself the hassle of traveling to the surgery and save the NHS some money. She thought it a great idea and showed me how to do it. For my final loading dose she even had me demonstrate to a student nurse.
During the pandemic the British Society for Haematology released guidelines on injections during lockdown. They included this bit - b-s-h.org.uk/media/18259/bs...
Patients who are already self-administering IM hydroxocobalamin should continue to do so but we do not recommend a patient switching to self-administration during the COVID-19 pandemic since instruction is likely to be difficult.
So the BSH acknowledge that some patients do self-administer once they've been trained to do so.
I suggest you print this out and show it to the nurse.
I spoke to a different nurse yesterday and she insisted I couldn't because it had to go into the muscle in my arm!
So this information you've just given me is so helpful.
I live in the middle of nowhere and it's a pain to get to the surgery because of travel and, they only do morning appointments for 2 hours, so work commitments make it even more difficult.
Four muscle sites are recommended for IM administration (Fig 1, Table 1):
Vastus lateralis;
Rectus femoris
Deltoid;
Ventrogluteal
Two of those (Vastus lateralis and Rectus femoris) are in the thigh.
I self inject into my thigh and have done for a year (without gp knowing) , and last month said to my nurse can you train me to inject at home, to save you time as you're busy with Covid! She watched me inject and said you're very good and gave me needles and vial, no longer have to visit surgery now. It us do easy! Please do ask again and good luck
Well that makes a bit more sense. I'm going armed with all of this new information and if that fails I will definitely be ordering my own things anyway 😌
Hi i was having my b12 jabs at my drs, it was every three months which was awful I just couldn’t manage. They moved them to every two months, which still wasn’t enough but better than 12 weekly. But they made me feel like i shouldn’t be having it !Then last year beginning of lockdown they said no more jabs only tablet form ?? So at that point I’d had enough. So did my research and bought the steret wipes , 2ml syringes,and sharps box from a uk supplier, and the b12 1ml ampules from Germany. I did my first one fine then My daughter was happy to do them. But It’s just nothing , she can pinch my arm as it’s less stingy ( as I obviously can’t lol) , I’ve had 11 so far so just onto my second box. Brilliant wish I’d done it sooner. I have them every four weeks, because some months have five weeks. Definitely go for it you can google the syringe bit, but seriously to anyone who’s considering it. I did it for my own health and well being and I feel so much better. Sorry to drone on but hope it helps. X
I have mine every 2 months, I have done for years, like you I couldn't cope with every 3 month but I still struggle towards the end. When I first moved to this practice my doctor said I didn't need it that often....he was the one who put me on the tablets at the beginning of the pandemic, it was actually the nurse who flagged up the tablets and said they aren't any good for PA sufferers. The nurses are lovely, don't get me wrong, but it's just this one wall I'm hitting with them and my health and mental health is suffering. 🤯
Sorry for babbling.....
So can you say which company in Germany you get your b12 ampules from?
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