Re: A few questions for Marcia
From: Marcia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue May 15 10:28:14 2001
Hi Kristy:
It was the 3.6 depot, and the doc put it in the same spot every time,
about 2 and a half inches to the right and down of my navel. First he
put in an anesthetic shot to numb the area, less than a minute, and then
right away he put in the depot, less than a minute too, and then I would
hold a piece of gauze right there for about a minute, then he put a
bandaid over it, which you leave there for about a day...from start to
finish, less than 2 minutes. And it really did not hurt after the
anesthetic...you need to insist upon the doc doing it, not a nurse, and
you don't have to look at what he/she is doing, and thus it would lessen
your anxiety by not looking (just a thought).
Hope this helps for tomorrow!!
--
Marcia
At Tue, 15 May 2001, Kristy wrote:
>
>Hi Marcia,
>
>I am not sure if I asked you this before but would you tell
>me where in the stomach area they put the shot for the
>Zoladex? How far below the navel did they do it? And from
>start to finish how long did the whole thing take?
>
>I really need to see the way this is administered. I'm
>seeing my dr on Wed and I was hoping to see something
>before then so that way I could know whether or not to tell
>her that I'm absolutely scared of this medicine going in to
>my stomach area. It makes me cringe very much. I guess if
>I would have never seen my mother give those insulin shots
>to herself that would be a lot different for me now.
>
>The thing that I especially remember about the nitemare
>about this was that each time I came home from the dr's
>office I cried.
>
>I did send a note to the manufacturer to get more
>information and hope that it comes before that first shot
>is supposed to be administered. Also, I can't find the one
>site that I saw that talked the prescribing info for
>Zoladex where it said what I had said about someone
>supervised by the dr but when I checked WebMD (had to go
>another route) under Zoladex it said that the shot had to
>be given either "by the dr or someone supervised by them".
>I will see where else I found that and give the link to
>you.
>
>Was your implants the 3.6 or the 10.8 (I hope I got that
>right)?
>
>=====
>Kristy :)
>
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