Fragments injections

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Fragmin injections 😃

There is a 46 % chance of a DVT for most people if no measures are taken to prevent it. Some trusts prescribe oral treatment, others the dreaded stockings, the injections are another way. I had the injections, was taught in hospital to do alternate belly sides, to do it fast, avoid the same injection site, and NOT to rub the site afterwards. I got used to it, and became very thankful I am not a type 1 diabetic.

it may be worth talking to your GP if you cannot cope, otherwise I am afraid it is a grit the teeth job

Yeah i must admit I wil always look at diabetics in a different light. There's just something so wrong with sticking a needle in yourself. I have to wear stockings and inject for the full 6 weeks!

I assumed the risk was because of lack of movement and sitting still lots, but I am actually walking more than I did before the op!

I can't drive and I walk a minimum of 1.5 miles per day, before I used to drive to work and sit at my desk all day.

It's the worst thing but I need to stop moaning, everything else about my recovery is great 👍🏼

I had no idea that there was an injection option, it sounds dreadful, poor you!

I had to take a blood thinning tablet every day for 5 weeks  and no stockings. Surely worth talking to your GP to ask for a change to pills, why should you suffer if there is an alternative.

All the best.

Hi. Its all up to your doc. Im 5 weeks 5 days....only had injections while in hospital. Not on anything apart from stockings. So far so good. I also stopped the stockings at 5 weeks getting too hot here in Australia to wear them. Different surgeons have different measures

Aww thank you. Maybe there is a little bit of hope then. I shall speak to my doctor and see what he says.

Obviously I don't want to take any unnecessary risks but it seems as tho it depends on where you live and who did your op rather than a definite risk.

Hi Billie, 

This is my 2nd round of the darn Fragmin injections - tomorrow 6 weeks post op from 2nd THR - one more week of injections to go -

First time I didn't like but got used to it - this time, I swear, the needles are either dull or bigger - 

I did ask for an alternative - having read here that some get pills or even aspirine - he had an explanation about that this way the risk of DVT is minimal - and no, he was not going to out me on pills -

no stockings though ...

Seems that there is also a difference in how long it is needed - I am on 6 weeks as well, my friend in Los Angeles just 2 weeks ...

No, you do not want to wear stockings - have you ever read the threads about the dreaded LED's ...

so sorry Billie .... you are half way !!!! counting down ....

big warm hug my fellow Fragmin sister

renee

I was discharged on 3 low dose aspirin a day with stockings. But I have ditched them cause it's just too hot. But 46 percent getting dvtdvt. That's really highhigh! Do you have a source for that statistic?

yes glad i dont have the injections as would struggle too. i have been told to wear the stockings 6 weeks and take 2 aspirin every day for 6 weeks. maybe they would review?

maggie

I hope they will review.

It seems a bit extreme injecting and wearing stocking for the whole 6 weeks!

There is such a difference in experiences from just the few people who have commented on here.

I shall see if it's possible to have a telephone appointment with my gp and keep my fingers crossed xx

My trust take the DVT prevention very seriously too - I had the Fragmin injections for only three days, but that was in addition to the stockings (6 weeks) and a 4 week course of oral anti-coagulants. Would definitely rather have the pills, but the two pronged approach seems common.

I had the injections while in hospital but then switched to tablets for 4 weeks thereafter. They are called Apixoban and are quite expensive to buy but worth checking if your GP will prescribe. And I had to wear the stockings until my 4 weekly check up.

Those injections are the pits aren't they   I did mine for the whole 6 weeks, although they're painful and I began to dread them.

I discovered that if I used an ice-pack on the area first until it was numb, and then also straight after the injection, it became bearable.

Also, try not to keep injecting the same area.  I used my stomach and went round in a circle!  Hope that helps x

 

I had to do them twice a day for 50 injections hated every minute of it but it was worth it. Would rather that than have DVT xx