Can you give yourself a shot (injection)?

[911 Rod]

I call it the “intimidator”

[jcwade]

Not going to read the entire thread to answer the question, but if I were a heroin addict, I could.
And I would love it.

[unclebilly]

Done it by accident a few times doctoring cows… easy to do. Had to call poison control when I gave myself metacam once.

The other day, I got a taste of zellaris while treating a cow with pneumonia… I went to bite the cap off the needle and had obviously squirted some meds int to cap first… so that was something.

[Noah930]

Yes. Because Mrs Noah (an RN, no less!) won't do it for me.

I have gout. Several times I've had really bad attacks. A joint (usually big toe) gets super swollen and painful. So I've taken to giving myself cortisone injections into the toe joint. But I'm a chicken, so I first inject myself with an anesthetic (lidocaine), wait a few minutes, and then try to inject cortisone into the toe joint. Even though a toe is just skin, tendons, and bones, sometimes it's hard to get the needle directly into the joint on the first stab, hence the lidocaine to numb up the skin, at least. Then I walk the needle into the joint, bouncing it off the surrounding bone for a pass or three, and inject away.

Once I had tendonitis in my ankle and had to inject that because Mrs. Noah was out of town. I couldn't even put amy weight on my foot, it was that bad. I was literally hopping on one foot and decided I couldn't go to work like that. That shot was actually pretty easy, as that tendon (EHL) is directly under the skin.

You do what you have to do.

[jhynesrockmtn]

Type 1 Diabetic, so several times a day. Thankful for the pens which make it much easier. But yes, given I'd die in short order, I could do syringes.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by porsche tech

Gave myself allergy shots for several years…intramuscular so no big deal. A foreigner doctor who carried a gun let me do it. His instruction sheet said if you had a “reaction bigger than 25 cents apiece” take the epinephrine shot. I think he meant larger than a quarter.

I took allergy shots for over 20 years. It made a HUGE wonderful difference in my allergies.

For the first year or so I had to go to their office, and sit and wait after the shot to be sure of no reaction.

Then my wife gave me the shots. She was still working back then, and had to go on business tips on occasion. I just gave myself the shot in my arm when she was gone.

No big deal.

[stevej37]

Today's needles are so thin and sharp that it's no worse than a mosquito bite.

[pavulon]

People have had to amputate their own limbs and at least one guy has taken out his own appendix. As already stated, people can do a lot if they have to.

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Today's needles are so thin and sharp that it's no worse than a mosquito bite.

Trust me when I say this needle is no mosquito bite.

Way bigger than the COVID shots.

[Tobra]

It is amazing what a person is capable of when they have no alternative.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Tobra

It is amazing what a person is capable of when they have no alternative.

You ain't lyin'.

[NY65912]

I take a pen type injection every 2 weeks for Crohn's. no biggie. After my cervical surgery I had to take L
ovenox by syringe twice a day for 3 months. Not a problem. You get used to it pretty fast.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

[juanbenae]

heck ya! i oil my hinges like the tinman.... i get free needles down at the dollar general...

[porsche tech]

Got lots of ‘‘em like this in basic training…”NEXT”!