Well, I gave myself a shot at about 11:30PM and was in an insane amount of pain until about 2:30AM when I finally fell asleep. I called Shared Solutions at about 2AM and they were completely useless. They just told me how to do injections which I am not sure how that is even remotely useful at this point. None the less… they said they can’t help with anything else and to call my doctor.
Basically, I was having throbbing pain down my leg to my foot. I couldn’t get comfortable at all and my whole hip area was swollen. I haven’t experienced anything like that before. It seriously sucked.
I put some lidocaine on the bump and ice but still no good. I finally overdosed on advil and fell asleep. Today, the bump is red and painful but otherwise not nearly as bad.
Argh! I am so tired today.
Has anyone else had a similar reaction before?
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Lazy Julie // Jun 2, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I’m sorry you had such a bad shot night. Hang in and picture that incredibly unhelpful Shared Solutions rep with red injection bumps and bruises all over your faces. Immature but I bet you’re smiling, aren’t you?
Lazy Julie
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2 Lazy Julie // Jun 2, 2009 at 6:20 pm
HER FACE…(NOT your face). Ugh. I hate typos.
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3 happywriter7 // Jun 4, 2009 at 4:25 am
This post sounds like the very first shot that I took. It was in my thigh which did swell, and the pain lasted for 4 hours. I was terrified that every single shot from that day forward would be equally long and painful. It hasn’t been, but I certainly remember those first shots.
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4 Nadja Tizer // Jun 7, 2009 at 11:10 am
I hope you are feeling better now. I’m with Julie on this one.
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5 punkrockfairy // Jun 9, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Had similar issues with Copaxone. When I told the doctor about it, he agreed that I could not carry on with life as bowl of lumpy oatmeal. We moved on to the Fingolimod drug trial after that.
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