jeffp
Well-known member
Hi all. MVR 18 years ago. Did (and doing) well and drifted away from the forum. Well, I’m back again.
I’m having a minor outpatient surgery, rather than a longer inpatient stay; we’re going to bridge with Lovenox. The directions are short and sweet, basically stop warfarin 5 days prior, when INR is 2.0, to start injections twice daily sub-Q and stop the day before surgery and start warfarin and injections the evening post surgery and continue until INR above 2.0. Doesn’t say where to inject, but I get it with the belly area. I’ve got enough fat there to have fun with.![Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin: 😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png)
I’d like to keep the discomfort of the injection and bruising down as much as possible. Any tips that you’ve found to help? Warming the syringe? Ice to the area pre-injection? Massaging the belly after the shot? (My cat loves a belly rub.). Thanks.
I’m having a minor outpatient surgery, rather than a longer inpatient stay; we’re going to bridge with Lovenox. The directions are short and sweet, basically stop warfarin 5 days prior, when INR is 2.0, to start injections twice daily sub-Q and stop the day before surgery and start warfarin and injections the evening post surgery and continue until INR above 2.0. Doesn’t say where to inject, but I get it with the belly area. I’ve got enough fat there to have fun with.
![Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin: 😁](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png)
I’d like to keep the discomfort of the injection and bruising down as much as possible. Any tips that you’ve found to help? Warming the syringe? Ice to the area pre-injection? Massaging the belly after the shot? (My cat loves a belly rub.). Thanks.