Cetrotide Top Tip!

I've found that my Cetrotide injections are either really painful or I pretty much don't feel them - with no middle ground.  The other day I read something about keeping the bevel of the needle pointing upwards so the sharpest bit goes in first.  We made sure we did that this morning and lo and behold, I didn't even notice it go it!









As you can see from the image above, if you're putting it in with that pointing down it's going to be trying to force the blunter bit through first.

Just thought I'd share that with you in case you're having the same problem - it's always something worth trying.

Other people have mentioned using ice packs to numb the area beforehand but I haven't found this to be necessary so I haven't tried it.  I did forget to take my injection out of the fridge earlier than I needed to do it this morning so I did it cold and again, it didn't add to my pain.  That's not to say that it won't make a difference for others though.

Any tips you'd like to share?  Maybe you've found something that works with certain meds but not others, or something unusual?