i was never told at all to draw back to c blood,wish i had of new that i am nearly finished tx now so to l8,i sometimes bleed more than other times and i wonder too if i hit vein or vessel.id say as long as ya not really thin then it would be hard to hit vein in belly but legs for me always hurt more and bleed more but they dont hav the fat content like my jelly belly lol,i hav actually put on weight on tx believe it or not,but im had my pegs reduced cos of low wbc.
a few hit and misses wont hurt i believe also so i think u b fine.
My nurse told me to ignore the pull back part of instructions since I would inject into belly fat and there were so few veins there to hit. It's easy to get psyched out in the early months of TX. It get's more automatic later on.
I don't think I ever did actually inject into a vein, because the next time I injected, I felt the same feeling and thought I had done it again, but this time I knew better.
I swear, I am such a victim of my own psychology.
Thanks for the input alagirl, very insightful, I never knew that there was actually a case where someone would give the interferon via IV.
interferon can be given IV, so if someone accidentally hit a vein (which prob didn't happen anyway) it wouldn't be the end of the world.
Mine told me that I should just inject, no pulling back. So that's what I did with all my shots.
You might have hit a vein, but I wouldn’t worry about it much. While they suggest we draw back with the standard syringe, those that use a Ready-Pen don’t have that option, and they do just fine. My second treatment, I used my things only and never drew nack to check the syringe; and I successfully completed treatment and eventually achieved SRV. If you like why don’t you call the 800 number for the nurse hot line, and discuss this with them?
Good luck—
Bill