HodgkinsBob | 55-64 | Male | On medication for 1 to 6 months | Patient
5/29/2021
Condition: Prevent Decreased White Blood Cell Count from Cancer Chemotherapy
Overall rating 4.3
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After two rounds where a nurse injected me, I began self-injecting. Couldn't be easier, and it saved me a 60-minute round trip to the doctor's office for a super simple 2-minute procedure. My syringes are mailed to my house (2 in a shipment) in refrigerated packaging: styrofoam cooler with cold gel packs. The syringes are made such that when the plunger is pushed all the way in, the spring-loaded needle retracts back into the syringe body automatically. How's that for safety?! By the way, the needle is extremely thin and relatively short; not intimidating at all. I barely feel it going into the fat roll of my stomach.Read More Read Less
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