Because mine said I didn't even have to do it myself. I could just go to my local doctor and get injected, which would be cheaper for me as GP visits are covered here.

I've heard of people having nurses try to get them to do it on their own...

I wanted to self-inject.  When I asked about it, my endo said she preferred her patients to do it because it gave them more control over their treatment.  If I didn't want to, I'm not sure if they would have made me, but it probably would have been more expensive and somewhat inconvenient to inject on someone else's schedule.

My doc showed me how to. You may want to learn in case of emergency.
Myles

I wanted to do it at home, but she required me to do it a few times with the nurse to make sure I would do it as prescribed before allowing me to. I assume that I could probably still come in and have the nurse do it every time if I wanted to, for a charge. Talk to your doctor about it. Make you can work out a system.

I didn't think of that. Yeah it would be useful in emergencies and give me more control. I don't have a phobia of needles, but injecting myself would be kind of weird and I think I'd have a hard time trying to do it. I guess I could at least try.

^ If the thought of injecting yourself is a bit scary, ask if you can do subcutaneous injection.  Works the same way at the same rate, but you use a much smaller needle and it's not painful at all.

Anyway yeah my doctor did it the first time.  Next time I came in and did in front of her, and from then on I was on my own

When I lived in d.c. I had 2 go my doc's office 4 my shots. when I moved here (frisco) I changed docs & he showed me how to.

My endo left it completely up to me and asked me if I was going to self-inject. I said I wanted to have a nurse do it for a little while first, so that's what I did.

My doctor taught me how to do it before my blood test results even came back yet, I don't self inject yet, since I still live with my parents, my mom does it for me until I can get used to getting an injection every week then I will do it myself. But I never even thought of going to my doctor to do it.

ive done them all myself, but that was my choice.

I went in.  The nurse asked do you want to do it yourself or have me do it.
I did it, and everything went well.  Never have done one outside my apartment again.

Thanks for all your input. I'll think about it.

I did mine on my own from the start.

I asked my doc if I could learn and he refused to teach me as he said it was too dangerous.  He said that if there was ever a situation where i couldnt have him inject, if i went overseas or something that i had to miss how many ever shots until he could do it again which is friggin ridiculous...all about the $$

Quote from: JoshB on January 12, 2010, 09:33:00 PM
I asked my doc if I could learn and he refused to teach me as he said it was too dangerous.  He said that if there was ever a situation where i couldnt have him inject, if i went overseas or something that i had to miss how many ever shots until he could do it again which is friggin ridiculous...all about the $$

I would ask your doctor if he asks (or would ask) diabetic patients come in to get their insulin shots or if they give it to themselves.  Self-injection is not dangerous if one is properly taught.

He did mention that 'injecting T is different than for diabetic patients injeecting themselves with insulin.'  He went on how they inject themselves in the stomach and its different this way because blah blah and its moer dangerous inejcting yourself with T.  I was just following along but thinking what absolute bulls**t it was.

Yeah my dad's diabetic and shoots it in his stomach, from what I understand there's several places you can inject T.

Quote from: JoshB on January 12, 2010, 10:15:57 PM
He did mention that 'injecting T is different than for diabetic patients injeecting themselves with insulin.'  He went on how they inject themselves in the stomach and its different this way because blah blah and its moer dangerous inejcting yourself with T.  I was just following along but thinking what absolute bulls**t it was.

I will admit it is a little different, SC versus IM injections, but it's nothing that can't be done.  I'd argue that insulin is even more "dangerous" than T because of how fast it can work on the body.  It really sucks how it seems some health care professionals don't care about anything about the money.

I understand that there is difference between the two, but surely he knows that hundreds of transmen inject themselves and im not going to stay with him for the rest of my life.  He's also semi-retired so whats going to happen when he eventually retires?

Yep... since the very first shot. He believes his patients should learn to do it themselves so that they don't have to pay every week to get the shot done and to be independent about it. I'm sure if someone had massive issues about it he'd do it for them.

JoshB, as you know, your doctor's lying. As long as you do it properly there are few chances of complications. Sometimes it will hurt, but all shots are like that.

Diabetics inject themselves in the stomach, thighs, arms and we do it several times a day.  My needle might not be as long, but it is still an injection.  I use the "pens" so the needle is only 5/8ths inch.

Sarah L.