Did anyone have to take injections to avoid blodclots post op

I had to do two Lovenox shots per day for a week after surgery.  It was a pain in the butt!

I'm doing it 2x a day for 30 days.

Congrats on your surgery!!!  I'm glad everything went well for you.  I had my surgery on Monday also and I had the injections during my hospital stay only.

Yaya, when I had ankle surgery in 2008 and had to stay completely off it, I had the shots once a day for a month.  The time goes quickly and you won't worry about blood clots!  Hang in there.

Sounds like everyone's surgeons have different ideas about this.  I'll have to start with one shot tomorrow night (night before surgery) and twice a day after for 6 days. 

I'm not excited about it either but it's to avoid a bloodclot which may travel and kill you.  So yeah, it's gonna be hard to do at first... but it's worth it. 

Heparin every 8 hours in the hospital here too!

I double checked with my doctor not to long ago about it.

I will have one shot right after surgery since I will be having some machine dealing with clots while in surgery.

But he said one and only one. Since I will be up walking so much. He also is doing this cause of my over worked fear of needles, I freak out. So they gas me to inject me before surgery cause if I see a needle it wont be pretty.

I have to do lovenox for a week and yesterday was the first time it hurt! It

I have to take Lovenox every day for 30 days.  Anyone in my surgeon's practice with a BMI of >50 has to do this.  Otherwise, he only gives them in the hospital and *poof* they're done. 

I don't like it, but I do it.  I'm 11 days in @ home.  I'm getting used to shooting myself in the belly, but not liking the array of bruises on my belly as a result!

Hang in there!  =)

 I had to take them for 2 weeks post op.  I injected my stomach.  I was already doing that for Byetta so it wasn't a big deal.  I thought it was going to be really painful but it wasn't.  You'll get through it.

donna