Any women take blood thinning shots after surgery?

[LaurenT626 0]

Attn: Possible TMI

I am 2 days post op and not feeling too bad. I started lovenox shots yesterday and Im so nervous about taking these.

Just want to hear your experience with the shots..any side effects? Also how did it affect your menstrual cycle?

I will be on these for a month.

Thanks!!!

[Wondercup71 0]

I got two shots of heparin during my recovery right after surgery. Only thing that sucks is the black and blue bruise I got which is I still have. I'm on my 1st week postop.

[bayba792 0]

I got them in the hospital about 4 of them. and I didn't notice any difference with my monthly. The only thing is that it stung but it's from the medication not the shot.

[khunt719 2]

My doctor said Yaz was the cause of blood clots moving from my leg to both my lungs and almost killed me. They put me on Lovenox for a month. It didn't really affect my periods but you have to be careful not to get your blood too thin. I would go everyday to the doctor's office so they could do a prick test on my finger to see where my levels were. At one point they sent me to the emergency room for a Vitamin shot because I was so thin that is I got cut I would bleed out and die. That wasn't good. So just be careful and get tested atleast once a week if not every other day. Insurance didn't pay for the office visit everytime I had to go get tested so it got expensive but it was worth it. If you period does bother you and you don't want to have one. Then get the Mirena IUD. I got mine and haven't had a period since July of last year. Good luck.

[revren316 0]

Hey there i had to do 2 a day for 2 weeks. I honestly hated needles, but got over that pretty quick (especially after seeing the fill needle). My doc told me to do the injection in my abdomen on either side of the belly button. Alternating sides. I was so nervous the first time my hand was shaking, but i quickly found out that its nothing. Only twice out of the 28 shots i took did i actually feel anything, lol! I didn't have any side affects that i was aware of. He did say just be sure to not rub the area where the injection was. "needle in, plunge, needle out." he said that if you rub the site you will get a nasty bruise and imagine having 28 of those. i only ended up with 2 so pretty good.

Hope all goes well, good luck on your journey!!!

[bayba792 0]

My doctor said Yaz was the cause of blood clots moving from my leg to both my lungs and almost killed me. They put me on Lovenox for a month. It didn't really affect my periods but you have to be careful not to get your blood too thin. I would go everyday to the doctor's office so they could do a prick test on my finger to see where my levels were. At one point they sent me to the emergency room for a Vitamin shot because I was so thin that is I got cut I would bleed out and die. That wasn't good. So just be careful and get tested atleast once a week if not every other day. Insurance didn't pay for the office visit everytime I had to go get tested so it got expensive but it was worth it. If you period does bother you and you don't want to have one. Then get the Mirena IUD. I got mine and haven't had a period since July of last year. Good luck. [

I've been on Yaz for almost 6 yrs. and haven't had any problems I love it. My doctor did tell me to stop taking them about a month before surgery. Maybe that's why I had to get the blood thinner shots. I had Mirena for 8 mons and it didn't work for me I got all the bad side effects. But everyone is different.

[Stacey627 0]

Hi - I did - I did them for 10 days after surgery - had a visting nurse come the day after i got home - she showed me how to do the shot and that was it. No side effects for me! Good Luck

[DottieAnn 0]

Yes I gave myself 2 shots of lovenox a day for 7 days. It wasn't bad at all.

[LapNYC 3]

I gave myself shots of Lovenox throughout my pregnancies and it was no big deal. No side effects outside of the bruising and the needles are small.