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So, I gave myself my last Lovenox injection today, I'm very excited. I hate shots. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone experienced any side effects from the shots? Not just common ones like bruising, etc, but anything more unusual? Thanks!

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no i never had any problems...just bruising....

good luck.

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Thanks for the reply Sandi. I was just curious because a few days after surgery, I experienced some tingling in my thigh and a little pain. I just thought it was the pinched nerve I have acting up, but I'm not 100% convinced. I guess if it doesn't get better by tomorrow, I'll call my doc.

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Nothing major. Just the usual bruising, but I did notice that I was VERY emotional right after surgery. Songs on the radio or regular TV could make me outright cry. I wonder if it's just a side effect of the Lap-Band in general. Definitely call your Dr. if you're unsure, though.

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So, I gave myself my last Lovenox injection today, I'm very excited. I hate shots. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone experienced any side effects from the shots? Not just common ones like bruising, etc, but anything more unusual? Thanks!

UM what is lovenox?

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Lovenox is one of the brand names of "low molecular weight heparin" or in laymens terms a blood thinner. It is the needle that is injected into your stomach just before surgery to prevent blood clots.

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How come you have to do it? Usually after surgery people walk heaps for the pain so I wouldn't have thought you'd need something like that when you got home?

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Most people dont have to have them after surgery. I am not sure why the original poster did. I happen to have an autoimmune disorder that makes me prone to clotting, so my rheumatologist wanted me to take them for a whole week post op. Luckily my surgeon talked her out of it (explaining how we are made to get up and walk right away) and I only had to do get the one before surgery and I had 2 more during my hospital stay.

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I guess I shouldn't assume that most people had to have them. I thought since my doctor required it that most people were in the same boat. Anyway, my doctor has everyone undergoing bariatric surgery give themselves lovenox injections twice a day for 2 weeks to prevent blood clotting. Yes, I still had to walk everyday, but this was just a precautionary method. Anyway, glad it's over now.

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I guess I shouldn't assume that most people had to have them. I thought since my doctor required it that most people were in the same boat. Anyway, my doctor has everyone undergoing bariatric surgery give themselves lovenox injections twice a day for 2 weeks to prevent blood clotting. Yes, I still had to walk everyday, but this was just a precautionary method. Anyway, glad it's over now.

My doctor is the same way. I had to get the shots also after surgery.

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I believe it was more common with the gastric bypass surgery because it was much more invasive and a some people died from throwing a clot. So maybe some surgeons are being ultra cautious and having lap band patients do it to? Just a guess, but as long as you are taking a low dose of it and are not needle phobic (like me) then there is no harm.

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Nope, no side effects for me....thank goodness! I was happy to do it, I had a blood clot in 2003 and was afraid of getting another one.

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