'Are you not expected to do your own belly jabbing?'
I had to belly-jab myself with blood thinners for a year after that stroke 11 years ago. It didn't really bother me, I certainly wasn't painful or anything. I couldn't stab myself in a rapid movement, I had to slowly push the needle until the plastic touched the the skin.
A couple of years ago our dog got ill and needed a week of antibiotics. The vet said we had to be there at exactly the same time every day so he could jab the dog and complete the course. It was always packed with a long wait so I said I can inject the dog at home, I've had plenty of practice. He said, mmmm, ok we'll try that. He showed me how to hold the scruff of the neck and where to jab. He gave me 7 prepared needles to keep in the fridge.
I was far more nervous doing it for the dog than I ever was with myself. So at the same time the next day I took the scruff of its neck, in went the needle and I slowly injected the medicine - all over my shirt. I'd pushed it through the other side. Oh well, for everything there's a first time (as Spock said). It all went smoothly after that, fortunately, and I've had to do the same thing this year when it had a tooth infection.
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