Self-Injecting Shot Trauma and Multiple Sclerosis

Every other day I go through what I call shot trauma when I self inject my Rebif shot. This shot trauma causes me to want to rethink taking one of the few disease-modifying drugs. However, I know that this is all I have when it comes to the fight against the Multiple Sclerosis raging in my body. I must endure the shots.

Rather than watch me spend 30-45 minutes wincing prior to self injection, my husband has offered to give me my shots. This is fantastic as it takes him a minute or two to inject me with my Rebif and then we are done. The challenge lately has been that the needle seems to sting a little and is therefore painful when it goes in my skin.

I called Serano to make sure my self injector was set appropriately and they told me I should ask my doctor about Emla which is a medicine that numbs the skin prior to this terrible side effect of dealing with Multiple Sclerosis.

I am so excited at the prospect of pain-free injections...I may just have to stay with this therapy!