To the thin people on Copaxone

[marti]

Do you guys have extra pain with your shots? I lost a bunch of weight due to Graves Disease and I've noticed that my shots hurt more, leave bigger knots and the pain lasts longer. My shot from 4 days ago is still swollen and painful. This was a manual shot.

I have taken vacations from the shots many times. My neuro knows about this. I am considering stopping completely.

Any suggestions?

[ffjosh]

Im not thin but have very little fat on my legs.

My legs hurt for days and are red.

My stomach area will get red and swollen but goes away in a day and just leaves a hard spot

[cosake]

I had such bad site reactions that the neuro took me off of Copaxone.

I tried manual and "automatic" and had the same problems with both - particularly in the arms and legs. Nurse came back and did re-training to be sure we were doing everything correctly - we were.

I had bruises and sore spots on my legs so bad that I would limp for days, then it was time to do the other leg and I ended up limping all of the time. (I do have to say my legs aren't skinny though).

[TriciaMilitia]

Hey-
Shots hurt like **** any place I dont have enough fat. Which is everywhere. I asked my betanurse about it, and she just told me to do cold packs and make sure to massage the area I poke.
I've gone rogue- I have not stuck myself in about a month, and I still have a few red patches on my legs that haven't gone away.
My sister in law is the same way- she's on copaxone. She can't really shoot her legs at all.

Sorry I'm no help, but good luck!