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I feel like this is one of those things that gets hyped on the Internet and isn't a problem in real life. I remember dreading it too and ultimately didn't think the ganirelix shot was any worse than the others - it did make me a little itchy after, but that was it.

@SweetiePie: It is a little more dull and larger than the ones I used for the other injections, but it actually hurt less. I thought the point on the insulin syringes hurt like mad a lot more often than the ganerlix. I was doing 4 shots a night and didn't dread the ganerlix anymore than the others.

@SweetiePie: omg, I cannot to any IM shots on my own. THAT needle scares me! I can't even watch my husband ptu it in my arm much less do it on myself. I hear ya on the pop and actually really feeling it break though. Maybe try icing or your original though of putting it into another vial to draw with a smaller syringe, I don't see why that shouldn't work if it just had the biostatic water.

Never heard of that but it sounds like a good idea if the dr ok's it. I do remember those shots sucking the worst out of all of them (the ones I did myself- my husband always did the PIO ones) but I just assumed there wasn't any way around it.

So I'm pretty sure I only had one of these shots and the needle was very intimidating but that the injection instructions where to change to a smaller/sharper needle. I remember seeing the needle at the injection training class and it looking scary but that you used the big needle to load the meds but a smaller one to actually inject. That's my recollection bc I only had to do the ganirelex once so it stood out to me.

@SweetiePie: Good tip. Never heard of the slanted side up part before.

I used heating pads after injections. Thermacare makes these disposable heating pads that you stick on your body. I would do the shot and stick a heating pad on the site and go. I have some extras that are just collecting dust. I can mail them to you.