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My name is Mike Hillwig and I live in Salem, MA with my pug, Reggie. I'm a DBA (database administrator) with a high tech company. Originally from the Pittsburgh area, I moved to Providence in December 2004 and then to Boston in November 2005. March of 2008 brought me to Salem on the Massachusetts north shore.

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Injection Site Reactions

When one is on a drug therapy that’s injected, one of the things heard from doctors and nurses is to look out for any injection site reactions. In my three years on inject-able therapies, this has never been an issue—until last week.

When I was doing my weekly injection of Rebif, immediately after pulling out the needle, I saw blood, and it wasn’t the usually little dot. I actually had a little more than usual. I must have hit a vein because I don’t usually bleed much. Over the next few days, I found myself with a bruise and some soreness at the injection site, indicating that I’d most certainly hit a vein.

If that’s the only injection site reaction I’ve had in three years and it’s because I wasn’t careful enough to avoid hitting a vein, I think I’m doing okay.

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