avastin injection

[luvualways]

i would like to know how an Avastin eye injection is done. thank you

[Lefteye625]

I have been getting this shot every six weeks  since about March.  I'll tell you, it doesn't get any easier!  But it's not at all painful, I just find it very anxiety-provoking.  The nurse will put a speculum (?) in your eye to keep it open.  Then you get numbing drops over and over and over until your eye is completely numb (it seemd they use a whole bottle of drops!)  Then they will put more numbing medication directly on the point where the injection will go in.  Then the call the "injector" - the doctor. You look at at a point in the corner of the ceiling and then poof - it's done in a flash!  Like I say, the anticipation is much worse than the actual shot!  

[berrywoo]

forgot to post the link to dukey's post: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Eye-Care/I-had-the-Avastin-shot-/show/659568

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[berrywoo]

There are many videos on the web where you can see this being done.
Here's one video (copy and paste the address): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRM9LaPnbUw&feature=related

or you can read some of the posts here as people have posted there experiences with avastin/lucentis. an especially good detailed post is by dukey.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Anesthetic and antibiotics put in eye. Eye grasp, needle study in white of eye, Avastin injected.

CJH ND