This seems a continuous battle I have, hormone injections come as 1, 3 or 6 monthly. I discovered 6 months too much so I’m on three monthly. Now to the point, one month is defined as 28 days/4 weeks yet my surgery insists one using calendar months for 3. Anyone else experienced this. After some digging and contact with Macmillan the conclusion is that for medical purposes 1 month is defined as four weeks, therefore 3 months is twelve weeks. The difference between 12 calendar months and 12 blocks of 4 weeks is 4 weeks. Hence not optimal protection. Please check any injections to see if they are monthly or 4 weekly.
link to American article below, apparently in the us patients self administer, anyone able to confirm that?
Hi youngman. I am on zoledex hormone injections. I used to have monthly, every 4 weeks, now I’m on 3 monthly which has to be every 12 weeks. My cancer is rare, but I have spoke to several other woman who have the same cancer as myself and are on zoledex, on an American forum. They are surprised when I say that I do not have the area numbed before the injection, but some woman there do the injection themselves, but they use a numbing patch first.
I’m with Norbs, I couldn’t do it myself, but it is better now being able to go ever 12 weeks, rather than every 4.
