Welcome to the EmpowHER community. Thank you for reaching out to us with your situation.
I can appreciate how difficult is must be to get to the doctor's office but how much pain you are in.
This could be a hematoma, which is an abnormal collection of blood outside of a blood vessel. It occurs because the wall of a blood vessel wall, artery, vein, or capillary, has been damaged and blood has leaked into tissues where it does not belong.
You can try applying an ice pack at intervals of 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off, for an hour, several times a day. Take Tylenol but avoid aspirin as a pain reliever.
I would urge you to return to the gynecologist's office to have the doctor look at this. I am also concerned that if a blood vessel was damaged during the injection, did some of the Depo-Provera leak out and will this decrease its effectiveness as birth control.
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Hello Achavez208,
Welcome to the EmpowHER community. Thank you for reaching out to us with your situation.
I can appreciate how difficult is must be to get to the doctor's office but how much pain you are in.
This could be a hematoma, which is an abnormal collection of blood outside of a blood vessel. It occurs because the wall of a blood vessel wall, artery, vein, or capillary, has been damaged and blood has leaked into tissues where it does not belong.
You can try applying an ice pack at intervals of 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off, for an hour, several times a day. Take Tylenol but avoid aspirin as a pain reliever.
I would urge you to return to the gynecologist's office to have the doctor look at this. I am also concerned that if a blood vessel was damaged during the injection, did some of the Depo-Provera leak out and will this decrease its effectiveness as birth control.
Regards,
January 19, 2017 - 7:05pmMaryann
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