Is it safe to have my wife give me my allergy shot? Or do I need a nurse for this?

I have the serum and everything. I was instructed to take this stuff to my family dr while my allergist closes his office for a few weeks. But this seems like a hassle... and it seems very simple to give the shots.

lol listen to mike...not the girl.....unless you know how the shot has to be administered (in lamens terms from mike's statement) just below the skin, or in the muscle, you shouldn't let someone who doesn't know how to do it have a crack at it. However, if you're going to ignore everyone's advise and have her do it anyways, at least try to tell her how to do it from your observations while the doctor had been administering the dose to you. If it's going into the muscle (either arm or butt) use the "Z" method.....first....find an area where the muscle is thick enough that she wont hit bone on accident when injecting you. so just have her do it in the same location as you usuall have it done.have her clean the site with an alcohol swab, then press her fingertips next to the injection site and pull the skin towards her, once the skin is pulled about 2 cm or so, have her give you the injection, pull the syringe out then release the skin...if t's a shot which goes into the muscle the muscle becomes sore and tightens up sometimes....if you just stick the needle in and give the injection without pulling back the skin it's possible for the muscle to flex and actually push the medication out of the puncture mark on the skin. if it's subcutaneous just be careful it's sometimes a little harder to do that one on males than females because how close to the skin's surface the veins on some parts of a mans body.

Do not give the shot. It may need to be a subcultaneous vs. intramuscular shot. If you do not know what you are doing, you can definitely do more harm than good. Especially, in this case, if you mess up, you could cause her to go into anaphylactic shock. That is some serious stuff. Don't give the shot.
i think yr wife can do it.
It should be fine. The greatest advantage to having a nurse give you the shot is they can recognize and take immediate action if you are having an adverse reaction to the shot.
Personal Experience and Opinion
Your wife can give you the shot, as long as she knows how. It really is not very difficult to do.
I guess I would have to ask how severe your allergies are?

They are giving you increasing doses of what you are allergic to, so a reaction is always possible. Have you had any in the past?

I don't know if I would feel comfortable with this. If you don't have an Epi-pen (ask your doctor or pharmicist) prescription to go along with your serum, I would go to the doctors office.