i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely
#injection-technique 2024-10-06
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- gradient_greg — cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes 09:17
- belfast_bac — abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month 14:06
- belfast_bac — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it, from memory 14:55
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes
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push slow
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small bubble is fine
45 degrees
thigh or abdomen, does absorption actually differ
i bled a bit, is that a needle depth thing
update from 8 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it
technique probably
do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting
[edited]not a problem
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising
unrelated but absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
is a small air bubble in the barrel a problem subcutaneously
drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month
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31G 8mm
the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it, from memory
[edited]the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small
while im here i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place, i have it written down somewhere
[edited]mark it down
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