#injection-technique 2025-05-03

abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month

i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place

a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call

is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first

do you pinch or stretch

bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure

thats a reaction

let it dry

i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely

pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising

rotate

i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction

i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror

update from 18 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped

right so do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting

unrelated but 31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back

follow up i bled a bit, is that a needle depth thing