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#injection-technique 2025-05-05
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Highlights from this day
- bea_reconstitutes — warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is 22:23
- acetate_ash — update from 19 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped 22:31
- bea_reconstitutes — abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month 22:45
- bea_reconstitutes — does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it 22:49
- fasting_insulin — how slowly should you actually push 22:54
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes
the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound
do you use the insulin syringe for both drawing and injecting
small bubble is fine
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a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back
thigh or abdomen, does absorption actually differ
do you aspirate, or is that only an intramuscular thing
warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is
never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
how far from the navel is actually far enough
update from 19 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
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31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back
90 degrees or 45
i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror
abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month
coming back to this is a small air bubble in the barrel a problem subcutaneously
does injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it
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absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
how slowly should you actually push
wk1 L abdo upper wk5 L thigh outer
wk2 R abdo upper wk6 R thigh outer
wk3 L abdo lower wk7 L arm back
wk4 R abdo lower wk8 R arm backmark it down
pinch
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dont recap
warm it first
do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for