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#injection-technique 2025-09-05
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- cmp_baseline — push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards, take that with a pinch of salt 16:31
- sharps_bin_sid — do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting 17:03
- sharps_bin_sid — i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror 17:18
- endotoxin_ed — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it 17:51
- lipase_lore — drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly 18:13
i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction
does the injection site matter for how quickly it hits
mark it down
not a problem
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards, take that with a pinch of salt
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dont recap
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rotate
absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
do you count to five before withdrawing
try the thigh
fresh pin
do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting
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do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
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a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back
i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror
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small bubble is fine
let it dry
i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge, ill dig out the number
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
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welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
31G 8mm
let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it
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Archive lookup: lipase_lore first appears in this channel on 2025-07-05.
update from 5 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
pinch
drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
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never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
ok so 90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not
45 degrees