i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge
#injection-technique 2025-10-30
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- taper_or_not — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it 15:50
- tarpit_tam — i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction 16:22
- drawup_dee — nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do 17:53
thats normal
how slowly should you actually push
do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
right so coming back after 21 months, has the pinned technique guide changed
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, happy to be corrected
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it
31G in 8mm or 12.7mm for abdomen
welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction
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31G 8mm
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards
thats a reaction
absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
try the thigh
technique probably
nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do
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drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for
[edited]31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back, i have it written down somewhere
i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror
warm it first
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes