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#injection-technique 2026-06-07
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Highlights from this day
- luerlok — welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it 12:31
- month_six_me — the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound 13:13
- luerlok — do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 15:27
- luerlok — slightly off topic but the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small 16:04
- subq_sy — i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place 16:17
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes, thats just me
welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
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is bruising more about the needle or the aftercare
mark it down
coming back after 9 months, has the pinned technique guide changed
i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice
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is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first
update from 11 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound
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thats normal
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is a small air bubble in the barrel a problem subcutaneously
not a problem
fresh pin
do you count to five before withdrawing
how do you avoid hitting the same spot twice when the marks fade
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bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
quick one how far from the navel is actually far enough
try the thigh
thigh or abdomen, does absorption actually differ
i inject the back of my own arm and it is awkward but doable with a mirror
dont recap
nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do, n of 1 obviously
do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
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 backslightly off topic but the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small
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pinch
warm it first
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i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
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right so absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards
thats a reaction
small bubble is fine
do you aspirate, or is that only an intramuscular thing
i bled a bit, is that a needle depth thing
do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting
technique probably
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rotate