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#injection-technique 2025-01-19
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Highlights from this day
- unsolicited_dm — a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call 11:30
- week_three_wall — do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 11:37
- deadspace — i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge 11:56
- cold_pack_carla — warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is 12:24
- belfast_bac — i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice 14:04
genuine question how do you avoid hitting the same spot twice when the marks fade
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
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do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound
i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge
wk1 L abdo upper wk5 L thigh outer
wk2 R abdo upper wk6 R thigh outer
wk3 L abdo lower wk7 L arm back
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push slow
right so the needle went in fine but it stung going in, alcohol or the compound
never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is
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update from 7 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
try the thigh
31G 8mm
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slightly off topic but coming back after 1 months, has the pinned technique guide changed
fresh pin
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dont recap
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice
technique probably
do you count to five before withdrawing
welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
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