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#injection-technique 2025-04-06
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- luerlok — while im here warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is, i have it written down somewhere 17:07
- VialBot — Reminder for swirl_not_shake: dose day is today. Set 3 days ago. 17:35
- two_eight_c — do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for 17:53
- two_eight_c — update from 21 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected… 17:56
- luerlok — right so do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass 18:04
sorry to jump in never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call
right so a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back
drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
anyone got a rotation map they would share
[edited]try the thigh
pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising
i bled a bit, is that a needle depth thing
anyone inject in the back of the arm on their own successfully
while im here warming the vial in your hand for a minute is the cheapest comfort improvement there is, i have it written down somewhere
i keep getting a small welt at the site, technique or reaction
31G 8mm
Reminder for swirl_not_shake: dose day is today. Set 3 days ago.
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slightly off topic but 90 degrees works fine if you have the tissue for it. 45 if you do not
push slow
do not aspirate for a subcutaneous injection, there is nothing to aspirate for
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update from 21 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped
abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month
thats normal
right so do not reuse pins. it is not about sterility so much as the tip being blunt after one pass
how slowly should you actually push
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
*Janoshik not the other one
do you pinch or stretch
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bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, from memory
right so thigh or abdomen, does absorption actually differ
let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"
sorry to jump in do you use the insulin syringe for both drawing and injecting
mark it down