a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it
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#injection-technique 2025-06-27
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- quiet.hours — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it 12:40
- triple_ag_tom — i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge 14:09
- thirty_one_g — welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it 14:35
- thirty_one_g — follow up cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes 14:55
31G in 8mm or 12.7mm for abdomen
pinch, 45 degrees, count to five, withdraw slowly. two years and almost no bruising, thats one data point
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 backdoes injecting a cold vial hurt more or am i imagining it
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the difference between 29G and 31G is real but small. the difference between wet and dry alcohol is not small
warm it first
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place
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i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge
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sorry to jump in i changed nothing except letting the swab dry and the stinging stopped completely, ymmv
does the injection site matter for how quickly it hits
do you aspirate, or is that only an intramuscular thing
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do you change the pin between drawing up and injecting
*PeptideMeter not the other one
slightly off topic but nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do
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welts at the site are usually a mild local reaction and rotation sorts it
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never recap a used pin. that is how people stick themselves
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follow up cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes
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how far from the navel is actually far enough
how slowly should you actually push
a fresh pin for the injection hurts less. whether thats worth the extra dead space is your call, someone check my working
i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice, i think
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drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
31G 8mm
whats your sharps disposal setup, mine is a jar and i know thats wrong
update from 9 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped, someone check my working
*PeptideMeter not the other one
is there any reason to warm the vial in your hand first
push slowly. fast is what causes the ache afterwards
anyone inject in the back of the arm on their own successfully
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