31G 8mm for everything. i tried the 12.7mm once and never went back
#injection-technique 2025-12-14
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Highlights from this day
- pioneer_pia — a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it 18:54
- bea_reconstitutes — a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back, still working it out 19:05
- turnaround_tam — slightly off topic but bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, ill dig out the number 19:06
- abdo_two_inch — abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a… 19:09
- turnaround_tam — drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly 19:45
whats your sharps disposal setup, mine is a jar and i know thats wrong
i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge
let the alcohol dry. that is ninety percent of "my injections sting"
a small air bubble subcutaneously is not dangerous. it costs you dose accuracy, thats the reason to clear it
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes
*PeptideMeter not the other one
a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back, still working it out
slightly off topic but bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure, ill dig out the number
abdomen two inches out from the navel, avoiding anything that has been injected in the last month
bleeding a little means you nicked a small vessel. it is not a technique failure
drawing up with the same pin you inject with is fine, it just dulls the tip slightly
i mark the rotation in a notes app because the marks fade and i lost track twice