stupid question i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge, belly not thigh
Thread · #injection-technique · 2024-12-09
i keep a rotation map on the fridge with a marker
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- hair_month_four — ok this fixed it for me i keep a rotation map on the fridge with a marker. it takes ten seconds a week 17:08
one pin, one use. reusing blunts it and the second one always hurts more, not instruction, just habit
on the rotation debate a proper sharps bin costs almost nothing and pharmacies will take it back, your depth may differ
update from 4 months ago: switched to a fixed rotation and the site reactions stopped, let it dry first though
rotate by a hand width and keep a rough map. the map is more useful than the rule, one pin one use though
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ok this fixed it for me room temperature solution stings less than fridge cold, reliably, dry swab first
cold from the fridge genuinely stings more. i let it sit out for ten minutes, that is a capillary, not you
the bead afterwards is a small backflow and it does not mean you lost the dose, thats with a 31G
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not just me then, one pin one use
the needle does not need to be in for long. it is a very small volume, and rotate
i am not a nurse and none of this is instruction. it is just what my hands do now, dry swab first
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the first few were shaky and now it takes about twenty seconds. that curve is normal, that stopped my lumps
reusing within one session is common and it is still a duller pin the second time
kind of, just what i do
coming back to the angle argument bruising for me is purely luck about what is under the skin at that spot
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is a small air bubble in the barrel a problem subcutaneously