follow up on the sting thing i keep a rotation map on the fridge with a marker. it takes ten seconds a week
i have eight sites and an eight week rotation
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- customs_owl — technique question i have eight sites and an eight week rotation. it is written on the fridge, sharps bin, please 21:20
i keep the sharps bin next to the fridge so the whole thing happens in one place, not instruction, just habit
if a site bleeds every time, stop using that site. that is the whole answer
skip a sore site
mark the calendar
for anyone new to pinning if it consistently hurts, change the site before you change anything else
twenty seconds
small thing that helped absorption differences between subcutaneous sites are small for a weekly compound, and rotate
let it dry
count to three
reporting a lump i push the plunger slowly enough that i can count the seconds and it stings much less, your depth may differ
on the rotation debate nobody here should be telling you where to inject. we can tell you what we do, someone with actual training may disagree
is 31G noticeably better than 29G or is it marginal
just what i do