Painful lump after injection?

[Farm Boy]

I had to stick myself twice the last time I did my shot because I noticed an air bubble in the syringe the first time, and I took the needle out to get rid of it.  I expected it would hurt longer because of this, but it's been 6 days and I have a bruised lump the size of a half dollar.  (It's not hard or hot to the touch.)  I do my injections in my glute and I can walk with no pain, but if I sit on it wrong it hurts a lot.  My experience has been that it hurts the day of the shot, plus 2 days after, and then I'm good to go.  This is twice as long as usual, and it still hurts.  :/  I don't want to overreact, but at what point should I worry about this?

[mythy]

Hey there, I hope you talked to a doctor about this. From what you said it doesn't sound like an infection but it never hurts to ask. I have noticed that every once in a while this happens to me but never for 6 days.. I find that if it still hurts after one or two days massaging it helps.

[Farm Boy]

It started hurting less after about 8 days, and after about 2 weeks the lump started going away.  It's fine now.  My body has never tolerated injections well (as far as pain, never any reactions) so I guess having to stick myself twice really ticked it off.  *Shrug*

[Arch]

Only a few of times have I had any lingering pain after a shot. You say that your body doesn't like injections, but I'm wondering if maybe you aren't fully relaxing your butt. I take all my weight off that side of my body before I inject, and it makes a huge difference. I often lean up against the bathroom counter and just let my other leg take all the weight.

I recently had to inject twice, and I didn't fully relax the second time. I noticed the difference for a couple of hours. And the time my ex came home unexpectedly a few years ago after PROMISING to call first...holy hell, that hurt. I was just stabbing the needle in when he opened the front door. I bunched up and the needle pierced, and I was limping for a couple of days.

Boy, did I let him have it! To his credit, he was quite contrite.

[JoanneB]

My guess is you nicked or otherwise punctured a capillary deep down and essentially bruised yourself. I inject in my thigh and occasionally something similar will happen. I get a bit of a lump which I guess if I could sit on it would hurt. Sometimes bruising will show on the surface of the skin, not always.

[Farm Boy]

You could both be right.  I lean up against the wall to take the weight off of one leg when I do it, but I may not have relaxed as much the second time.  My body does hate needles going into it, though.  I was leery of starting injectable T because whenever I have to get a shot (in my arm) for whatever reason it always hurts for a week.  I've done it just right a few times though, where I couldn't even feel where I'd done it unless I poked at it.  Guess I just did it wrong that time.

Arch- That sounds terrible.  Giving myself injections has made me feel worse for my dog when he has to get them, since he doesn't know to take the weight off.

[Arch]

Arch- That sounds terrible. 

Heh. It was one of my earliest self-administered shots, so I was already working hard at relaxing, if you know what I mean.

We went out for lunch afterward and for red velvet cake. I was limping around and trying NOT to be a drama queen. How well I remember that day.