Injection Issue

[CMD042414]

It's been three years for me. I switched from abdomen area to butt cheek fairly quickly. Once in awhile a get some blood. As long as the bubbles in the dose aren't huge you're fine. Quality of the needle is key and can affect amount of pain, ease of injection and how well the T plunges through. When I first started I used the needles that came with my refills. Then I started buying them wholesale online in bulk. A box of 200 for $10 or something. They last forever but they are not as good as the old reifll needles. The angle of the tip, the coating, the quality of the metal used, all of that can make it more difficult to inject. My current batch ain't great but I'm using them all! I've gotten to a point where it can be hard to find a spot that hasn't been pricked and that hurts.

[Silver Centurion]

It's been three years for me. I switched from abdomen area to butt cheek fairly quickly. Once in awhile a get some blood. As long as the bubbles in the dose aren't huge you're fine. Quality of the needle is key and can affect amount of pain, ease of injection and how well the T plunges through. When I first started I used the needles that came with my refills. Then I started buying them wholesale online in bulk. A box of 200 for $10 or something. They last forever but they are not as good as the old reifll needles. The angle of the tip, the coating, the quality of the metal used, all of that can make it more difficult to inject. My current batch ain't great but I'm using them all! I've gotten to a point where it can be hard to find a spot that hasn't been pricked and that hurts.

The Urgent Care doc told me that the air bubble that I saw was because the muscle has air in it and that it will diffuse no big deal especially if it's a tear drop size or smaller. Less panic lol! I did my 5th shot today and decided to do it a bit above the gnarly bruise I have from last week seeing as I can tell where the vein is there and avoid it and it went fine didn't feel a thing. I'm running out of 22g though My doctor gave me some and the ones I've been using to draw with are 21's. Is there much difference at all? I wonder if the pharmacy would give me just the needles because I have a ton of those leur lock (sp) syringes and it seems like a waste to use a needle to dispose of and take another off one of the other syringes to inject.

[kings joker]

It's common to use two needles, it's technically not sterile to use the same needle to draw and inject. However, I was just talking to my friend last night who is 6 years on T and has been using the same needle for both for years now with no problem. I personally use an 18g to draw and a 21g to inject. I asked CVS for 23g to inject as this is what my doc instructed but they were out of 23g and the 21g really does not hurt at all. I'm sure I wouldn't  notice if I go up to 23g next time.

[CMD042414]

The Urgent Care doc told me that the air bubble that I saw was because the muscle has air in it and that it will diffuse no big deal especially if it's a tear drop size or smaller. Less panic lol! I did my 5th shot today and decided to do it a bit above the gnarly bruise I have from last week seeing as I can tell where the vein is there and avoid it and it went fine didn't feel a thing. I'm running out of 22g though My doctor gave me some and the ones I've been using to draw with are 21's. Is there much difference at all? I wonder if the pharmacy would give me just the needles because I have a ton of those leur lock (sp) syringes and it seems like a waste to use a needle to dispose of and take another off one of the other syringes to inject.

When I was getting my needles via pharmacy they had a separate prescription number and ID from the testosterone. So I was able to refill just the needles as needed. Check with your pharmacy. You can probably do the same.