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Just curious if anyone knows if when you give yourself a shot of estrogen and you accidentatly hit a blood vessel and you start bleeding is the estrogen below the out flow or do you lose estrogen in the blood flow even though the blood flow is minimal. Ir just happened to me.

That is a good question. I had 2 bleeders in 2 years on IM and thought that too. The blood was not much as I applied pressure to stop the blood flow.

I'm thinking that the estrogen spreads out and below the pressure from the vein , but if the vein is below the estrogen it might get pushed out. I don't know. I only get that happening when I put the needle in a place thats not close enough where my hand isn't pushing on the syringe for straight above. My wrists are arthritic so if I'm not coming straight down the needle sways and causes the problem.

I'm not sure exactly what your question is.

If, you give a shot, hit a blood vessel AND NOT ASPIRATE what happens?

Or, if you give a shot and it squirts blood halfway across the room when you withdraw the syringe?

Over the past seven years or so I squirted a lot of blood. Never have I landed squarely in a vein at the tip of the needle to suck in blood. Nicked some on the way in, or more, but never in the muscle. Bad veins run my family, I had a few stripped already.

When you squirt, most likely it was a skin or fat capillary or vein you hit on the way in. Deeper ones (Which I've hit) will make a big bruise and swell more since the blood is trapped better in the deeper muscle & fat layers plus the fascia holding it all in place

I was wondering if the squirting takes estrogen along with it.

The damaged blood vessel is usually above the injection site.

I know with myself many times no blood, yet the elixir of life dribbles out after a shot. Now THAT really pisses me off

Quote from: JoanneB on June 09, 2016, 09:56:53 PM
The damaged blood vessel is usually above the injection site.

I know with myself many times no blood, yet the elixir of life dribbles out after a shot. Now THAT really pisses me off

yes it does

I also hate if I push hard on the syringe after removing there is a dribble coming from the needle.

I personally wouldn't worry about this. I use the Z track method so none of the estradiol leaks out and keep pushing on the syringe until I completely remove the needle from the skin. Sometimes, I bleed, sometimes, not.