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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Topic started by: wheat thins are delicious on February 07, 2011, 02:06:49 PM

Title: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: wheat thins are delicious on February 07, 2011, 02:06:49 PM
No matter how hard i push the plunger it seems there is still a little T left in the needle. I know a few drops is no big deal but it makes me feel as though I'm missing out somehow. 
Title: Re: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: Robert Scott on February 07, 2011, 02:08:01 PM
I hear that happens to a bunch of guys.  My son's friends like to rub it on their lips in hopes that it will help them grow facial hair faster.
Title: Re: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 07, 2011, 02:27:01 PM
you could always suck up a TINY bit more then you need to make up for it.

I take the little extra T and suck up some water and shake the syringe then use the watery T oil and put it on my happy trail or cheeks, makes me feel better lol
Title: Re: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: Nicky on February 07, 2011, 02:35:00 PM
Well you are getting the full dose without it...The bit in the needle is not counted
Title: Re: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: TheOtherSide on February 07, 2011, 10:30:13 PM
I usually squeeze the tiny bit out onto my finger and then rub it on my "area" down there.
Title: Re: T left in needle after shot.
Post by: JaceColton on February 08, 2011, 02:53:07 AM
Hey Andy - You really are not shorting yourself anything. When you draw up your dose there is T in the needle and the hub of the syringe - so when you inject that left over you see is just replacing the stuff that was in the needle when it entered your skin. It is kind of confusing, but trust me ( I have to explain it to clients at work) you are getting all of your dose. In the medical world it is called hub loss or dead space, and it is accounted for when syringes are made. It is also why a 10 ml vial that logistically should last for 10 1 ml shots ends up only having enough for 9 shots plus a little extra.

The easiest way to look at it is - when you draw up your dose and push the plunger up until you see the drop at the tip of the syringe you actually have a little more than what the marker is. So if you draw up a 1 ml dose, when you see that drop at the tip proving the needle is full, you actually have 1.05 mls, then when you inject, that .05mls stays behind in the needle and 1 ml goes into you.

Ok - shutting up now...hope that made some sense

J