the nurse said my leg should be sore....after the shot........but im not?
she did the shot really quick......

it this a bad sign?lol did she messed up on the shot?i think im just paranoid.

Everyone is different.  I thought I'd feel sore immediately after my first shot, but it took about an hour to feel it and another day to really have it kick in.  My whole leg was painful (not an allergic reaction) for a week after that initial shot.  With each shot it's gotten easier and less painful.  My last two or three shots, I haven't felt any soreness or stiffness. 

So you may not get sore at all or you might wake up tomorrow and need a Tylenol.  I wouldn't be worried about your nurse having messed up the shot.  Just enjoy being on T, man.

They're all different man. My last 2 have been ok a little stiff after and then fine and this last one I had monday - holy cow! My ass cheek is swollen and I can't sit on a seat properly and it's 2 days later!!
But I doubt she screwed up. They generally know what they're doing.

As above - enjoy the T!!

I have heard that the shots hurt form almost everyone I talked to or post I read. I have not had a single painful or even annoying shot yet.

Quote from: Aussie Jay on March 02, 2010, 11:44:25 PM
They're all different man. My last 2 have been ok a little stiff after and then fine and this last one I had monday - holy cow! My ass cheek is swollen and I can't sit on a seat properly and it's 2 days later!!
But I doubt she screwed up. They generally know what they're doing.

As above - enjoy the T!!

Same here, but I get my third shot this morning, so we'll see if it hurts afterward.

I does hurt going in, though.

When I was nursing I learnt how to give injections (shots) with little or no pain. It's a matter of courtesy and professionalism really. Especially as I was giving several, to different patients, every day.

So, no, it's a sign that the nurse knows what she is doing. Some injections can cause some pain. Again, it's only courtesy to warn of this.

With any intramuscular shot, if the fluid in the syringe went into you and didn't come back out, it's fine. You can't tell anything at all from how you feel.

thanks everyone. lol i guess im just paranoid and want to make sure that the T is in my system.

np, and it is, unless you noticed it leaking out (in fairly large quantities - a drop or so immediately after the shot was administered would be fine).

Basically, it has no escape route other than the hole it went in.

Quote from: kyril on March 03, 2010, 12:54:53 PM
np, and it is, unless you noticed it leaking out (in fairly large quantities - a drop or so immediately after the shot was administered would be fine).

Basically, it has no escape route other than the hole it went in.

lol i never took off the bandage to peek.

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man i think i jinx myself.LOL my leg is starting 2 get sore.

A friend of mine does his own shots and he was told that after it goes in he should rub the spot where he injected himself because sometimes a hard, painful lump will form there. He was only told this, of course, after he had done the first few shots and ended up with said painful lump. Because a nurse did it and not you, you probably won't have a problem. They tend to know what they're doing.

I wouldn't worry about it. In the beginning i was sore after my shots but am not any longer. Been on T for almost a year now.
Myles

If I rub the injection spot right after, the lump(which is pretty much just a small muscle knot for me) doesn't seem to be as bad. And sometimes they hurt going in and sometimes not. Sometimes they hurt for a few days after(never too bad) and sometimes not. My last shot hit a nerve and it hurt so bad but the muscle cramp isn't as bad as usual. lol I can't win I guess.

Late response here, but with me, the soreness takes one or two days to start. Once it starts, it lasts about 3 days and can actually cause me to limp. Feels like the muscle is bruised and becomes quite uncomfortable to move it.

If your muscle is really, really relaxed and the nurse knows what s/he is doing, you can completely escape pain...at least, this has been my experience with IM injections in the butt.

When I do my own now, I sometimes feel a little pinch as it's going in, but I never have muscle soreness anymore. I did a couple of times--once when a nurse did it, and once when my ex came home unexpectedly. I made him promise to call before he left his parents' place, and he forgot. He came home just as I was doing my shot. I guess I clenched up at the last second. Boy, was I angry.

Sorry to intrude on the boys forum space...

But if your suffering extreme soreness and have more than a little knot or have extreme muscle weakness you should have yourself checked for an allergic reaction to the suspension oil they use for your shots. I had a severe reaction to my own hrt shots suspended in sesame oil that caused debilitating pain, weakness, and a HUGE red welt in the shot area and gave me the overall look of being sunburnt that became progressively worse with each injection.

Daaamn Lynn, you're hot.

Also, my shot pain isn't THAT bad. It's just like a bruised muscle, but cause it's such a heavily use muscle I find that it's annoying to walk.
Never get any trouble with the injection site in terms of wounds and stuff though.

Also, Sustanon is made with peanut oil. Just... for anyone that didn't know.

I didn't feel pain at the injection site, but down at my knee, and boy did it hurt.. infact, it still kinda does.

Quote from: Miniar on March 10, 2010, 12:38:52 PM
I didn't feel pain at the injection site, but down at my knee, and boy did it hurt.. infact, it still kinda does.

Ouch, Miniar. Is this the stuff that you were talking about a little while ago, half of which you're supposed to discard? You were saying that it's a lot to inject...how did it go, apart from your current soreness?

Quote from: Arch on March 10, 2010, 04:52:29 PM
Ouch, Miniar. Is this the stuff that you were talking about a little while ago, half of which you're supposed to discard? You were saying that it's a lot to inject...how did it go, apart from your current soreness?

It went so brilliantly and funnily that I'm withholding most of my comments for the next YT video.. =P