Self inject novice

[tray52]

Hello everyone. I self injected for the first time without supervision. Seemed to go well; used a 1 inch 25 g needle. I was originally afraid that I would inject air but I think I managed not to do that. I used the left leg instead of the right in which the last 3 injections were done. I injected in the upper thigh area but noticed there was absolutely no blood that came out like with my previous injections with the nurse. Does this mean I didn't get it in the right place?

[Gambit62 Administrator]

if you are saying that you had bleeding when the nurse did it then the nurse wasn't doing it right and was hitting a vein - hence the bleeding. If you get it right you shouldn't see any blood.

Hitting a vein could result in a bruise but otherwise isn't going to do any damage.

[tray52 in reply to Gambit62]

Yes!!! Thanks!

[pvanderaa]

Congratulations. Sounds like you got it right the first time. This is a big step in building confidence.

[ACritical]

Congratulations!! I only inject subcutaneously, haven’t dared IM. Hope you start to feel better and find a good balance. Don’t neglect to eat healthy, drink enough (2 litres)water a day and exercise when possible. Watch the other vitamins and minerals. There is a lot of very good advise on PAS website that will help you along.

[tray52]

Thank you!!

[th3joker]

I've tried IM and SubQ and prefer SubQ, I found the slower absorption rate lessens the nausea and side effects I get when injecting IM. Much less painful than IM too and no bleeding or bruising. I use smaller amounts more frequently and find this works best for me, everyone is different though!!

[tray52]

Hmmmmm. I’ll look into SubQ. Didn’t know that there were side affects with injection. Last time I injected I felt a little nauseous immediately after but I thought that it was just digestion issue from PA. Thanks for the information.

[Fudgemanjim]

Ive found subq did help me in recovery and did the job but IM while a bit trickyer and more daunting was sugnificantly better at the job (especially once i got a bit better) ive done subq since but always wished id done IM when had... thats just me though both helped recover so i assume its not too important... swear theres a difference with IM