I've been trying to look up YouTube tutorials on how to do this but I'm not convinced by many of the videos... I think what I'm finding difficult is where to inject? Can I just inject in the fat in my stomach? That seems like the easiest right now. I think I would like to inject into my arm maybe but it's not clear how to do this myself. How do you guys self inject?
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I inject subcutaneously which can be in your belly fat ,thigh ,or arms .
I use a 30G 1/2" needle. If you look below in previous posts more info will be found. Ask Google for injection sites on your body. Diagrams should come up.
I thought needles for subcutaneous injections were 1/2" or 5/8", my surgery uses 1" for my intermuscular injections. I'm wondering if 1" needles are a bit long for injecting into the tummy?
I inject I.M. ( Intra-muscularly )Into my thigh . This requires a longer needle than subcutaneous injections . I used this method because that’s how it’s done at the doctors . But subcutaneous is just as effective I believe . I’ll send you my help sheet that will help you generally . I’ll send it by private message l .
I inject intramuscularly into thigh, which is what most people here seem to do. I think self-injecting into your arm would be difficult- it would mean doing the whole thing one-handed.
I know what you mean about the videos: guy running his hands through his hair before injecting a smiling woman ? I found one where the man seemed to talk sense: tips like using the wrapper that the syringe comes in to wrap around the ampoule before snapping off the top to save cutting yourself. Plus he was wearing sensible pants.
wedgewood 's help sheet and Nackapan 's advice should be all the combination to get you started on subcutaneous injections. I'd trust them - without even needing to see their underwear !
Yes I have a snapper thank you .snap it . More expensive but coukdnt work first one ??
I inject into my thigh muscle, easiest to access while sitting down. Middle third of thigh, Google will show you a diagram. Very easy and pain free. I use a green needle to drawer up from ampule and change to blue to inject. Good luck. Best decision I made a few months ago.
I did my very first injection yesterday... I'm very proud as I really have a great fear of needles, as I'm sure do many. The two tentative attempts where I managed to stab myself and then not go through with it hurt more than the 3rd attempt when I actually did it. I was amazed that I didn't feel a thing!
I used a 25G x 5/8 needle to inject and a bigger one to extract from the ampoule so I didn't inject with a blunt needle as it took a while to get it out of the ampoule. I did it into my stomach on this occasion because it seemed the easiest option.
I struggled to break the top of the ampoule but used a bit of tissue to make sure I didn't get glass in my fingers if I managed to break it I read lots of the info from people on here and watched one video which was a doc giving himself a b12 jab.
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