My preps continue...not buying anything yet though...just getting ready.. A few questions on SI if you dont mind.
The advice / experience on using hypo needles that I have gleaned from some of our wise friends in here - for subcutaneous injection - is to use G30 1/2 (half inch) needles ( Yellow ) from Exchange Suppliers. These seem very fine.
But aim to use something less fine and longer as a "drawing up" needle - this to get the B12 out of the ampoule. I have in mind 21G 1 /1/2 ( one an half inch - Green ) from Exchange Suppliers.
Okay - then i get stuck..?
So, in terms of the 2ml syringes...? Do you use the 21G needles on the Yellow syringe? By that i mean,after drawing up the B12, you take off the 21G needle - and then put on the 30G needle ?
So, I would not need both Yellow type 2ml syringes AND Green syringes as you only need one syringe - but two needles for each injection..? Am I getting it right or just bonker...? Do all syringes fit to different size of needles? Any and all help very much appreciated.
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The 1 1/2 inch needle will be fine for drawing up solution from ampoule.Any of the 2ml nevershare syringes are fine, the colour is not important for you.
I can't comment on the needle for injecting as I inject IM into thigh.
Yes. One syringe that will hold 1ml. A drawing up safety needle and a half inch needle, fine, to inject with. I was amazed that I didn't feel it go in to my stomach(was supervised by a friend who was a nurse - very reassuring) and the whole procedure was pain-free. So liberating. I feel in control of my own condition. At last.
There is a very good graphic in that article Nacpapan that compares the three types of injection. Say you do subcutaneous at 45 degrees..? another nugget of information?
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