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    problem injecting alone

    i was taking my first shot and i just can't inject alone because i can't pull the shot out to asperate. what is the best way to do shots alone in the shoulders and tri's.

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    hit the quads for practice.

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    bdtr do you really have to aspirate in the delts?

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    I'd say its highly reccomended, for me that is where i CONSTANTLY hit veins.

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    my friend never does, he says no chance of hiting veins there. At least he never has?

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    Must be different for him, i won't even hit shoulders anymore because 1/2 of my injections hit a vein and i bleed like a stuck pig.

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    Hey bdtr, lets say you are in a vein. wouldn't the blood pressure just fill the syringe up with blood, with very little back pressure on aspiration. You shouldn't have to asp. very hard to see blood right?

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    I've hit veins and the pressure didn't fill the syringe although on other occasions a tiny bit backed up into it. After injecting through a vein, i'll never not aspirate again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by majormobley
    i was taking my first shot and i just can't inject alone because i can't pull the shot out to asperate. what is the best way to do shots alone in the shoulders and tri's.
    practice with an empty syringe without a needle - in 5 min, you'll learn to do it even with your left hand (if you are righthanded)

    Then, as BDTR said, do the real shots in your quads for practice.

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    bdtr. you injected in a vein?? what happened?

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    I coughed for 10 minutes, got light headed, almost passed out from coughing so much and threw out my back from the coughing. My wife at the time thought i was going to die. I'll never inject in a rush again.

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    I think, for safety's sake you should ALWAYS aspirate . Never hit a vein yet (Knock on wood) but I don't wanna find out what its like

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    Aspirate !!

    Thats all I'll say.!!

    Why waste the juice!! lol

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    Like bdtr said practice by hitting your quads.

    Always aspirate ... it takes a second.

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