I don't know what the F I'm doing
First, I had no idea there was actually an art to getting juice out of the top portion of the amp.
Next, I had no idea that I would have to devote a week to sucking up juice from the amp & vial (23g).
But now I ready to shoot my wad, so to speak, I very carefully get rid of ALL of the air bubbles, I inject 1 inch deep into my quad (and feel nothing at all...is this good or bad?), pull back to aspirate and get....air bubbles. Surely this is not what is supposed to happen? Injecting air bubbles scares the hell out of me. Help.
Re: I don't know what the F I'm doing
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Originally posted by Sokrates
Next, I had no idea that I would have to devote a week to sucking up juice from the amp & vial (23g).
But now I ready to shoot my wad, so to speak, I very carefully get rid of ALL of the air bubbles, I inject 1 inch deep into my quad (and feel nothing at all...is this good or bad?),
With sust and deca its normal not to feal anything for 3-4 weeks due to the long esters.
23ga no wonder it took so long. See if you can get an 18 ga pin then switch to 23ga before you inject.... Your mixing sust and deca right?
It's like an adventure, huh?
I concur with everyone else's suggestion thus far, but here are a couple of points that weren't yet made . . .
First, when you aspirate the needle, you're only drawing it back minimally - enough to verify that you are not in a vein. Once you see that first air bubble or two, you know you're not going to draw blood, and you can go ahead and do the push. But don't think you have to aspirate an entire cc, or even half of one - again, think minimaly.
Now, that air bubble you may see comes from inside your body. It's not as if you're drawing outside air into the syringe. And once you see it and know you're not in a vein, allyou have to do is inject the entire ball of wax. The solitary air bubble goes right back to where it came from - the muscle (assuming you're using a long enough needle - 1-1/2" for the glutes, or 1" for the delts and quads).
Finally, remember that the higher the gauge, the smaller the needle, and the longer it will take to draw oil-based solutions into the syringe. That's why some people (including me) will use, say, a 20 g. needle to load the syringe, then switch to a thinner pin (like 23 g. or 25 g.) for the shot. Don't sweat the length of time it takes to load the needle, regardless of what gauge you are using; like vanjag said, you can use that time to contemplate the meaning of life. :D But do it slow, and do it right - patience is a virtue when it comes to doing an injection correctly.
Re: It's like an adventure, huh?
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Originally posted by TNT
I Don't sweat the length of time it takes to load the needle, regardless of what gauge you are using; like vanjag said, you can use that time to contemplate the meaning of life. :D But do it slow, and do it right - patience is a virtue when it comes to doing an injection correctly.
I wasn't sweating it so much as unprepared for it....I thought I had defective needles, or that a 23 g was incapable of sucking up juice. This followed on the heels trying to get the stuff from the top of the amp to the bottom....too comical. If you don't know how its bloody frustrating. And then those air bubbles. Everyone says aspirate, but I thought you were supposed to see fluid, not air.
what do you mean about loading the needle "do it right." Is there some technique....eventually I ended up doing a semi-horizontal suck.