Infection-- It can happen to you.

[znak]

Well Sports fans, bad sh^t can happen to anyone. I have done at least a dozen cycles and do injections pretty much on autopilot. Last week I did a test-e injection when I was overseas. Did everything by the book, but the first injection site (glute) was not going in smoothly, so I changed the needle and injected about an eighth of an inch from the original site. I don’t think that I re-wiped the site.

Next day, I felt a little more pain than usual, but the test is dosed higher than what I usually buy (300mg/ml) so I thought that it was from moving around on the injection and the increased dose.

Soon, I had all the classic Symptoms that I had learned on this site:

Site becomes larger and tight (like a tight muscle, not ball)
Site is warm to touch (very slightly)
I was sweating at night

This meant, my friends, that I had an infection. It can happen.

Luckily, I was in a country where you can buy antibiotics over the counter and I bought a course of 500 mg amoxicillin. Pain slowed down on the very first pill and I feel normal on normal on the second day.

Moral of the story—Be careful, be sterile and don’t get complacent.

Hope this will save at least one infection somewhere.

[BuffBuffalo]

Wow, I'm glad you were in the position you were and the antibiotics were available to you. Its a good thing you were aware about the possibility and caught it before it got out of hand too!

[znak]

Wow, I'm glad you were in the position you were and the antibiotics were available to you.

I was not looking forward to my doctor's reaction even though he has to give me antibiotics. I don't like lectures much.

[mick86]

Very true, thanks for drilling in a valid point.

[Train Wreck]

I foolishly injected without being able to find my alcohol swabs. Same symptoms. I felt like I had hot balls growing in by quads where I had injected. On both sides. They were still growing after a week.


I sucked it up and went in for treatment at my health plan. The "Injury Center" doc had an attitude but I knew that I kinda had it coming. I had to get lanced and went on 10 days of Septra. That stopped it cold, but the whole experience certainly gave me pause. Not enough to stop, though

Now I shower and wash with Hibiclens first. Then I pay special attention to appropriate wiping down of the injection site.

[znak]

I'll bump this just once in hopes that is will save someone a sore butt somewhere