Went to the Emergency Room..

[macdill2011]

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[T-MOS]

first of all Test E needs to be shot every 3.5 days not just once a week

second, did you inject quickly or slow?

do you switch cheeks or use the same one each time?

[MMArmour]

****!!! Just what i needed to hear!

[D7M]

****!!! Just what i needed to hear!

wait till this story unfolds...

I'm positive yours and his will be different experiences.

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[lord henry]

you will learn by your mistakes ,my advise is to reserch and be carefull.

[JucinNB]

ive also had the same thing happen while on cycle...i got the celulitis in my arm and i was injecting in my glute so i dont think it matters where you inject...and also it dosen't matter how many ccs you are injecting...

[macdill2011]

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[MMArmour]

alcohol swabs.

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[MMArmour]

whatever he told. always what has been used on me in hospitals, what ive always used. **** my box of swabs even says "for ensuring sterility during injection"

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[Big]

I thought alcohol wasn't an antiseptic?

I'm not sure what your doc is thinking, but I'm holding a bottle of alcohol and the label reads:
Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol
First Aid Antiseptic

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[MMArmour]

sometimes you dont man. Im going through some post injection pain right now. swelling, warm sensation etc. Who knows. Never had this happen before and its gear ive injected before and had no problems with, and i used the same injection protocol ive always used and **** man! who knows!

[hankdiesel]

Including myself, this is the third case of serious infection in the last two months. They have all been from test E. I wonder if it's all from the same source and possibly a bad batch. Just seems like maybe to much of a coincidence.

[MMArmour]

ya hmmm. my first injection of this cycle was just fine and so was this guys as he mentioned above? Im glad he said his didnt begin flaring up until 3 days after injection. mine hurt first thing next day. infections usually take a few days to exhibit symptoms so im confident mine isnt. I really wish sometimes we could talk about sources and labs. Might help piece together some of this sutff.

[crf450x]

do you think if he didnt push the pin in far enough it could be some of the prob??

[bubbagun20]

man i had a nasty oil abses(spell check) when i did my first cycle.. you can get them from a build up, you can also get them from the oil being accidentaly injected into the subcutanous fat on your glute.. they get red and hot and itch like mad..
i had a buddy that never used alcohol and never asperated..he never had any problems, i was never that brave/stupid.
on high dose cycles i used to rotate my glutes and my shoulders and inject bi weekly. to avoid oil build up.. heating pads help dissapate also

[mic.p]

Infections can manifest themselves in as ouickly as 24 hrs or could take up to a week depending what type of bug it is, believe me i just came out of hospital 4 days ago having gone through a bad infection in the quad. Did they take blood samples while you were in hospital?

[Jeff1]

Thats why i always shower first then shoot..

[Someguy123]

i cant saywhat caused your problem. but ive done in the neiborhood of 15 cycles. and just last week, i did a shot in my shoulder of tren and test E. normally there is some type of discomfort with your shot, that goes away in a few minutes. but this one went in smooth as could be, with no pain or discomfort, whatsoever. the next day though, my shoulder hurt so bad, i was almost unable to lift my arm to the side. i certainly couldnt sleep on it. the pain moved slowly from my middle delt, up to the top of the delt, over the course of a week and a half. now its fine. i dont know what it was, but its the first injection problem ive ever encountered on cycle.

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[H2Okid]

I have heard the quality of the oil can have these effects, the quality of the gear(which most of us will never really know 100% for sure), hit a vein, nerve, whatever. I have had this same issue many times. a few where it was almost hard to walk for a week(quad, and Test P), and many others in between. On supposed good gear too. It always goes away, and have been lucky not to have got an infection yet. who knows what we hit when we go in to those places sometimes...

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[H2Okid]

oh shit!

[H2Okid]

btw, I doubt it was from the no alcohol. I seldom use swabs, but I am a clean freak too.

[redz]

So you injected your glute and you say your leg hurts? Somethings weird here.

[chuckt12345]

prb just a bad shot man,, but if it happens again i would def scratch the cycle.

[chuckt12345]

H20 Kid I do have an infection, and I cant walk. The swelling still hasnt gone done so I think I have to have me leg cut open and drained.

oh f that man,, you gotta get your leg drained and your debating about still shootin? sorry i didnt read this part

[tadpoleboyy]

keep some antibiotics on hand, save yourself an expensive trip to the doctor

[godkilla]

you guys either have some shitty "luck" or your doing something wrong. i use prop and shoot ed on my cycles and have literally had hundreds of shots without a problem, other than prop pain. explain how and what your applying this rubbing alcohol on.

[binsser]

Use alcohol pads on vile and injection point always wash hands past rists
,relax when injecting aspirate before u plunge down ...and make sure u do it slowly not shaking the needle at all .when finished hole a clean dry sterile cloth on injection point then leave follow these steps bud when ur done wait 2 days itll hurt like fck and then it will go at least thats what its like at the moment with my prop but u get use to it and the pains great lolol

follow these simple direction m8 and ull be fine otherwise ur gear either needs filtering or its fcked m8!

[Dinosaur]

can't really tell until u inject fo the second or 3rd time to draw a full coclusion.
plz, keep us posted so we can follow up on this.

[aleco]

first of all Test E needs to be shot every 3.5 days not just once a week

second, did you inject quickly or slow?

do you switch cheeks or use the same one each time?

Where did u get this info from? TE is very beginers friendly AAS, it can be injected once a week due to the facr it is a slow release T same as cypionate .

The redness and the swelling could be an alergic reaction or maybe due to the fact that you already injected on the same place previously and you already had a scar from the previous injection.
Some times i get the same reaction, swellness, redness, heat on the spot. My conclusion is that my body is reacting to an external agent entering the body and it is defending from this agent, i sometimes even get fever and flu like pain all over my body, but after a couple of days it is gone and i keep injecting with no more problems.

Keep searching, keep asking and you'll keep learning.

[mic.p]

They didn't take blood test because the he said the steriods would of thrown them off and not told them anything.

WHAT!!!!!!! the reason i asked if you had blood tests is that when in hospital they take them for two reasons (A) to find out if your really fighting an infection and (B) what sort of bug caused the infection. If you find out what sort of bug caused the infection you might then be able to find out if it was the gear or if it was your injection proceedure.

[gregahunt]

Im a old timer pre 1987 when it hit the fan.stoped for years.i did alot of stuff in my day.i never used alcohol it don't kill a thing most of the time it's a pice of rubber thats in your depo.all my blood work is good.Im 43 now and my doc gives me test damm I'm old.really cool site thanks

[MMArmour]

most of time its rubber in the depot that irritates and injection site?? lol oh man.

[Roidbeginner]

Here are the typical clinical standards for handling injections to prevent infections:

1) before starting, wash and scrub your both hands with soap and pad dry with disposable paper towels NOT linen towels. DO NOT touch other surfaces unnecessarily.

2) Use an alcohol swap and wipe the vial/bottle and the same alcohol can be used to clean your finger tips.

3) prepare your injection with sterile needle/syringe. Use new needle for withdrawal and inhection separately if you are using 10ml vials.

4) use a new alcohol swap and swipe the area of injection in circular motion from inner circles to outer circles. wait 20 secs or so for alcohol to evaporate. DO NOT reuse this swap.

5) inject and press the injection site to allow clotting with a NEW alcohol swap and plaster if necessary.

[dublin33]

infection. That sucks. Theres so many possible reasons for an infection. I just finished my first cycle of sustanon 500mg/week. I rotated injections from delts to thighs. I used human grade gear and followed all injection protocols plus injected with a 22 guage 1 inch in delts and 1 1/2 in leg. I had no problems and once into the cycle had almost no pain from injections because I believe the muscle got used to it. Sure once I hit a nerve, which was uncomfortable and once hit what I think was a vein and nerve close to the surface which even gave me a bruise but relatively uneventful.
Now, that being said I was very careful of infection and always had it on my mind. If I had to go to the emergency for an infection from my injection that would totally suck. In fact for me I wouldn't have continued on.
I added one extra step into my injection protocol which was to inject in the same are being location of where I was. Always in my living room. I'm used to the air in my house, it's dry and some what clean with just me living in it. I also never left my needle exposed for any large amount of time. New pin, no air in it goes.
There is a lot of bacteria in a washroom floating around especially. Stay away from there.
I'm not saying my ideas are correct but they are my opinion. I suppose some peoples bodies can fight some bacterias better than others too, if we want to go that far. It sounds like bad luck man, sorry to hear hope you get better.