swelling inner arm, to above elbow after delt injection
Started a new cycle 4 weeks ago of test c, and the last injection into my right lateral deltoid this past Sunday. No problems whatsoever until this last one. I had pain and slight swelling in my delt start on Monday, similar to what I've had before, didn't think much of it. Then noticed on Wednesday that my arm, down to my elbow, is swollen pretty thoroughly. It's not red, not hot, and no pain at all in the swollen area, just some pain in my delt when raise my arm laterally. None of the swollen area is spongy. It looks like the tissue is swollen above the elbow, not the bicep itself.
I warm my vial up for about 60 seconds by wrapping one of those gel heat packs around it, I clean the top with alcohol, and wipe the site with a different swab, I use 23g 1.5" needle to draw and the same one to inject, going all the way in, aspirate, then inject somewhat slowly, about 30-45 seconds for the full 1ml. Prior to this time, had no pain at all so far this cycle.
It's kind of freaking me out, but after some reading, I suppose I'll wait until the weekend to see if the swelling in my arm goes down, and the pain in my delt diminishes.
Any other thoughts?
Would heat or ice be recommended for my swollen bicep area, and sore delt? I've been using ice.
