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08-28-2014, 01:25 PM #1New Member
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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.
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08-28-2014, 01:30 PM #2
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08-28-2014, 01:30 PM #3
How big are you? 1.5 is pretty big for a delt.
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08-28-2014, 02:28 PM #4New Member
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08-28-2014, 02:42 PM #5
It looks red to me in that picture. I would go to the doctor.
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08-28-2014, 03:03 PM #6
Damn go to a doctor as fast as you can...
It is not normal.
Ive had oil that leaked into.my arm.which caused inflamation and pain.
But that is way over it.
Get treated, you seriously risk your arm here...
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08-28-2014, 04:14 PM #7
Do you have body pictures?
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08-28-2014, 07:33 PM #8New Member
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I'm going to urgent care first thing in the morning. I'll follow up with the results.
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Good luck bro.
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08-29-2014, 03:49 AM #10Senior Member
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23G are far too much for delt. and 1,5ml is much oil.
I use 29G 1ml gauge for every muscle, even for glutes.
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08-29-2014, 04:50 AM #11
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08-29-2014, 05:44 AM #12Senior Member
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08-29-2014, 11:45 AM #13Junior Member
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Dear cetae!
As Mp859 and qscgugcsq said, please go to the doctor, maybe you got a deep abscess or cellullitis, if you feel worse go ASAP, and please let us know how it goes. If I were you I would tell you exactly what happened so it will go quicker to get the right diagnosis, but if it will leads to repercussions then do what would be best for you. Good luck and I wish you a quick recovery!
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08-29-2014, 01:59 PM #14New Member
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So when I woke up this morning, the swelling had gone down significantly; about half of what it was from the picture. That made me feel a bit better, but I decided to go to urgent care anyway. I told the doctor exactly what happened. There wasn't an abscess found. She told me to continue to use ice, and ibuprofen as I had been, and gave me an antibiotic (Cefalexin), just in case. Aside from that, I got a short lecture on the possible side effects of test.
For the pin, I had thought of using 25g, but hadn't had any real issues with 23g, and I only used 1ml of oil. 1.5 was referring to the length of the needle in inches. Moving forward, I'm probably going to use 1 inch length for delts, and 1.5 for quads.
Thanks everyone for the responses.
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08-29-2014, 02:03 PM #15
Someone chime in to give a possible reason for that bc i dont want that shit...lol...was that a ugl?
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08-29-2014, 02:18 PM #16New Member
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It was a ugl. It was also the second to last shot from the vial, and I had no issues at all happen from all the previous shots from the same vial. So I'm not sure what happened.
The doctor did say that I could possibly be allergic, and it just took a while to manifest into something I could see...
Maybe I'll try out enanthate instead of cypionate ?
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08-29-2014, 02:25 PM #17
What lab was it?
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08-30-2014, 06:18 AM #18New Member
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I need to find out... I was getting it from a friend who has been involved with AAS for years. I would have checked if there was anything on the label, but I threw it out already.
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08-31-2014, 06:57 AM #19
Been reading this thread. Just want to see how the are is today? I have been thinking about starting a cycle for a few weeks now. Dont want nothing like this to happen. How is it??
CARBO.... Damn man what happen to you in that pic??
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08-31-2014, 08:27 AM #20
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08-31-2014, 11:21 AM #24
Another poser?
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08-31-2014, 12:42 PM #25Associate Member
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watch some u-tube vids on injecting....never use the same needle to inject...1' should be
big enough for for the quad as well, its what I use...222 guage to ddraww...25 to inject,
clean site thouroghly, I am sure you know all this, but you can never be to confident,
aside from bad gear, problems that can arrise are to be taken seriously.....I am always
afraid when I pin.....1.5' in the delt from all ive seeen is a deffinate no no.....
glad you are feeling better......
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08-31-2014, 01:25 PM #26
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08-31-2014, 01:47 PM #27
Yea i didnt know who it was? My fault. I will look it up. Because when I seen the Pic I was like umm am I sure I wanna do this??? lol
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09-01-2014, 08:17 PM #30New Member
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All the swelling was gone as of yesterday.
I'm definitely going to switch to 1 inch.
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I never see a need to go over 1", unless you are hitting the ass cheeks. Then 1.5" should be aight, but I still use a 1" without issue.
As far as the Ga, best I have found is 25. 23 is even a little 2 big IMO
I have had shit like this before, the oil leaks down & tries to surface a bit. From what I can tell it was from the EO content in the gear, maybe. Haven't had this issue for quite a while. Sure isn't fun though, renders the arm near useless.
When you get shit like this, watch it closely for improvement or the opposite.
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