OK so I finally did it. Took me way to long and tons of patience but did it. I have a couple questions to ask to make sure I did this right
23g 1.5" glute injects. Wasn't sure if I should have used the same cheek so ultimately I alternated. Admittedly I pinned super slow. I was happy to find that once your in it's friggen painless!! although wiggling the syringe around (by accident) a couple times wigged me out. Also I'm not sure if I got crappy syringes. Because each pin I wanted to draw backwards to check if I was hitting a vain but each time the plunger felt stuck and I just went for it after some slight frustration. With that said are there any clues of knowing if you hit a vain or not.
Use 25g needles if you can, don’t worry about wiggling you’ll get better over time, if you hit a vein it’s not the end of the world a bit of blood will squirt out, if you inject into a vein that’s another story. You will cough your brains out, likely sweat your brains out, possibly faint, go pale, start seeing stars etc...
- some dribbles of red came out the first time. Dribbles into the syringe or dribbles out of the wound after putting the needle in?
- Second attempt I felt a pinch in my butt, flexed super quick and bailed. That time some more red came out so wasn't sure if that was a vain. Red came out into the syringe or out of the wound after putting the needle in?
- Third time was friggen perfect, alternated cheeks and zero blood!
No pain no soreness!! Not sure how tomorrow will feel
If you do hit a vain and inject that way what is the beef?
Also When injecting was it OK to use the same cheek? was my cheek sore the second time around which is what caused me to want to alternate cheeks?
You can use the same cheek but best to alternate, you don’t want to over do it and cause scar tissue to form
Do I have cheap plungers or do you really have to pull on those suckers to test if you hit a vain or not?
Most likely you need to get some good leverage to pull
An Important one here. Your suppose to Prop EOD. But Can I prop ED for two or three days? Actually I am eager to try again to get this down.
You can do ED or EOD, also inject the E & P together in the same syringe, you can mix them.
Thanks everyone