what the hell happened....is this normal?

[oscargee]

im about 8 weeks in my prop cycle... i take 175 mg/eod... some shots have killed some havent at all....this last shot (yesterday) felt like a normal shot...but today i have a real hard spot on my ass and u can actually see when i got the shot....normally u would never tell where it was taken. what happened?

[Chookster]

ive had it ball up on me before, i just try to massage the injection site after to move the stuff around a bit

[djdjdjddjon]

yeah if you do a little research/reading about this, its pretty common with prop, generally the shorter the ester the more alcohol is in solution (solubility issues--prop being a short ester), however i sometimes get little knots from deca or cyp or whathaveyou, chookster sounds about right, maybe massage the site, put a warm cloth on it, try to increase bloodflow to the area and get that lump broken up, in addition to that maybe check your technique when your shooting and note what you might be doing differently when u lump up? this could definatley affect site soreness. lastly, watch within the next few days for redness, hotness, increased swelling, unbearable pain blah blah, could be indication of an abcess in which case you'll probably need a trip to your doctor, some antibiotics, etc...hope things work out for ya

[*Alex*]

yeah if you do a little research/reading about this, its pretty common with prop, generally the shorter the ester the more alcohol is in solution (solubility issues--prop being a short ester), however i sometimes get little knots from deca or cyp or whathaveyou, chookster sounds about right, maybe massage the site, put a warm cloth on it, try to increase bloodflow to the area and get that lump broken up, in addition to that maybe check your technique when your shooting and note what you might be doing differently when u lump up? this could definatley affect site soreness. lastly, watch within the next few days for redness, hotness, increased swelling, unbearable pain blah blah, could be indication of an abcess in which case you'll probably need a trip to your doctor, some antibiotics, etc...hope things work out for ya

THERE YA GO!

[oscargee]

it def. going down in swelling pain...not up. thanks guys...someone told me to run the prop shot under hot water before i shoot...sound right?

[The Shredder]

yeah you can heat the oil a little to make in dispurse in the muscle a little better. Do some research on the proper way to shot your glutes. I would explain it to you but its to hard to describle it in words. There are some posts out there that have pictures and everything to show you. I'll see if I can find it for you.

[The Shredder]

This gives a decent idea of where to hit the glute, there was a better one but I can't find it.
http://www.howtodoinjections.com/IM/glutes.html