Oh no, blood!

[rainbowsheep]

So I took my third injection today in my left quad. The two previous injections (done over the past week) were also in the quads.

When I put the needle in, it seemed to hurt a lot more than the other injections, even when the needle was 75% of the way in. On the other two, it stung for the first third, and then painless for the rest of the jab.

I injected, felt fine while I was doing it. Then when i pulled the needle out, a spot of blood appeared in the injection site. The other two injections were bloodless.

Did I nick a vein or something?

[nevaenuf]

That is not nothing to worry about. Sometimes I get blood and some times I dont.

[daWhoady]

Might have but you will be fine. As long as you aspirated and no blood came through, you are fine. It's happened to me a couple times before.

[realityarts]

As saWhoady said, just make sure you don't draw any blood when aspirating. Also, sometimes I pull out and change the pin if I hit a very painful area -- because I don't want to rip up a nest of nerves.

[rainbowsheep]

How far is it necessary to aspirate?

[groverman1]

I usually pull back .5cc's worth.

[BUYLONGTERM]

Pull back until you see either Blood or Air bubbles. If you see an air bubble your good to go. MAKE SURE YOU ASPIRATE

BLT

[Da Bull]

I bleed a little almost every shot,long as you aspirate your cool.

[QbHunter]

I shott up a buddy of mine...always aspirate, always get blood when pull pin out.

No worrys bro