I'm new to this forum, and I found it while looking online for answers to my problem. I started my first cycle ever one week ago. I am only running test enth at 250mg twice a week. There was a similar thread to this one posted by BigEddy about intense pain in his ass, but it seemed to me that he didn't really know what he was doing and that was the explanation for his pain. I thoroughly researched how to inject and how much to inject before I started my cycle and came out with this:
Inject in the outer-middle portion of the thigh
Clean the top of the bottle with an alcohol swab
Clean the injection area with the same thing
Push the needle in at a 90 degree angle almost all the way into my muscle
Check for blood and then inject
So this is the procedure I have done both times I have shot so far (one in each leg) and I am having extremely bad pain in my entire leg from the injection site down to my knee for at least 4 days after the injection. There is no redness and my leg doesn't look any different at all, but I can feel that my muscle is tensed up. The leg that I used for the first injection has finally started to feel better, but only after about 4 1/2 days of ridiculous pain to the point that I could barley put my socks on.
I have tried to ice it, heat it, stretch it, and use icy hot, but nothing really works except giving a week to let it heal itself...and even then it doesn't feel quite right.
So I'm really hoping someone has had an experience like this and can help me out. I don't want to continue injecting if something is horribly wrong.
Edit: I talked a nurse today and she said she thinks the test is just setting in my leg and not distributing. Anyone heard of this?
Edit 2: I should also mention that the test seems to be legit and has a label on it that says "Infinity Labs" along with all the drug information and a Canadian flag. It doesn't expire for another year and appears to be from some sort of pharmacy. Also, at day 5, my leg has still not gotten any better and my skin is beginning to itch along with my muscle remaining extremely tense. I am considering taking some antibiotics just in case of infection. My girlfriend has a prescription to amoxicillin that I can use...would that be effective in getting rid of an infection in my leg?
Thanks for the help so far everyone.