Concerned about the injection

[Ernst]

I should mention since you are so paranoid... when you pull back, you'll see bubbles of air. Don't freak out. Just go ahead and inject. That's what's supposed to happen.

[Probably]

well i was like okay .. i did put the needle in .. now i am supposed to pull back .. i tried but well am inejcting myself so it was kinda hard... so i was like whatever and pushed all the testosterone in ..

thanks anyway, i feel abit easy now .. but well


i read this too ..

Pulmonary oil embolism after transcatheter oily chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma
JW Chung, JH Park, JG Im, JK Han and MC Han
Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.

The medical records of 336 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent transcatheter oily chemoembolization (TOCE) performed via the hepatic artery were retrospectively reviewed to ascertain the occurrence of symptomatic pulmonary oil embolism. In 14 patients, more than 20 mL of iodized oil was administered. In six of these 14 patients, respiratory symptoms of cough, hemoptysis (coughing up blood), and dyspnea (difficulty breathing) developed 2-5 days after TOCE, and their chest radiographs showed diffuse bilateral pulmonary parenchymal infiltrate.

Their arterial partial pressure of oxygen while they breathed room air ranged from 39 to 60 mm Hg during maximum hypoxemia. The symptoms, arterial hypoxemia, and chest radiographic abnormalities completely cleared 10-28 days after TOCE in the five patients who survived. One patient died 10 days after TOCE because of respiratory arrest with a progression of pulmonary infiltrate. Although histopathologic proof is lacking, it is concluded that massive pulmonary embolization of iodized oil was the primary cause of the clinical and radiographic manifestations in these six patients.

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[Strategus]

Med student by any chance? When the Exotic Disease of the Day is introduced in class, sometimes the students start thinking that they have it!

Exotic disease for today is whooping cough! (yesterday was the thing with carcinoma embolism)

Maybe you live in Washington State or North Carolina where there are whooping cough outbreaks occurring...preventable by vaccination. The nurse can do the injection for you.

I see that you're online right now, so my diagnosis is that you haven't died yet, despite having given yourself a testosterone injection!

[garythompson]

I should mention since you are so paranoid... when you pull back, you'll see bubbles of air. Don't freak out. Just go ahead and inject. That's what's supposed to happen.

why would you see bubbles of air? from where?

[Probably]

why would you see bubbles of air? from where?

was wondering about that too, but did read it in alot diffrent places so must be true