Concerned about the injection

[Probably]

Well, today was my first shot ( first cycle yays =D ) , i am used to injecting myself since i always inject those B12 stuff from time to time cauze i find them helpfull, also, i always do the injections for my mum, sisters and relatives when they get sick or so ..

so today did my injection by myself .. in the upper quarter of the butt , i dont have much fat their, and if i tighten up my muscles their u can see/feel them just under the skin ..

i did inject , the needle all way down .. and everything is fine, some blood appeared, just a lil spot .. so its fine .. happens all the time.. i did 1 hour of cardio, my mood was awesome, i feel very excited .. after that i prepared my tuna and oats and sat down to eat.. kept reading my anabolics guide .. so it said something which i did read million times before , that if i inject to an artery or so it means that i have oily substance leaking around and my cauze failure for some organ like the heart, and if i am lucky(or unlucky) i may get away with a stroke .. it has been over 2.5 or 3 hours since i injected.. but after i read that i feel kinda scared, what if i did it wrong? should i be having symptoms already? or this means that am fine ..

should i go to hospital to get checked? and what should i ask them to do .. i wont inject myself again =/ will go to pharmacian or to a friend to inject me next time ..


Edit: i did try to pull the plunger back to check if there is blood , pulled a lil bit nothing appeared, was kinda hard so i pushed the testosterone in (big mistake i know) ..

[garythompson]

sounds like your fine to me, that's happened to me before. actually happened last time i injected. make sure you aspirate for a few seconds before injecting.

[garythompson]

have have just went through an antery and not actually injected into it.

[Ernst]

You're fine. If oil got in a vein you would know. It's an unpleasant experience, but I've never heard of anyone being seriously hurt by it.

Just aspirate before injecting. Pull back on the plunger after you stick the needle in, if there's blood you're in a vein, pull out, switch needles and try again. Sometimes, even doing everything right a little oil gets in your blood. A nasty cough and feeling like you're gonna die or pass out is common. Goes away in short order.

[Probably]

i read now that i would feel cold and coughs and so if did wrong .. am feeling fine

would aspirate or ask whoever do it for me to aspirate next time .. if i dont die this time

[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.

O SHI-

[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

[JiGGaMaN]

he is died?

[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!

[WARMachine]

In 14 patients, more than 20 mL of iodized oil was administered

Nuff said.

[Probably]

living in sweeden, and i work as an engineer

ill get the nurse to do the injection for me next time =D like i said, if i dont die by then lul

i dont feel anything bad .. no coughs or cold sweat or dizziness .. ( hopes no symptoms in 2~5 days ? )

[rhino1]

.. so it said something which i did read million times before , that if i inject to an artery or so it means that i have oily substance leaking around and my cauze failure for some organ like the heart, and if i am lucky(or unlucky) i may get away with a stroke .. it has been over 2.5 or 3 hours since i injected.. but after i read that i feel kinda scared, what if i did it wrong? should i be having symptoms already? or this means that am fine ....

Here is your Official...UNOFICIAL diagnosis...... A N X I E T Y D I S O R D E R

[Probably]

Here is your Official...UNOFICIAL diagnosis...... A N X I E T Y D I S O R D E R

if this is it seriously, i am really really happy sir.

[rhino1]

just take a deep breath...your gonna be fine

[garythompson]

air compresses and the oil doesn't (pretty much). so if there were tiny air bubbles in the syringe and you pull back on the plunger to aspirate the air bubbles will expand and become noticeable. when you stop pulling the plunger it will go away unless you pulled so hard you sucked air down the sides of the rubber plunger or where the needle and syringe come together (always make sure that's snug). when pulling into the syringe or injecting don't force too hard or get into a rush. when you aspirate pull with about the same amount of force that you did when drawing the juice from the vial. if your using a thin needle,23 or 25g, fluid moves slowly through it. that's why when aspirating you do if for a couple seconds, you don't just pull hard as hell.

[Strategus]

Well there you are! Still alive!!!! Great!!!

[Probably]

starting to feel hungry like an animal , test related?

[rhino1]

DUDE....just do this...

INJECT
EAT
WORKOUT
EAT
SLEEP
REPEAT

Dont worry bout the rest

[garythompson]

DUDE....just do this...

INJECT
EAT
WORKOUT
EAT
SLEEP
REPEAT

Dont worry bout the rest

you better eat a lot more often than that lol. you're fine though, just aspirate in the future. a little air will do nothing to you anyways. the entire syringe full of air wouldn't even hurt you. and if you don't inject deep enough into the muscle you will have a lump and soreness becuase it hinders absorption. use a 1 inch needle, go all the way down, and aspirate.

[JiGGaMaN]

air compresses and the oil doesn't (pretty much). so if there were tiny air bubbles in the syringe and you pull back on the plunger to aspirate the air bubbles will expand and become noticeable. when you stop pulling the plunger it will go away unless you pulled so hard you sucked air down the sides of the rubber plunger or where the needle and syringe come together (always make sure that's snug). when pulling into the syringe or injecting don't force too hard or get into a rush. when you aspirate pull with about the same amount of force that you did when drawing the juice from the vial. if your using a thin needle,23 or 25g, fluid moves slowly through it. that's why when aspirating you do if for a couple seconds, you don't just pull hard as hell.

you dont have to pull that hard when aspirating, blood is a lot less viscous than oil and can travel through a 23-25g fairly easily. my logic is if h junkies can use slin pins and draw up blood easily, it will be really easy to do it with a smaller gauge. aspirating with too much force almost always leads to bruising of the injection site.