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  • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    It’s very easy not to inject into the wrong area. The right area is very large and easy to identify.

    My first time was scary, now it’s easy peasy.

      • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        4 months ago

        I do a 1" 23g needle, and it goes all the way into my thigh.

        I take my thigh and imagine a DnD alignment grid on it. If I’m injecting into my right leg, I inject into chaotic neutral. If left leg, lawful neutral. I do this z-track method thing and it helps me bleed a lot less. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-the-z-track-injection-method

        I still suck at doing left leg so it kinda hurts sometimes. But the process is simple.

        • BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          4 months ago

          Oh really? For some reason I was worried I’d have to like, gauge the depth or something. I guess I’m thinking of how IV looks hard.

          Is there a danger of hitting a nerve?

          • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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            4 months ago

            I’ve poked some very uncomfortable things before. You just go slow, back out a little if you hit something that hurts. There are very few large blood vessels in that part of the leg, so I rarely bleed much. And if I do, it looks scary but it’s fine.

            Also like, sometimes the needle doesn’t go “all the way” in and it’s fine. Thighs are meaty and there’s a bit of freedom as to where it ends up.