Help with needles

[anglekindle]

Okay I've been taking a steroid for about 2 weeks now but I never can get used to sticking myself with a needle. Does anyone have any tips?

[traveller]

I don't like needles either. I would typically stick myself in the upper, outer quadrant of either butt cheek or along the upper hips. I try to inject at night when I'm sleepy or after I had a drink or two (but not when I'm drunk). My goal is to be as relaxed as possible.

[anglekindle]

Hmm and here I was doing it in the morning, I'll definately try the evening + beer one.


How fast do you put the needle in?

[CDNmuscle]

Hey Anglekindle,
I think we all suffered through the first injections.
Took me ages to get up the motivation.
After awhile it gets pretty repetitive. If anything just keep yur area sterile.
Heres a pretty good link for sites and technique.
http://www.howtodoinjections.com/

Peace - CdnLifter

[anglekindle]

Originally Posted by CDNmuscle

Hey Anglekindle,
I think we all suffered through the first injections.
Took me ages to get up the motivation.
After awhile it gets pretty repetitive. If anything just keep yur area sterile.
Heres a pretty good link for sites and technique.
http://www.howtodoinjections.com/

Peace - CdnLifter

Hope that CDN means "Canadian" =)

Definately going to bookmark that. Thanks>

[CDNmuscle]

Yup St Catharines guy here !

[anglekindle]

Originally Posted by CDNmuscle

Yup St Catharines guy here !

Nice, Edmonton here.

[traveller]

Originally Posted by anglekindle

...How fast do you put the needle in?

I just push in the needle slowly (a rather subjective term). I don't jab it in quickly. I also don't push down the plunger quickly.

As CDNmuscle mentioned, I highly recommend being ultra careful about keeping everything you use clean and sterile. I wash my hands thoroughly before injecting. I clean the injection area with alcohol in addition to the vial's rubber stopper. I never re-use needles or syringes.

Good luck,

traveller

[anglekindle]

Originally Posted by traveller

I just push in the needle slowly (a rather subjective term). I don't jab it in quickly. I also don't push down the plunger quickly.

As CDNmuscle mentioned, I highly recommend being ultra careful about keeping everything you use clean and sterile. I wash my hands thoroughly before injecting. I clean the injection area with alcohol in addition to the vial's rubber stopper. I never re-use needles or syringes.

Good luck,

traveller

Thanks. I've heard alot of horror stories about needle infections from all over the place so I've actually been pretty good at keeping the area sterile. Lots of Cotton swabs and Hydrogen Peroxide([for those that don't know]a common disinfectant that they use on wounds in first aid kits, pharmicist said they can be used to disinfect the area for needles).

Also learned alot from the website posted above. Apparently I was shooting the needle too low hence why it hurt so much(needles still freak me out... oh well). Having a beer did help.

Thanks for al your advice guys.

[CDNmuscle]

Sounds like yur on the road to hugeness.
Now the hard part getting the diet and training down .. ugh.

[anglekindle]

Originally Posted by CDNmuscle

Sounds like yur on the road to hugeness.
Now the hard part getting the diet and training down .. ugh.

Lol don't ya know it!



ugh training >.> why cant there be instant muscles....

[CDNmuscle]

Well my experience is that training is the easy part. It's the diet/nutition/rest takes all the planing.
Peace

[anglekindle]

Well I guess this thread is useless now. Thanks again everyone.