Did I go through a tendon? (Injection)
Hey, today I did my 2nd injection. The first time it went straight in, tiny tiny speck of blood after, no pain at all. Tight stiffness in thigh the couple days after. Today, when I was injecting I felt a kind of resistance, like as I was pushing the needle in (about 3/4s an inch in and another time maybe an inch in) as if there was some kind of really thing plastic or something in my thigh. When I pulled out there was a bit more blood, I got a little bit warm and a tiny bit dizzy, but not much. The only thing that was really somewhat bad was a ringing in my ears for a few minutes, I figured I went through a vein or something (I aspirated, got bubbles) and that's what it was so I went and laid down till it was gone. Right now I kinda feel an awkward feeling deep in the muscle under where I injected, not a tightness in the muscle but it feels like its in something else, I think it maybe a tendon. Any opinions?
Sorry for the long post btw
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Sometimes you just flinch cuz sometime it hurts more than others. I pin quads, ass an delts all the time and i HATE let me say again i HATE needles but i look forward to pinning every morning. I just gently slam it in there so you can get through the skin easier and finish pushing it in and i can honestly say i feel almost 0 pain no matter where i inject and i used to hate it before when i used to place it on the skin an push. Just my experience.
3rd injection on right quad successful, no pain and actually there was literally no blood, when i went to wipe it with the alcohol swap i could barely even find the injection site cause there was no blood. Whatever, thanks for all the advice bros. No ringing or being faint this time. Though I have to say the actual injection doesn't get any easier from my experience lol
Thanks bro's, everything went well with that one, however I'm currently doing my third injection, i decided to try my left thigh this time cause my last two were in my right one. After just going in a little ways on the left one i suddenly twitched and it tensed up real fast and felt weird, so I'm pretty sure I actually did hit a nerve or something that time. Gonna try again in my right one cause that scared the piss out of me
Sounds like your needle shy, you'll get over it, I've actually passed out before lol but now its just like an every day thing
UFOLOL..passed out like mid inject?? I've def gotten such an adrenaline rush I had to lay down on the floor, but never full on passed out. I dont know why but that makes me laugh hard as shit. My girl would have a fuckin heart attack, passed out face down big ol pin stickin outta my ass...lol oh man
holy shit thats my biggest fear!! fiance coming into the upstairs bathroom and seeing me facedown with a dart hanging out of my ass... jesus... so if you do hit a vein do you just wait out the sickness or do you need to call 911? i really think i'd rather die than have my girl find out that way! bwahahaha!!! yea honey im using juice... oh yea and i suck at it apparently...
as far as i know the effects from hitting a vein only last a few mins, and if you pass out i imagine it wouldn't be for much longer than a few mins either.
Sounds like a mild anxiety attack. Happens to me too. I have to take my shirt off and have a towel to wipe the cold sweat from my head that I instantly break out in ..sometimes. If your pinning quads you will know when you hit a nerve going in..your whole leg will most likely flinch or jump pretty hard, this has happened to me a couple times. I pulled pin back out, wiped it with alcohol, re-wiped quad with alcohol, then moved my pinning location slightly..no problems for me then.
tread-mNice points here...you wil go through veins all the time and once you get past the "head games" you will still on occasion get a little weird feeling and I attribute it to maybe you went through a vein and landed just outside it, as you inject and pull back out I think you could pull just a small amount of gear into the vein and have that sensation. Itws a very mild version of actually landing in one and wanting to pass out, skyrocket bp etc. I have talked to people who did just that . So this is another reason you run your pin in and hold its depth as you inject, you could have gone through a vein and be just an 1/8th of an inch outside it and not paying attention back that pin up a bit without realizing it and back it right back into the vein. Have a buddy here I suspect did that last week and extreme panic and the world spinning was better by the time the ambulance arrived. So yes, its probably just in your head and nothing to worry about but pay attention. I've been doing this so long I catch myself not paying attention and having a pin backed out a quarter inch or almost forgetting to swab just rushing through it. Clean and safe, aspirate and watch your pin, you'll be safe and fine. You will tag a big nerve etc, theses things happen, I tagged a nice ass nerve last night flinched hard . Made the mistake of popping right after a delt workout a couple weeks ago and as I went in arm flinched hard being too full and as I went to inject it literally spit the pin out of my arm! Lol. My bad I knew better than to hit full but again, you get to where you have no worries about this and begin to get to relaxed if thats possible and that can cause issue. Another guy I know never aspirates, just has no fear of it and has paid for it a couple times ending up on the floor, STILL WON'T ASPIRATE. You're doing fine brother, relax and enjoy the cycle knowing some pins will be smoother than others thats life whether you do it or a doc does it.
Lmfao, your delt spit the pin out? That's the first time I heard something like that. You must have had a hella pump going on. I use 1.5" pin to be on the safe side of clearing veins. Make sure your pinni.g the outer quad. Like tread said you'll get a little too relaxed after pinning so long without problems that you can become complacent.
AnonThink you just let it get to your head too much bro. The warm, dizzy, ringing in your ears is you getting faint. The resistance is normal, I almost always have it at some layer as the needle goes in when doing quads, just muscle tissue. You dont have any tendons in you thighs unless you get down by your knee. As for hitting a vein, that is common but usually you'll know it when you do. The couple times it's happened to me I didnt know it till after I pulled the needle out cuz I blew thru the vein and so when I aspirated I got air bubbles. But when I pulled out it was an in instant squirt of blood then a fast ooze and it was quite a bit of blood (talking as much as a heavy nose bleed). Also it instantly bubbled up (that is your body's reaction to stop the bleeding and close the vein), making a ball about the size of a marble for about a minute or two. You'll also having some bruising (blood that leaked out in the surrounding tissue). Other then that though you'll be fine. No worries, just part of the process.
UFOX2 Good post...warm dizzy is just your adrenaline bro, after 2 years I still sweat my nuts off and get a rush. If it was anything serious like a vein or nerve, like serpent said you would know.