#subcutaneous injections

[sensible-tips]

Quick Tips for Injections

According to Stealth Bros & Co, provider of luxury medical storage options for transmasculine folks, “...going slow isn’t the answer [to a painless injection]. To reduce pain inject fast at a 90 degree angle for IM [injections] and a 45 degree angle for SubQ”

I like to say “quick jab ain’t that bad; slow poke ain’t a joke”

[pretty-little-martyr]

are there any other rail-thin-ass transmascs out there who struggle with subcutaneous shots. I dont fucking have enough body fat and the fat I Do have has redistributed to a thinner covering over harder to reach areas and I cant fucking do my shots any more. do any of you have advice. "gain more weight" is not viable for me due to health and circumstance (believe me I've FUCKING tried)

[icepixie]

Uuuuugh, I hate the auto-injectors most biologics use these days. I just gave myself my first dose of Dupixent, and despite following the directions exactly I lost a good chunk of it because the auto-injector didn't work. Is this just catering to the needlephobes or is there some medical reason these are so popular? I would vastly prefer a syringe or a combo thing where the needle is out in the open and you can put it in at your speed, then press the button to inject, a la Ozempic. Not only is it less prone to error, it's much less painful. Who likes having the needle shot into their skin at a million miles an hour??

Anyway. My expectations for this are somewhere south of hell, given how spectacularly everything else we've tried has failed, but I suppose at least this is coming at the sinus problem from a new angle. Apparently this particular biologic is also used for eczema, so maybe as a bonus it will fix the random rashes that have popped up with greater and lesser regularity since I was a child. They don't really look like eczema, but they do go away when I'm on steroids, so I assume it's an immune thing.

Oh, and last time I saw him, my ENT said that if my ear doesn't unplug, then he could put a tube in my eardrum, and it would help some... He seemed less than enthusiastic, but I'm enthusiastic. I want to hear things on my right side, dammit.

[danielledelayed]

domming an adorable secretary, call that subcutaneous administration

[mossistyping]

looking up "crying after subcutaneous injection" because I just did mine and yeah it can give me brain fog but right now I'm overwhelmed and just want to cry for no reason??

anyway all the results are about pets injection so. no luck

[xn--ko8h]

needle fear one of my main weaknesses tbh

[crowleystolemyshoes]

lovely humans on t injections, do you do them into muscle or subcutaneously? if you've tried both, did you notice much of a difference?

[swarnpert]

hey out of concern and curiosity (& if this isn’t smth u feel comfortable answering pls ignore me) how were u doing ur t-shot wrong?? Are you okay???

oh yeah i'm fine. mostly just i've been doing my shot like right in my buttcheek instead of more on the side of my butt because i'm super grossed out by needles going into people so i couldn't bear to see it. also using the same needle to draw and inject (the doctor who originally prescribed me hormones was just an endocrinologist instead of a physician who worked with/specialized in hormones for trans people). also didn't know the proper way to draw the hormones (i did make sure there were no air bubbles, wasn't being that stupid). i also didn't know you were supposed to disinfect the vial either! but yknow it still worked for me so i didn't question it for like 5 years

[viulus]

How do you think Kim Kitsuragi does his t shot

[johndonneswife]

☹️ my poor little baby

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[squareofshape]

"what are your anxiety levels like" when i experience less discomfort than i expected from something, i frantically scour the internet to see if that means there's something wrong with me

[madanimalscientist]

Been on T for almost two years, of which higher dose/injectable T for about a year and a half of that, and it is -amazing- (I am also on estrogen blockers, but at a low dose)

My migraines are so much better, my joint pain and overall pain levels are better....I used to sublux stuff all the time or fuck up my joints doing stuff like getting up from a chair weird. I have subluxed something lately but that's bc I got a sinus bug and 'cough so hard you sublux joints' is still a thing. But I feel SO MUCH BETTER.

Like yeah I can't do some of my old party tricks/weird bendy shit and when I was out dancing I got reminded that just because I -can- drop it down that low does not mean I necessarily -should- but fuck that is a trade I am willing to make.

Right now I feel like I'm trapped in the awkward bit of second puberty (weird voice changes, acne like whoa, cannot grow facial hair except patchy scruff, etc etc) so I cannot wait to see how things get as I am on T longer but from a managing EDS standpoint? Holy shit, it's been great.

Do you know if there's any links between chronic pain and hrt [testosterone] usage?

My chronic pain seems to get much better when I use testosterone reliably/regularly which fascinates me because I can't think of a reason it should be doing that. Have been wondering if I just got lucky or if it's part of a broader pattern :0

[No pressure to answer this if you don't want to! 👍]

Hmmmmmm I don't know! @grison-in-space, if you have time, do you have ideas? I know you know stuff.

[boysnberriespie]

Took my first dose of T today!!

Genuinely thought I would hate injecting myself, but I didn’t feel that shit one bit 😭 the only problem is that my eyes are a little bad so I didn’t realize it was all injected for a moment

[vettelcore]

2nd day of class and we're already helping during surgeries lmaooooo

[captainsamuelmorrigan]

PSA for trans people, trans mascs and fems, and enbies & intersex folks on T or E injections (or injections in general):

Your injections should AT WORST feel like a hard pinch if you hit a vein on accident. It should NOT sting the whole time, itch, be tender for more than a day, and should not cause significant bruising. (Edit!: This is the weekly injections, the monthly or longer lasting injections are sore for a while because the liquid is THICC.)

I was not told this when I started, and missed that I was allergic to my shots for the first 2 months I was on T. There is more than one type of carrier oil, and the type of T they prescribe most often is more likely to have allergic reactions (cypionate with cottonseed oil). You should not have to suffer more just to get your gender juice. You can also gain allergies over time, so if you start experiencing these symptoms, check in with your doctor!

(Another Edit: PLEASE talk to your doctor before assuming stuff, I'm just a guy on the internet trying to make sure that y'all have more info.)

Tips for less painful/irritated injections I've gotten from people (all anecdotal, again, check with your doc):

-Intramuscular injections are usually less likely to be irritated than subcutaneous ones.

-Rub VERY hard with your alcohol wipe before injecting to numb up the skin a little bit.

-Make sure to rub the vial between your hands to warm it before using the draw up needle. It makes the fluid less thick, so it’s less painful to inject.

(I'll add more if people share)