Needle questions

[aGuyFromWinnipeg]

So your last part there about the Easy Touch... So you use the same needle to go into the vial and then right into the skin? Isn't that a "no-no"? I thought you always had to change the pin? Like one to draw, one to inject?

No, not at all. They only suggest a bigger needle for drawing because it's really hard to draw up through a 29/30g needle (easier to push). Then swap to a thinner gauge to inject. The Easy Touch are 31g 1/2" insulin needles, and the needle doesn't even come off the plunger. They're ridiculously thin and they bend and dull easily. I don't use them for anything oil-based, just water-based sub q things, although I'm sure some have used them for thinner oils. I strongly prefer to swap from a 20g drawing needle and use 25 to 30g to inject.

 

[gondar1]

wtf is a candle wax warmer

Basically the same thing as the electric heating pad I use but with added ghey.

On the serious side, that is a slightly tidier option than I use however a heating pad lying about at home raises less eyebrows than a wax warmer would in my wife less abode

 

[JTF84]

Can't do anything above a 25g. Waiting around to plunge a barrel with a high gauge is not worth the slightly less sting. Plus the longer you hold a syringe more likely to cause scar tissue from it moving around in you while injecting

 

[Smashedd]

Nope, 27g -31g used for IM, shallow IM and sub Q.

I did this for a year with 30 gauge…was working great; however I randomly started having estrogen issues.
Do you find you need to watch your estrogen when doing shallow/sq?
I switched back to IM and me estrogen is much more controlled and predictable now, might go back to the 30 in a few weeks


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[ABMonkey]

I did this for a year with 30 gauge…was working great; however I randomly started having estrogen issues.
Do you find you need to watch your estrogen when doing shallow/sq?
I switched back to IM and me estrogen is much more controlled and predictable now, might go back to the 30 in a few weeks


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Nope, no difference. My estrogen is actually lower as I pin more often. I pin EOD.

How regularly are you pinning?

 

[Smashedd]

Nope, no difference. My estrogen is actually lower as I pin more often. I pin EOD.

How regularly are you pinning?

Mon Thursday 0.5 each


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[superbeast]

BD sharps suck but their barrels are better.

I actually use easy touch 1cc leur locks at the moment with 31g terumo pins.

No shit.
I bought a big box of BD 25ga assemblies a while ago and used one this morning. It was actually putting a dent in my shoulder before breaking through the skin. Sure woke me up though.

 

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