Ventrogluteal spot...blood...lymph nodes..

[SuperStrong]

This is the second time I've drew blood from that spot when aspirating. I use a 1.5" needle, and I feel like I am hitting the exact right spot, and I attached the picture of the directions that I am following to hit the ventro spot. I thought ventroglute (side hip) has the least amount of veins and blood vessels to hit just like dorso glute (upper corner glute).

Also, are there any lymph nodes on the ventrogluteal area? Comparing the inner thighs which I remember hearing are full of lymph nodes, the feeling of something like "muscle fibers" vs. "smooth muscle" as compared to the outer thigh. Well, as I get closer to the hip towards the illiac crest I feel more of that "muscle fiber" feeling and kind of feel like there might be lymph nodes in that area that you can risk hitting with ventro, what other things to watch out for in the ventro spot.

If anyone can provide any insight please do, thanks brothas.

SS

 

[TheSVPdeal]

You're probably knicking veins while aspirating. Not necessary.

 

[the small soldier]

where exactly are you in injecting?

 

[SuperStrong]

following the instructions on the image above. I find the bony potrusion of my hip / end of illiac crest then imagine a horizontal line... then I find where the greater trochanter would be and draw a vertical line up (the greater trochanter seems about centerd anyway, so drawing a vertical line up and down the center of the side of your leg seems about right), and then where the horizontal and vertical line intersects is where I inject, as per the image attachment instructions. But seem to draw blood every now and then when aspirating but thought it would be less blood vessels in that area.

Also, what about that texture I was talking about the closer forward towards the hip I get. I was describing it to a "muscle fiber" feeling comparable to the inner thigh. I found the word to use would be "striations" and I can feel the muscle striations in that area and so I'm wondering if that is an area where lymph nodes are at (the closer forward towards the end of the illiac crest), and I heard you don't want to hit a lymph node and that's why you don't inject into inner thigh where there's lots of them.