yet another "ouch my ass hurts" thread

[chadc]

2 weeks ago I started my first cycle. I think I botched my first injection, everything went well, showered, sat on the tub, swabbed the injection area, held the skin tight, poked, turned my head and buried that mean lookin thing(23gX1.5") into my right glute.

When I turned my head back around to take a peek I think my nerves got me cause I jerked my foot a little which caused the muscle to contract with the needle in me and it gave me a weird sensation, realizing what I did I quickly relaxed my muscle again.

In the heat of the moment I forgot to aspirate and started pushing slowly on the plunger and watched 250mg of GTP test-e make it's way into my glute. I then withdrew, put a swab on the injection site and massaged the injection area for a good 20 mins or so, there was no blood to be seen except for a small drop inside the syringe. Later in the day it felt like I had a kink in my ass cheek, but the next two days were hell, felt like I got beat with a baseball bat on my ass/hip.

By the time Thursday rolled around and it was time for the next injection I was still walkin around lookin like I had a stick up my ass so I couldn't bring myself to shoot my other glute.

My cycle consists of week 1-6 25mg/dbol ED, week 1-10 500mg/test-e but I quit after what I think was a first injection gone wrong but kept taking the dbol up until thursday when I realized I didn't have the nuts to stick myself again because I didn't have a wheelchair kicking around to transport myself, I doubt I'd have been able to walk at all after injecting my left glute.

I kept a close eye, seen no noticeable swelling, redness, or heat around the injection site, but my whole ass cheek and hip being sore made it almost impossible to put weight on the leg for about 4 days, then on the 5th day the pain subsided for the most part, and a few more days after that and I had forgotten I ever stuck myself.

I think I've finally built up the guts to give it another go but I'd like to know where I went wrong, if I had to guess I'd say it was tensing my muscle with a 1.5" needle stuck in it. Perhaps I'm just a pussy? How much pain is normal? Or will my next injection not be as bad. I know they say practice makes perfect but I can't imagine going through that kind of pain for every injection, so I'm hoping someone will say "that's what you get for being a dumbass and tensing up your glute while you're injecting" and it'll put my worries aside.

Any input is appreciated, this board is a wealth of information, Thanks in advance

 

[donsj]

Sounds like you hit your sciatic nerve or very near it and the bolus of oil caused an irritation. You gotta watch what you are doin' when you inject. Don't close your eyes etc. Try your quads or delts next time. Delts are great. Always aspirate, do the research and you will do fine. Good luck.

 

[Raffaz]

Are you injecting in the correct place? The way i got told(and ive never had any probs) is to quarter ya arse cheek, goto upper outer quarter, then quarter that, goto upper outer and jab there, should be a few inches below the hip area.If your doing that right, then you could try warming the oil under the tap, also make sure you inject slowly, like 1-2 mins per ml. If none of this works then your just gonna have to grin and bear it, it does seem to get less painful the more you do it though.

Mick

 

[chadc]

Yes, I did hit the upper outer quandrant, from what I've read it sounds like the sciatic nerve would be hard to hit when sitting, I did look at quite a few pictures and diagrams to make sure I wouldn't be injecting anywhere near that nerve as it doesn't sound like fun. I'm pretty sure I hit a good place.

I didn't just close my eyes and poke, I aimed and made the first poke then turned my head a little while I continued to bury the needle.

Raffaz, from your post it sounds like that's about the area I injected. However perhaps injecting slower may help, not sure, but I'd say I injected the 1cc in about 15 seconds, I didn't push hard but it seemed to want to go easily, I did warm it up some but didn't seem overly thick to begin with.

 

[shawnerk]

give it a go again bro- you can do it man. make sure it's several days a way from leg day if that will help. like shoot on friday and your leg day is tues or wedn. and yes, it may hurt for 2, 3, 4, days. try not to move your needle around, aspirate a little, push slow, dont tense up, it's all good. think about growing, and have fun with it. good luck

 

[Raffaz]

Yes, I did hit the upper outer quandrant, from what I've read it sounds like the sciatic nerve would be hard to hit when sitting, I did look at quite a few pictures and diagrams to make sure I wouldn't be injecting anywhere near that nerve as it doesn't sound like fun. I'm pretty sure I hit a good place.

I didn't just close my eyes and poke, I aimed and made the first poke then turned my head a little while I continued to bury the needle.

Im pretty sure that the siatic nerve runs down the inner glute, a few people have it running down middle, so if you hit outer i doubt it would be ya siatic, could have been another nerve though. Normally if your near a nerve you get a tingling feeling if the needle moves.

Mick

 

[chadc]

Thanks guys...

Some good advice here...

Raffaz, the "tingly" feeling you mentioned is exactly what I felt when I tensed, so perhaps I did hit a nerve of some type.

Perhaps for the next attempt I'll try hitting a little further up and out and see how it goes... perhaps shawnerk's advice would be good too.. cause I felt like a puss not being able to train legs as hard due to the injection pain

 

[Outtlaw]

You're using GTP gear... that shit is notorious for causing pain. Their prop literally crippled me for a week. I suggest you find something to mix that test with... at the very least some sterile oil.

 

[chadc]

You're using GTP gear... that shit is notorious for causing pain. Their prop literally crippled me for a week. I suggest you find something to mix that test with... at the very least some sterile oil.

When I was searching about injection pain on the site (while sitting on my left ass cheek, lol) I did come accross some info stating that some of the GTP gear was painful, their prop as you noted seemed to be the most notorious in the "this shit hurts like hell" threads but I didn't see much info on their test enanthate, perhaps I should look into mixing it if my next injection causes me the same grief, I don't know much about the subject at the moment.

 

[Outtlaw]

When I was searching about injection pain on the site (while sitting on my left ass cheek, lol) I did come accross some info stating that some of the GTP gear was painful, their prop as you noted seemed to be the most notorious in the "this shit hurts like hell" threads but I didn't see much info on their test enanthate, perhaps I should look into mixing it if my next injection causes me the same grief, I don't know much about the subject at the moment.

Im telling you from personal experience... I've used their prop, eq, and deca, and they all hurt like a bitch unless I mixed them. I'd expect the same from their enanthate as well.