wranedrops
Explorer
Just received my first pen, and I figured since I already inject this often, why not give GLOW a shot in the pen? That way I could finally attempt injecting my own arm. I saw a video of a guy doing it - he bent his elbow upward so the back of his arm faced forward near his head, then jabbed himself with the pen while chatting to the camera. I looked for other guides on self-injecting your arm, but couldn't find any that actually demonstrate it. So I reconstituted with extra BAC water to reduce the sting. 70mg/5ml - I also filtered it. First dose went into the glute with a regular needle. Second dose used the pen. Neither caused any ISR at all (I'd just finished a round of KLOW and had felt every stinging and bruising ISR in thighs, belly, and glute/lovehandle). So on the 3rd dose I finally worked up the nerve to try the back of the arm like the guy in the video.
Found a spot thick enough to make sure I'd be in a fat layer in that position, wiped it with alcohol, let it dry, and left the pen out for about 15 min or so. Then I just copied what I think the guy did. Felt a bit clumsy but no sting, just tricky to hold the position and stay still while keeping the pen in place for ten seconds. Voila, I did it!!
Four hours later at work I begin to notice the spot. Then it seems to radiate up toward my armpit, but not crazy yet. I glance at it between clients (I do massage). Over the next few clients it ramps up. As hours pass, I feel it along the ulnar side of my forearm and even more pain up in my armpit. I got more worried. Are there red streaks? Do I need the ER? Can I just take some Doxy when I get home? Did I miss the area I swabbed? Don't my axillary lymph nodes feel a bit warmer and swollen? Check the mirror between clients and it still looks fine, just slight redness and way fainter than my KLOW ISRs. I pinched the site, which did feel like a small lump, and shook it before my last client. By the end of the day the pain was gone.
Is that odd? I've had a delayed ISR after icing once (burned for hours before fading) and I've had lingering pain, but I've never had spreading/shooting pain with any of the others, even the worst bruising ones.
Found a spot thick enough to make sure I'd be in a fat layer in that position, wiped it with alcohol, let it dry, and left the pen out for about 15 min or so. Then I just copied what I think the guy did. Felt a bit clumsy but no sting, just tricky to hold the position and stay still while keeping the pen in place for ten seconds. Voila, I did it!!
Four hours later at work I begin to notice the spot. Then it seems to radiate up toward my armpit, but not crazy yet. I glance at it between clients (I do massage). Over the next few clients it ramps up. As hours pass, I feel it along the ulnar side of my forearm and even more pain up in my armpit. I got more worried. Are there red streaks? Do I need the ER? Can I just take some Doxy when I get home? Did I miss the area I swabbed? Don't my axillary lymph nodes feel a bit warmer and swollen? Check the mirror between clients and it still looks fine, just slight redness and way fainter than my KLOW ISRs. I pinched the site, which did feel like a small lump, and shook it before my last client. By the end of the day the pain was gone.
Is that odd? I've had a delayed ISR after icing once (burned for hours before fading) and I've had lingering pain, but I've never had spreading/shooting pain with any of the others, even the worst bruising ones.
Next time I'll definitely go with something less spicy.