I sur(ule)vived my first E injection
2026-05-18 10:05 UTC
Replies (6)
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@craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 2026-05-18 10:53
Oh I feel you, pandemic vaccine time was pure horror for me. Congrats!
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@gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-18 11:36
i still have to renew a vaccine this year and i’ve been postponing it for years because i’m afraid of needles :'/
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@Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf 2026-05-18 16:36
These damn democrats are turning the cats trans!! (congrats)
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@isleepinahammock@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-18 18:07
For needle anxiety, there are two things you could try. First, an autoinjector can help. These are basically little spring loaded devices that turn your regular syringe into something more like an epipen, where it just quickly forces the needle in before you can even feel it. Plus it creates a bit of disconnect which can help. Second, try an ice pack! It’s such a simple thing, but it helps me immensely with pain. Just a few ice cubes in a plastic bag, numb the injection site immediately before injection. Also, if you want to practice injections to try and get passed your anxiety, there’s a way to do it without using your actual E vials. You can order biostatic water. This is literally just sterilized water with a little bit of preservative in it. It has no active ingredients. It’s usually used for reconstituting dried peptides, but it would work just as well for injection practice.
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@Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-18 16:55
Question for everyone, what gauge needle do you use?
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@Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world 2026-05-18 12:57
I just shut off the part of my brain that would have a problem with it and go into cognitive autopilot. Although I think my autopilot’s technique might be off because I keep getting hard red patches. They go eventually.