#intramuscular shot

[uncanny-tranny]

One tip I learned as a young kid that I use now for my IM injections is to relax the muscle I'm injecting into make it as painless as possible. The idea behind this is that when your muscles are less tense (i.e., when it is relaxed), the needle will have an easier time penetrating into it to administer medicine.

Here's how I, personally, relax my muscles for injection:

Put on music or a YouTube video that piques my interest

Make sure I am focused on exactly what I'm doing to ease my anxiety; basically, being intentional and mindful

Sit myself down since I inject into the thigh, then slightly position my foot further than I normally would when I sit

Jiggle my thigh a bit before prepping it with an alcohol wipe (I don't know why, but this helps me so much)

Take a deep breath before injection, making sure the injection needle is at a 90° angle

Look away! (helps because I have very shaky hands that get worse when I look at what Im doing. Do check on your progress as you push the plunger down, but I find I don't have to look to know now)

This will be different than if you do SQ injections, so this is geared toward folks who are doing IM. These tips are things I find, personally, to be helpful, and so I implore anybody reading to realistically explore if it would work for yourself.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #trans advice #intramuscular injections #needle tw #needle mention tw #injection tw #i know many people now are realizing that SQ injections are often superior and now people warn against IM but i like IM better personally #so this isn't a post about if IM is inferior or superior so please don't discourse about that on this post #let trans people do whatever method that they want to do - like i genuinely like doing IM injections and i don't want to defend that y'know #i just want to make this post so that others can think about how to make it easier for them #i remember reading this in a magazine for people getting flu shots and i never forgot it for some reason

[twochildreninamoteldemo]

this is what intramuscular is like

#i might be high but this might be the best thing i've ever made screw my fic screw my vids #transsexual #sam winchester #trans sam winchester #intramuscular t #t shot #supernatural #spn #spn meme #trans memes

[wastelandsghoul]

can i please catch a break 😭 got my flu shot two days ago and the spot is a red strip the length of my pinky and abt as wide and the muscle underneath is swollen/hot to the touch and tender

#like. mom said we shld call the doc bc that isn't normal/usual even though it IS an intramuscular shot but yeah. #uhhhh any other med brains if you have some thoughts pls share #.txt

[mousegirl-cheerleader]

I've now had a needle in my ass

#first intramuscular estradiol shot

[transqu33r]

Jdjsndjdksjjdidjdjdjjdjfjdjfj THEY UPPED MY DOSE TO A FULL AMPULE AAAAAAAAHHHHHH

#testosterone #tboy #t boy #trans #transgender #transmasc #enby #nonbinary #nb #transition #medical transition #hrt #t shot #intramuscular #personal #theres just a voice always nagging me abt why do i tag things and then tag them as personal and i wanna clarify #to myself mostly #that i put the personal tag on to more easily find things on my blog for my own future reference #thank u and a good day #also ive been on half an ampule up until now which is 3 months so im very excited to see changes come on more rapidly

[xxzapvanityxx]

today i have ordered all the needles and syringes and alcohol pads i will need. and tomorrow i will be able to put my money forward for my order of testosterone.... and then its just a matter of waiting. waiting for it to get here and start...

#wyatt says #im going to have to do intramuscular injections aka apparently the ones like flu shots my mommy said #which SUCKS i hate getting shots but its not too bad to where i just wont be able to. and itll be once a week so.. #i think ill live #esp since my mom said she would def help w the injection part of it all if i cant do it by myself. which is nice #pretty excited guys. this is huge. so close to s #sorry oops. so close to the beginning of it all... seeing where it takes me...

[viulus]

How do you think Kim Kitsuragi does his t shot

#vu's posts #disco elysium #not me coming in with the trans man kim agenda... because he is <3 #anyways. i personally see him as the type who'd do subcutaneous in the stomach yknow #either that or intramuscular in the back of the hips(?) #(i guess it's called the glutes. i didn't get much sleep last night so leave me alone lol) #glute injections are harder to do on yourself but i can see him pulling it off somehow #also kim seems like the kind of guy who would NOT be bothered by shots. like at all #hell he does a full on autopsy on a week-old corpse and doesn't freak out about it. he mostly hates the smell #anyways i've been thinking about this a lot 😂 this hc is very important to me #also sound off in the notes about your thoughts on this

[nedsseveredhead]

I was on testosterone for a bit and I did subcutaneous injections into my belly fat. I always just went in and got it over and done with as fast as possible. I found it was worse if I hesitated and built it up.

I have to do it in my leg cause i can not get the angle right into my tummy asdfg honestly everything ive read is just 'get it over with' and realistically i know im making it so much worse by hesitating. and yet. and yet.

#YOU KNOW WHAT SUCKS IS #i had a system down for awhile after i moved to ohio #and was really good at it #and this was with intramuscular shots! like i was just stabbin and goin #but then all of a sudden i got super psyched out about them??? outta nowhere? #like nothing happened i just stopped being able to instantly do them one day

[euos-the-cat]

Oh shit I think I have a blood draw tomorrow

#euos says #you guys do not understand this is the worst of my needle fear #I can mostly handle intramuscular shots now #but NEEDLES IN MY VEIN?? #actually have trauma from that omfg

[pretty-little-martyr]

can't do my fucking shot properly I may as well kill myself

#fuck intramuscular shots actually this is insane #and of course the clinic is fucking closed and doesnt have a voicemail. of course

[jedusaur]

reminder: if you're getting an intramuscular injection (e.g. a covid booster or flu shot) and you're above 200 lbs with estrogen-based body fat distribution or 260 lbs with testosterone-based body fat distribution, you should be requesting a 1.5-inch/38mm needle. you might want to print out this sheet and bring it with you, because I have had pharmacy employees blithely tell me the 1-inch needle is fine for everyone, and I find a clear directive from the CDC just makes life a little easier.

[beaft]

after recently gaining access to my medical records, i am mystified to discover that instead of recording my regular t-shot as "sustanon injection, intramuscular" (as is standard), the doctor i saw last week chose to record it as "problem: gender. history: ongoing."

#i continue to suffer from the dreadful disease known as Gender #and it's incurable #be shh now #containment breach

[frankencanon]

i have just been shot in the arm twice (flu shot & covid booster) 👍 ow

#also ngl i'm gonna use this as an experiment #it's been forever since i've got a shot professionally done and an intramuscular shot at that #i wanna track the side effects/healing process to make sure i'm not doing anything wrong with my t-shots #i wanna see how much pain/swelling/redness is normal 👍

[captainsamuelmorrigan]

PSA for trans people, trans mascs and fems, and enbies & intersex folks on T or E injections (or injections in general):

Your injections should AT WORST feel like a hard pinch if you hit a vein on accident. It should NOT sting the whole time, itch, be tender for more than a day, and should not cause significant bruising. (Edit!: This is the weekly injections, the monthly or longer lasting injections are sore for a while because the liquid is THICC.)

I was not told this when I started, and missed that I was allergic to my shots for the first 2 months I was on T. There is more than one type of carrier oil, and the type of T they prescribe most often is more likely to have allergic reactions (cypionate with cottonseed oil). You should not have to suffer more just to get your gender juice. You can also gain allergies over time, so if you start experiencing these symptoms, check in with your doctor!

(Another Edit: PLEASE talk to your doctor before assuming stuff, I'm just a guy on the internet trying to make sure that y'all have more info.)

Tips for less painful/irritated injections I've gotten from people (all anecdotal, again, check with your doc):

-Intramuscular injections are usually less likely to be irritated than subcutaneous ones.

-Lightly wiping down the needle you are going to inject with with some rubbing alcohol before injecting. (Make sure it dries)

-Rub VERY hard with your alcohol wipe before injecting to numb up the skin a little bit.

-Make sure to rub the vial between your hands to warm it before using the draw up needle. It makes the fluid less thick, so it’s less painful to inject.

(I'll add more if people share)

#trans #transgender #trans man #trans men #trans masc #trans male #nonbinary #demiboy #testosterone #T injection #T #testosterone injection

[lipstickluchador]

ow. ouch. ow. <-- fucked up their T shot.

#sometimes I get it right and sometimes I don't #intramuscular shots btw

[trans-girl-nausicaa]

i'm currently on estradiol patches and i kinda want to switch over to injections. between subcutaneous or intramuscular injections, which would be less painful and less fiddly?

I have to admit I do not actually have personal experience with injections! I have only been doing sublingual tablets for my whole transition

I do know that subcutaneous injection is theoretically less painful as it goes less deep, with intramuscular injection you are likely to experience basically the same type of localized soreness that you get from getting a flu shot or other intramuscular injections of vaccines.

Does anyone out there have input on this for anon?

#medical transition #transgender #trans feminine