1st cycle (Test Cyp) Failed first shot?

[Rattlehead]

Hey guys, sorry to bug you. This is my first cycle, I'm doing 2 ml/per week @ 250mg/ml of testosterone cypionate for 8 weeks and 40 mg ed of liquid dianabol for 4 weeks, which is irrelevant.

I did my first shot on tuesday, mid afternoon. I shot 2 ml into my left deltoid with a 23 gauge 1 inch needle. It was pretty sore and hard that entire evening. The next day I woke up, it was abit more sore, but not swelling or redness. Yesterday when I woke up, it was pretty swollen, my delt has a light redish hue to it. There's absolutely nothing around the injection site, I google imaged and my arm looks nothing like some of those nasty infections.

I would have figured it being friday morning, 3 days since the injection, it would have been gone by now? The pain isn't unbearable but it was enough to take the day off work today. All I have worked since tuesday was legs wednesday night. Even the BB sitting on my traps for back squats irritated it. This is frustrating because I only hit the gym twice in my first week on cycle.

I'm planning on waiting until monday, if the swelling goes down in my shoulder, I will shoot into my glute. Maybe the volume was too much for my delts, their not that big. If I get a swollen ass, I'm either going to order some sterile oil to mix it with, or toss the gear.

Any ideas? I've been popping advils and putting some icy heat gel on my shoulder and using a heating pad. Seems to be doing alright I guess. Thanks in advanced.

 

[OLYMPIAN]

First shot woes.

That was a lot of gear, and youre a newbie.

You are gonna be sore as hell no matter where you pin since its all "virgin" muscle.

Take some ibprofuen and apply some light heat and gently massage. The pain will dissapate with each subsequent shot.

 

[Rattlehead]

First shot woes.

That was a lot of gear, and youre a newbie.

You are gonna be sore as hell no matter where you pin since its all "virgin" muscle.

Take some ibprofuen and apply some light heat and gently massage. The pain will dissapate with each subsequent shot.

For next weeks shot, if I break it down into two shots, 1 ml per, and shoot both glutes, will that help get used to the oil being in the muscle? Or should I break the shots up 2 per week?

Thanks alot for the reply.

 

[MightyMouse9999]

So 2ml = 500mg x2 is equal to 1g a week. This is your first cycle and your running 1g a week? IMO you're running too much gear for a first time cycle. Stick with 1ml/1cc x twice a week for 500mg and see how you score.

 

[Husseing Mccock]

The glute being a larger muscle will easily handle injections. While it may have an equal reaction to the compound because the muscle is bigger it will not hurt you as bad. It is lots easier to have a sore place on your ass cheek than it is to have your entire shoulder inflamed.

 

[Husseing Mccock]

Listen to Mighty Mouse on your dosage too. You need to roll your dosage back some. My first time around I only ran 500mg of test a week and I gained 15 pounds that I kept. I put on right at 19.

 

[Rattlehead]

So 2ml = 500mg x2 is equal to 1g a week. This is your first cycle and your running 1g a week? IMO you're running too much gear for a first time cycle. Stick with 1ml/1cc x twice a week for 500mg and see how you score.

I'm not running 1 g a week. The gear I'm using contains 250mg/ml. I'm injecting 2 ml per week. I was asking if it was smart to break the shots up twice per week, so I'd be shooting 1 ml twice per week. Where do you recommend injecting for the least pain?

The glute being a larger muscle will easily handle injections. While it may have an equal reaction to the compound because the muscle is bigger it will not hurt you as bad. It is lots easier to have a sore place on your ass cheek than it is to have your entire shoulder inflamed.

Listen to Mighty Mouse on your dosage too. You need to roll your dosage back some. My first time around I only ran 500mg of test a week and I gained 15 pounds that I kept. I put on right at 19.

Read above. Should I be injecting on different days? Or can I just fill two needles with 1 ml each, and inject into either glute. Thanks alot guys.

 

[MightyMouse9999]

Yes, split them up. Stick to the Mon/Thur protocol - 1cc Mon, 1cc Thur for more stable blood levels. Sorry, I skimmed your post and thought u were pinning 2ml x twice a wk = 1g. I like pinning the quads - easy to see and a large muscle. Go to spotinjections.com and see the different pinning sites.

 

[ScottyB28]

MightyMouse is right. Split them up, 1ml on Monday and 1ml on Thursday.

 

[Rattlehead]

Thanks alot guys. My shoulders still abit swollen and red. But the pain is slowly diminishing. I'm looking forward to a better week next week, dumb error. I'll rest up over the weekend, keeping my protein and cal intake high, and hit the gym hard monday.

 

[Truushot]

Try to keep the gear a little warm (roll it in your hand) before you pin it. Also don't put the gear in too fast as this will stretch the fascia inside the muscle and lead to irritation. This works good for me. I shoot 2 ML in my delts in 1 pin every 5 days. It ust takes a lil getting used to is all. I leave the pin in there a bit after the gear is in to make sure it does not, not get absorbed.

 

[theboneman]

First shot woes.

That was a lot of gear, and youre a newbie.

You are gonna be sore as hell no matter where you pin since its all "virgin" muscle.

Take some ibprofuen and apply some light heat and gently massage. The pain will dissapate with each subsequent shot.

all ok, put muscle rub on it. its just sore, and save 4 when it kicks in, lower that dose for 4 weeks, then go up, ....bones......

 

[Rattlehead]

Should I head to the ER tonight guys? My delt, bi and tri are swollen a red, warm to the touch. It's been 4 days since the injection.

There is NOTHING around the injection site, I din't get it, I thought it it was an abscess a cyst would have formed. Maybe its a minor infection? I can feel my forearm and hand getting "puffy". Should I just go in to be safe, get some antibiotics?

I live in canada, as far as I know steroids are treated as Schedule IV drugs. Should I tell the doc the truth, or tell him I got a vaccine shot or a b 12 shot?

Thanks guys. This damn arm is pissing me off. Also, theres no rubber stopper on my test. My source sent the test in a shave bottle to get by customs, so could it be the gear?

 

[surfdog]

I get red and sore everytime I pin my quads, sometimes I get swollen knot away from injection, doesn't matter what gear I use same shit happens! Sometimes just have to deal with it, virgin injection site, too much gear maybe. Don't freak out yet, keep an eye on it and if it gets worse go! But usually goes away in 4-7 days

I just saw the last part about not being in a sterile vial, I would not pin that! Maybe filter it and put it into a sterile vial first

 

[Rattlehead]

Okay so I'm checking out whatman, what type of filter should I use? What do I do about my shot monday if the filter and vial isn't here by then?

I feel like a complete noob asking these questions, sorry fellas.

 

[surfdog]

.45 might want to heat it and put it back in a sterile vial after filtering it

 

[Rattlehead]

Update. I posted this in my other thread aswell.

Just got back from the er. Doc says theres no infection. So here's my guess, and I have limited knowledge so correct me if I'm wrong. I must have hit a vein, doc said the swelling is most likely blood filling my arm. Which sound about right, since my forearm, hand, and upper arm have pressure, like the kind you get in your head when hanging upside down.

I'm going to ice it this week, hopefully swelling goes down. I've been doing nothing but putting a heating pad on it, I'm not sure if that was counter productive. Regardless if my gear is sterile or not, I'm discontinuing use. I ordered from a new source, legit company, legit vial with rubber seal.

I'll keep this gear, if I ever get around to it I'm going to boil it, filter it and put it in a sterile vial. Not sure if 14 cc is worth it though, probably would lose quite a few cc in the process. Thanks for the replies guys.

Thanks for the replies guys, any further advice would be very much appreciated.

 

[surfdog]

no need to boil, just bake at 250 for 30 min, but might not be worth the trouble, and then filter
but split ur shots up next time, 1cc mon/thur