Help Bros, I think I have an abscess in my shoulder.

ManOfMuscle

ManOfMuscle

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5 days ago (monday) I put 2 ccs into my left delt (first delt shot). I poked and about halfway in my muscle spazzed so i pulled out. A big drop of blood formed and trickled down my shoulder. I moved about a half inch over and poked again. This time it went in fine, I aspirated and injected. About 2/3 of the way through the injection there was some slight pain so I stopped for a few seconds and then started injecting again. Today I can feel a hardness in my shoulder that doesn't seem natural. It is an oblong patch about 2" x 3" around the area where I injected. The area is warm to the touch and looks like a light bruise is forming underneath. The warmth and color are hard to judge because I am also sunburned. My entire arm has swelled up from my shoulder to my tricep. Do you guys think it's an abscess? Is the gear I shot wasted? Should I just saw my arm off now?
 
I was just reading and I came across this "A hematoma is a punctured blood vessel that leaks out blood and swells up the whole general area." Perhaps I punctured a blood vessel on the way in?
 
Well it sounds like you need to see a doctor, the sooner the better. Expecially if its sweeled that bad
 
If there is any possible way to treat this myself I would like to take that option first. Going to the doctor is the last resort.
 
LiftTillIDie said:
I was just reading and I came across this "A hematoma is a punctured blood vessel that leaks out blood and swells up the whole general area." Perhaps I punctured a blood vessel on the way in?
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I've been missing that word. Thanks!

I got one of those several months ago. It disappeared a little more each day.
 
mranak said:
I've been missing that word. Thanks!

I got one of those several months ago. It disappeared a little more each day.
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A hematoma or what I have? Or do you think what I have is a hematoma? I was looking at the picture you posted of an abscess on that girl's tit and mine looks NOTHING like that so I feel a litte better.
 
you'll be fine.... Stop being a fag......jk bro... It happens alot.... If it gets worse then go to doc..... I always think I have an infection but after a few days all is well....
 
I don't wanna give you bad advice, espicially if it is serious, but I got the shit scared outta me and it ended up being nothing. I had this big lump in my ass, like a ball - it ended up just being the collected gear/maybe knot in my muscle. Anyways, it went away after a few days..

It's probably nothing big, just keep a close eye on it. The second you see it getting worse, i think you better go see a doc. Better safe than sorry man, you don't wanna end up like Valentino. As long as it doesn't get worse, don't worry.
 
Update: I got a ton of sleep last night and today things are looking better.The delt is a little softer and is starting to feel more like a normal muscle again. My arm is still very swollen and there is still quite a bit of pain. I can see a faint bruise forming at the very bottom of my medial delt. This leads me to believe that it may in fact have been a hematoma and my arm may just be filled with blood or water. Either way I think i'm going to be ok. I was really freaking out yesterday. I train upper body today so hopefully the pain doesnt stop me from lifting.
 
That has happened to me like 5 times, I am really good at hitting veins, wish I was good at avioding them also.
 
Golgo13 said:
That has happened to me like 5 times, I am really good at hitting veins, wish I was good at avioding them also.
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It just sucks at the beginning because I don't know what to expect. Looking on the bright side I'm glad to be going through this now so I know what to expect in the future if it happens again.
 
I will never ever put another cc in my delts. Dude ur fine, absesses are your bodies last ditch-effort to save your life in the case of a major infection. They take weeks to develop, and only happen when the person is SOOO stupid they dont seek medical attention through all the agonizing pain, fever/flu like symptoms and most of all the huge red swollen area that gets worse everyday.

In 5 days, id say it got swollen, mostly because you put a bunch of oil where it doesnt belong. In my experience it takes my body 8-9 days to heal from a "bad injection" . Thing get progressively better after day 4 or so. This way, I know that if day 5 was worse than day 2, its time for antibiotics. Ass cheeks and quads fellas, you cant go wrong.
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DougoeFre5h said:
I will never ever put another cc in my delts. Dude ur fine, absesses are your bodies last ditch-effort to save your life in the case of a major infection. They take weeks to develop, and only happen when the person is SOOO stupid they dont seek medical attention through all the agonizing pain, fever/flu like symptoms and most of all the huge red swollen area that gets worse everyday.

In 5 days, id say it got swollen, mostly because you put a bunch of oil where it doesnt belong. In my experience it takes my body 8-9 days to heal from a "bad injection" . Thing get progressively better after day 4 or so. This way, I know that if day 5 was worse than day 2, its time for antibiotics. Ass cheeks and quads fellas, you cant go wrong.
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This is some interesting info. Why do you consider delts inappropriate to inject into? And do you have any insight as to why the inject went "bad".
 
LiftTillIDie said:
This is some interesting info. Why do you consider delts inappropriate to inject into? And do you have any insight as to why the inject went "bad".
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I won't speak for DougoeFre5h (just this once) but here are possible reasons:

http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88387
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91017
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91814

And then there are supplemental reasons:
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90466
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80881
http://www.steroidology.com/forum/showthread.php?t=73357
et al.

Personally, I didn't do delt injections at first because there are a lot of places in the delts where you aren't really supposed to inject and I wasn't sure where the proper place was. Wife knows however and I let her give me a few injections in the delt until one went bad. No infection or anything, but it hurt. Not like a sore muscle ... like the needle went to far or something, which I doubt happened. No real problems though.

I'm just so happy with the vastus lateralis (thighs) although I do suck at glute injections (but I do them anyway).
 
Thanks for pulling up all of those threads Mranak. Basically what I'm taking from this is that it's very easy to fuck up a delt shot and a lot of people end with wierd problems afterward. I really don't need to inject anywhere except my quads up until the 12th week of the cycle when I will be injection eod. I guess maybe i'll have to order some 1.5" pins and shoot glutes and quads at that time.

Also you do realise you referenced this thread in this thread? LOL
 
I love hitting delts and of all the injection spots its my second favorite after glutes I will NEVER hit Quads again though I hate it.
 
Popichulo said:
I love hitting delts and of all the injection spots its my second favorite after glutes I will NEVER hit Quads again though I hate it.
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Guess everyone's different. Maybe different pepole's bodies react better or worse to the shot depending on the site. I know I won't be shotting delts again anytime soon.
 
I always keep a bottle of pennicillin suspension in the fridge but then again that might be overkill.
 
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