turd_ferguson
New member
Hey guys, I am mostly a lurker rather than a contributor around here, but I just started with TB500 and since the posts on this forums were a great help to me in my research and preparations, I wanted to "pay it forward". First a little background:
I am 37 years old, 6'3 and 220 pounds. I have played beach volleyball on various professional and semi-professional tours for the last 15 years after a Division I college career. Rotator cuff problems are extremely common in the sport and I have had 2 surgeries in the last five years as I try to remain competitive against competition who are mostly in their 20's. I started having shoulder pain in the early summer and got a cortisone shot which helped, then wore off and I have been looking for something, anything that will help me make it through the season and increase my ability to heal/repair. I also have several nagging soft-tissue injuries that have popped up over the course of the season. No experience with anabolic of any kind and never injected anything before. I come into this with a goal of my shoulder and other nagging injuries feeling/functioning better on game day as well as a hope for faster recovery.
My in-season training consists of competing on Sat/Sun; two days of weights and two days of speed/plyo work with a trainer per week. My diet is not what it should be, mostly because of the fact that I am a father of two and have a desk job which really limits my time for food prep. And to be completely honest, I'm freakin old and the difference of 10-12% bodyfat doesn't mean what it used to.
What I got:
10 vials of 2mg RUI TB500
10 1cc 1/2 inch syringes
100 alcohol swabs
2 30 ml vials of BS water
My plan:
4 mg per week for 4 weeks and then re-evaluate (another 2 weeks at 4mg, or drop to "maintenance" dose) based on results.
My preparations:
Having no experience of any kind injecting myself...I have to admit that I let the stuff sit in my cupboard for 4 days before starting up. I was surprised to find a lack of detail in most of the threads regarding how to properly reconstitute and inject but I pieced it together through other sites and youtube videos.
First dose: 8/13/14 2 mg
I finally got everything out, drew .6cc of BS water into the syringe and injected it into the 2mg vial of TB500. I was surprised to find that it was clear rather than cloudy as my only other experience (watching my surgeon prepare a cortisone shot) had the liquid become cloudy. Despite what I have read in other threads, I did not have an issue drawing out 99% of the liquid into the syringe. I then swabbed my belly fat, pinched and stood there for probably 3 minutes working up the courage to stick myself. Finally, my wife came out of the bedroom and started making fun of me, so I did it. I injected really slowly and by the end, I am embarrassed to say that I felt faint and had to bend over the sink for a good 30 seconds. I have never had a problem getting shots, but something about giving it really freaked me out. I went and laid down for a bit and was fine. No issues with the injection site and I really don't feel anything yet. Will report further after the next shot. Edit: I should note that I sweat like a pig last night. I have nothing to attribute it to other than the TB500 or just random chance.
Thanks for reading.
I am 37 years old, 6'3 and 220 pounds. I have played beach volleyball on various professional and semi-professional tours for the last 15 years after a Division I college career. Rotator cuff problems are extremely common in the sport and I have had 2 surgeries in the last five years as I try to remain competitive against competition who are mostly in their 20's. I started having shoulder pain in the early summer and got a cortisone shot which helped, then wore off and I have been looking for something, anything that will help me make it through the season and increase my ability to heal/repair. I also have several nagging soft-tissue injuries that have popped up over the course of the season. No experience with anabolic of any kind and never injected anything before. I come into this with a goal of my shoulder and other nagging injuries feeling/functioning better on game day as well as a hope for faster recovery.
My in-season training consists of competing on Sat/Sun; two days of weights and two days of speed/plyo work with a trainer per week. My diet is not what it should be, mostly because of the fact that I am a father of two and have a desk job which really limits my time for food prep. And to be completely honest, I'm freakin old and the difference of 10-12% bodyfat doesn't mean what it used to.
What I got:
10 vials of 2mg RUI TB500
10 1cc 1/2 inch syringes
100 alcohol swabs
2 30 ml vials of BS water
My plan:
4 mg per week for 4 weeks and then re-evaluate (another 2 weeks at 4mg, or drop to "maintenance" dose) based on results.
My preparations:
Having no experience of any kind injecting myself...I have to admit that I let the stuff sit in my cupboard for 4 days before starting up. I was surprised to find a lack of detail in most of the threads regarding how to properly reconstitute and inject but I pieced it together through other sites and youtube videos.
First dose: 8/13/14 2 mg
I finally got everything out, drew .6cc of BS water into the syringe and injected it into the 2mg vial of TB500. I was surprised to find that it was clear rather than cloudy as my only other experience (watching my surgeon prepare a cortisone shot) had the liquid become cloudy. Despite what I have read in other threads, I did not have an issue drawing out 99% of the liquid into the syringe. I then swabbed my belly fat, pinched and stood there for probably 3 minutes working up the courage to stick myself. Finally, my wife came out of the bedroom and started making fun of me, so I did it. I injected really slowly and by the end, I am embarrassed to say that I felt faint and had to bend over the sink for a good 30 seconds. I have never had a problem getting shots, but something about giving it really freaked me out. I went and laid down for a bit and was fine. No issues with the injection site and I really don't feel anything yet. Will report further after the next shot. Edit: I should note that I sweat like a pig last night. I have nothing to attribute it to other than the TB500 or just random chance.
Thanks for reading.
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