throw3352away [they/them]

  • 0 Posts
  • 25 Comments
Joined 5 months ago
cake
Cake day: July 22nd, 2024

help-circle










  • Injection anxiety

    I just did my second injection. I don't know why, but for some reason I was more scared to put the needle in this time. I sat there holding the syringe full of estrogen for like 20 minutes after I filled it up, and now I'm worried it got infected. I'm sure I'll get better at this soon, but I thought that it would be easier the second time...

    And I chickened out before I got it all in again. The thing is, most people say Lena's recommended dosage of 0.22ml at 50 mg/ml is way too high, so I'm not really worried about losing 0.6ml, but I wish I were at least brave enough to do the full thing.

    I feel kinda weird again, but I know it's in my head.





  • I finally did an injection for the first time. I did it through the stomach - I got most of it in there, but I chickened out at the last second because it started feeling tingly and I panicked. In hindsight, it was probably the alcohol causing a reaction, which is probably fine.

    You can probably tell by reading my other posts that I'm very paranoid about something going wrong, which didn't help, because I got so nervous after doing it that it got harder to breathe, which made me think something went wrong... But after a few hours, I'm pretty sure it went well. Now I just have to hope it works, because it's really out of my hands now.






  • Assuming I did it right, then yes. Getting things into the vial was a bit finicky, but the steps were rather straightforward. I think I had more trouble with the metal cap than anything else. I had to use a flat screwdriver to pry it off in several places over the course of a few minutes. If you're not gentle enough, you might not be able to crimp it back on.

    Thanks for answering my first comment a few weeks ago, by the way. I was worried someone else would see the package and get suspicious, but it just had FedEx info on it.