Keeth Stone
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- Jun 21, 2017
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Hey everybody, as you may have guessed from the title, my question is related to IV drug use, meth to be exact. I keep my use down to a hand full of times a month but have been doing so for years. In all that time, this is definitely a first and a pretty concering one.
I set up everything as i usually do, only noteable difference is this was the 3rd-4th use of the same needle...i know, bad....but to continue, i mix 25 units of water to an eyeballed amout of meth (pretty small amout). A small ball of cotton used as a filter (i know i should be using a micron filter) i mix everything together in the cap that comes off the plunger side of my standard 30 unit insulin syringes. After drawing it up, clearing the bubbles, registering in the vein at the base of my left bicep, and slowly pushing down on the plunger as usual and finishing it, I tried to remove the needle from my arm and only about 50-75% of the needle came out, then it stopped...i tried to remove it again but iw wouldnt come out of my skin, i started slowly pulling harder and it was stretching my skin as far as it could go, then i pressed down on the skin around the needle and pulled the syringe again, with some effort, it finally came out and with no pain durring the entire time. But when inspecting the small hole where the needle was stuck, a very small (about a mm in length) white string was poking out of the hole, i thought it may have been skin that was pulled through so i pinched it with tweezers and tried to remove it, it came out about another mm but hurt in a very odd kind of pain so i stopped and decided to apply pressure to prevent brusing or any possible bleeding for the needle being stuck, after about 4 mins, i checked the spot again and the string thing was gone (back in my arm i assume)
I inspected the needle before and after using it and it was not damaged or barbed or hooked on the end. I cleaned out the needle before use with distilled water. Im really confused what this was all about. Kind of freaky...
I know this was long but i wanted to make sure i gave as much detail as possible. Thank you for any input you guys have as to why the hell that happened and what the string was, a piece of vein? A piece of nerve?
I set up everything as i usually do, only noteable difference is this was the 3rd-4th use of the same needle...i know, bad....but to continue, i mix 25 units of water to an eyeballed amout of meth (pretty small amout). A small ball of cotton used as a filter (i know i should be using a micron filter) i mix everything together in the cap that comes off the plunger side of my standard 30 unit insulin syringes. After drawing it up, clearing the bubbles, registering in the vein at the base of my left bicep, and slowly pushing down on the plunger as usual and finishing it, I tried to remove the needle from my arm and only about 50-75% of the needle came out, then it stopped...i tried to remove it again but iw wouldnt come out of my skin, i started slowly pulling harder and it was stretching my skin as far as it could go, then i pressed down on the skin around the needle and pulled the syringe again, with some effort, it finally came out and with no pain durring the entire time. But when inspecting the small hole where the needle was stuck, a very small (about a mm in length) white string was poking out of the hole, i thought it may have been skin that was pulled through so i pinched it with tweezers and tried to remove it, it came out about another mm but hurt in a very odd kind of pain so i stopped and decided to apply pressure to prevent brusing or any possible bleeding for the needle being stuck, after about 4 mins, i checked the spot again and the string thing was gone (back in my arm i assume)
I inspected the needle before and after using it and it was not damaged or barbed or hooked on the end. I cleaned out the needle before use with distilled water. Im really confused what this was all about. Kind of freaky...
I know this was long but i wanted to make sure i gave as much detail as possible. Thank you for any input you guys have as to why the hell that happened and what the string was, a piece of vein? A piece of nerve?