kamikazimoth
Greenlighter
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- Jan 9, 2011
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(backstory, prolly TLDC) ... Although I've been around other IV drug users for a long time, I'm new to doing it myself. I've been IV'ing cocaine occasionally. It's a once in a while kind of thing, and I'm always cautious about the amounts I do and about the common sense guidelines of IV drug use. Besides the occasional miss, because of unsteady hands (witch I have even when sober, unfortunately), things usually go pretty smoothly.
(the important part) Tonight, however, I used a vein on the underside of my right wrist, near the hand (I have very few visible veins, and I was giving the more common ones some time to heal) ... and suddenly I had a sharp pain in my hand and numbness in my fingers. This has never happened before. There's some lumpiness in about a half inch radius around the injection site. Though most of the feeling has returned to my hand, now my whole arm aches. I thought perhaps I injected in the vein in the opposite direction of the blood flow, witch seems like it should be harmless besides some temporary aching, if even that (I hope), or that perhaps I hit a nerve ... but, although I always inspect for debris or bubbles before I inject, I'm worried I might have set loose a clot or a bit of something or a bubble and that it could cause me some serious problems later. I'm 90% sure I didn't miss, so I don't think that could be the cause. I'm applying warmth to the arm to promote bloodflow and ease the aching a little, but other than that I don't know what to do. (the question) Does anybody know with more certainty what would have caused this, and whether or not I should get treatment or expect it to go away on its own ?
Also; Please don't tell me 'stop shooting coke', or that its a dumb thing to do, etc. Though I appreciate the sentiment, I'm well aware of the dangers and that it's a pretty reckless thing to be doing at all, so I don't need to be told.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some insight. And sorry for being so long-winded ... coke has that effect on me, lol.
(the important part) Tonight, however, I used a vein on the underside of my right wrist, near the hand (I have very few visible veins, and I was giving the more common ones some time to heal) ... and suddenly I had a sharp pain in my hand and numbness in my fingers. This has never happened before. There's some lumpiness in about a half inch radius around the injection site. Though most of the feeling has returned to my hand, now my whole arm aches. I thought perhaps I injected in the vein in the opposite direction of the blood flow, witch seems like it should be harmless besides some temporary aching, if even that (I hope), or that perhaps I hit a nerve ... but, although I always inspect for debris or bubbles before I inject, I'm worried I might have set loose a clot or a bit of something or a bubble and that it could cause me some serious problems later. I'm 90% sure I didn't miss, so I don't think that could be the cause. I'm applying warmth to the arm to promote bloodflow and ease the aching a little, but other than that I don't know what to do. (the question) Does anybody know with more certainty what would have caused this, and whether or not I should get treatment or expect it to go away on its own ?
Also; Please don't tell me 'stop shooting coke', or that its a dumb thing to do, etc. Though I appreciate the sentiment, I'm well aware of the dangers and that it's a pretty reckless thing to be doing at all, so I don't need to be told.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can give me some insight. And sorry for being so long-winded ... coke has that effect on me, lol.
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