DesertFox991
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- Aug 26, 2021
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Hi all,
So I relapsed after about 20 months clean from everything. Whatever, it happens. Copped some tar and meth and began shooting small amounts of each (I was aware my tolerance likely had reset, or largely so), and for a while I was pleased to find that a few of my veins had come back - most of them are gone again, but I'm used to that life.
So in my right arm, I was hitting (successfully) a few inches up from the crook of the elbow. After maybe 8-10 hits (on a variety of veins in that area, not just one dumping ground), I had a miss in the original spot. Not a horrible one, and it even had a decent register so the vein must have rolled or had been too slim for the shot.
Anyway, it's been a couple of days and my arm is fucking breaking out. I was shooting dope (and everything else) for a long time and have never seen anything like this.
Pic:
As you can probably see, the lump directly before the bottom of my tattoo is where I missed. Like I said, it didn't seem to be that bad of a miss and didn't hurt that much. I've missed plenty of shots over the years and have even dumped a few in my arteries by accident, and this one was nothing.
I've been using clean rigs for 90% of the shots I've had in there, though at one point I did run out and reused a couple I had put in before. They were all my own though. In terms of the cut in this H (I know that cutting agents can be responsible for infections/reactions), it's the first I've copped in this new area of the country (moved out of my home state to go to treatment here) and it seems to be of good quality. I'm cooking it properly and the (primarily black) cut seems to separate from the liquid in the shot really easily.
I'll also post the pic link at the bottom in case the insert doesn't work. Sorry, I'm a BL casual.
Anyway, I'm not experiencing any pain, numbness or tingling. I don't have any of the physical symptoms that are part and parcel of an infection. The area isn't hot to the touch - in fact, until I actually look at my arm I can't tell if there's anything wrong with it. I've googled numerous articles/studies about infections that can come about from IV drug use and nothing has helped, so I thought I could ask around here. Obviously I'm staying away from that area for the foreseeable future. Hope I don't have to go see a doctor - my life would explode if word got out that I was using again...
Thanks y'all!
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So I relapsed after about 20 months clean from everything. Whatever, it happens. Copped some tar and meth and began shooting small amounts of each (I was aware my tolerance likely had reset, or largely so), and for a while I was pleased to find that a few of my veins had come back - most of them are gone again, but I'm used to that life.
So in my right arm, I was hitting (successfully) a few inches up from the crook of the elbow. After maybe 8-10 hits (on a variety of veins in that area, not just one dumping ground), I had a miss in the original spot. Not a horrible one, and it even had a decent register so the vein must have rolled or had been too slim for the shot.
Anyway, it's been a couple of days and my arm is fucking breaking out. I was shooting dope (and everything else) for a long time and have never seen anything like this.
Pic:
As you can probably see, the lump directly before the bottom of my tattoo is where I missed. Like I said, it didn't seem to be that bad of a miss and didn't hurt that much. I've missed plenty of shots over the years and have even dumped a few in my arteries by accident, and this one was nothing.
I've been using clean rigs for 90% of the shots I've had in there, though at one point I did run out and reused a couple I had put in before. They were all my own though. In terms of the cut in this H (I know that cutting agents can be responsible for infections/reactions), it's the first I've copped in this new area of the country (moved out of my home state to go to treatment here) and it seems to be of good quality. I'm cooking it properly and the (primarily black) cut seems to separate from the liquid in the shot really easily.
I'll also post the pic link at the bottom in case the insert doesn't work. Sorry, I'm a BL casual.
Anyway, I'm not experiencing any pain, numbness or tingling. I don't have any of the physical symptoms that are part and parcel of an infection. The area isn't hot to the touch - in fact, until I actually look at my arm I can't tell if there's anything wrong with it. I've googled numerous articles/studies about infections that can come about from IV drug use and nothing has helped, so I thought I could ask around here. Obviously I'm staying away from that area for the foreseeable future. Hope I don't have to go see a doctor - my life would explode if word got out that I was using again...
Thanks y'all!
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