Heroin Possible Allergy to My Syringe or my Down

[McSleezy]

Hey its my first post here on the website hi everybody, now to the point

I recently switched from Snorting & Smoking to Injecting my H.

I couldn't seem to hit the vein the first time (i missed about 8 times) and everywhere i poked there was a little red spot and a small white bump.
I did not hit the vein therefore i did not inject.

so i guess my question is, Is a small redish mark with a white bump normal for a injection spot?

Would it be the type of metal from the syringe or whats in my H, that i'm alergic to?

I sniffed a 1 point then finally for my first succesful time injected 1 point, It felt like a total waste i got higher off sniffing. I felt no rush at all if anything at all it gave me a tiny bit of energy the opposite of what its suppose to do....

i missed the vein about 8 times and had little white bumps on every miss almost like a hive they looked like the little white round ones in this picture i found (at the top of the picture the little bumps not the big huge one)

http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=hives...&w=500&h=375&ei=jErET6i6PMKbiQLwoeXhBA&zoom=1

sorry for long url just copy and paste into ur address

 

[woamotive]

Hmm, I'd say if you get a better rush sniffing than shooting you should switch back to sniffing.

Also - yeah, it's common to get something like a hive post injection. This happens to me sometimes when I miss (used to miss a decent bit, but recently don't miss at all). That being said, it also can happen without missing a bit of your shot. Just today I had a couple shots of H. Both gave me hives up and down the vein of my arm. I'd imagine this is from something in the cut.

Why are you having such a hard time hitting, may I ask? Are you using a tourniquet? Where are you shooting (what vein/spot) and do you know how to recognize a vein vs artery? (not being an ass... haha, genuine question)

*Your picture looks kinda like what I experience with a shot that I do NOT miss any of. I don't want to really say too much because I can provide no science to back up my words, my thoughts on this are only based on what I think I remember hearing on BL previously. --but fuck it, I'll say what's on the tip of my tongue: I FEEL like I recall someone saying something about a histamine reaction. Someone else will chime in anytime now

 

[Swimmingdancer]

Yes that photo looks like a histamine reaction. Although missed shots often look like that too. But you were saying it looked like one of the tiny bumps, not the whole photo, correct? You were getting that kind of reaction when you didn't inject anything at all and solely punctured the skin with the syringe? That seems pretty normal, it's just that the skin is irritated from being punctured. It happens to people I know all the time and used to happen to me a lot, even when getting blood taken at the lab. Some people just have sensitive skin. But it is made worse by the needle dulling. Did you use the same needle for the 8 pokes that weren't in the vein? Needles get dull very rapidly.

If you definitely injected the heroin properly the last time and it was the exact same quantity of the exact same heroin then you should have definitely gotten stronger effects than you did from sniffing it, unless you did it when you still had a lot of heroin in your system. Not wanting to encourage injecting though.

 

[McSleezy]

it was 2 days ago when i missed 8 times and gave up. Today i read alittle bit about how to hit the vein better. I warmed myself up with shadow boxing and jumping jacks. Used a tourniquet. rubbed the skin abit and pumped my fist. The vein just popped out nicely was way easier to hit got it first try. I heard arteries you cant even see them plus they are alot smaller then veins, and also i heard they burn and sting like crazy when you inject into them(i also heard they can cause alot of problems to like Massive sweeling and alot worse). I used the big fat vein on the inside of my forearm. It took 35cc's no problem. i shot alittle bit waited a few seconds for a sting or burn then shot the rest. Seemed like a total waste.

I think it was because i sniffed a point before injecting. I should have just injected the 2 points. But i was scared of missing 8 times like 2 days ago and wasting the points. so i just sniffed 1 to take away my withdrawals then shot 1. I got 1 left which im saving for tommorow or 2 days from now i got my birthday on thursday if i can save it that long. i think it would be worth the wait. I'm yet to experience the rush from IV. And I dont even really get high at all from sniffing it either.

I used to get high the first couple weeks, i was using it for painkiller also. Bad Back and i was Framing from 7am-3:30 in cold ass weather. Now i just sniff points to stay away from the horrible withdrawls. restless legs, runnynose, My organs literally feel like they ache, i get the shits, and i just ache everywhere my joints all feel stiff and hurt. its horrid. im gonna try and quit by weening off. Ill sniff as little of the point as i need to. to be able to sleep at night. see if this works.

I wanna go back to being able to get high off the shit. I use to smoke and snff it and get the nice light floating feeling and nod off. Now all that happens is i need to use it to take away my withdrawals it seems like no matter how much i sniff and smoke i cant get high. Iv'e done up to 100$ worth like a halfgram. It was a massive chunk of killer brown shit to i got from some Hindus it was mid brownish color and hard chunk had to snap pieces off it was like a brown 50 rock of crack lol. Normally i call my usual guys(asian connection) there stuff if almost white with a tinge of brown and is straight powder. Way worse in my opinion

 

[Swimmingdancer]

it was 2 days ago when i missed 8 times and gave up. Today i read alittle bit about how to hit the vein better. I warmed myself up with shadow boxing and jumping jacks. Used a tourniquet. rubbed the skin abit and pumped my fist. The vein just popped out nicely was way easier to hit got it first try. I heard arteries you cant even see them plus they are alot smaller then veins, and also i heard they burn and sting like crazy when you inject into them(i also heard they can cause alot of problems to like Massive sweeling and alot worse). I used the big fat vein on the inside of my forearm. It took 35cc's no problem.

You mean 35 units, right? If you are using a regular insulin syringe it will hold only 1cc of liquid. A cc is a cubic centimetre, which is equal to 1ml.

i shot alittle bit waited a few seconds for a sting or burn then shot the rest. Seemed like a total waste. I think it was because i sniffed a point before injecting. I should have just injected the 2 points. But i was scared of missing 8 times like 2 days ago and wasting the points.

That is why you didn't get high. If you take heroin while you are already high on heroin it won't do much. Are you intending on injecting a full 0.2grams (2 "points") next time? I would be careful.

BC props by the way

 

[McSleezy]

i sniffed 1 point. then it took about 5-10 minutes of prepping then i injected the point so yea there was the exact same ammount in my system. i think i really only got about 5-10 cc's of h. the fucking cotton didnt want to give up the liquid. (i was using cotton from the end of q-tips). so yea i think i only got about 3/4's or less of the point but still it was my first time injecting i should of gotten at least the tinyest bit of a rush. nothing nadda. Ive decided im going to try once more with the killer shit i get from half an hour drive away instead. I'll be careful and inject just a little bit forst then most of it. But i don't think there will be a problem if i only inject 1 point or maybe 2. when i can sniff a half gram(5 points) no problem. Its been such a long time since ive got the nods i don't remember them almost

 

[McSleezy]

it was 35 units mostly just water. I suck up 30 units of water then mix with my point on a sterilized metal tin can bottom. Then i throw down the cotton ball suck the shit up and it always seems to jack about 5-10 units. i go from 30 units to 20-25 when i suck from cotton. and the cottons a bitch to sometimes it goes into the syringe and i can see it in there. so i shoot the shit back into the empty can and suck it up with another needle and the cotton stay behind in the old syringe.

Is there any kind of cotton i could use that the syringe won't suck up. Im using a 29gauge 1/2cc insulin syringe

 

[Swimmingdancer]

it was 35 units mostly just water. I suck up 30 units of water then mix with my point on a sterilized metal tin can bottom. Then i throw down the cotton ball suck the shit up and it always seems to jack about 5-10 units. i go from 30 units to 20-25 when i suck from cotton. and the cottons a bitch to sometimes it goes into the syringe and i can see it in there. so i shoot the shit back into the empty can and suck it up with another needle and the cotton stay behind in the old syringe.

Is there any kind of cotton i could use that the syringe won't suck up. Im using a 29gauge 1/2cc insulin syringe

They have cottons meant for filtering drugs at the needle exchanges. I know they have them in downtown Vancouver, I'm not sure if there are any in Langley. You should really get some better filters.

Here's some needle exchanges that might be closer to you.
http://www.vch.ca/EN/find_services/find_services/?program_id=49

You might want to call first and ask if they have filters for injection use. I know In-Site on Hastings in the DTES definitely has them (and they're free). Also I know that link says that you have to give a used needle to get a new needle but that isn't true in my experience.

 

[J.D.]

How does the cotton get sucked up into the syringe? I don't understand.... (ps I use Q-tip cottons, and there is no way they could get sucked up into any needle.)

 

[Swimmingdancer]

How does the cotton get sucked up into the syringe? I don't understand.... (ps I use Q-tip cottons, and there is no way they could get sucked up into any needle.)

Tiny pieces of it can get sucked up through the needle. It's dangerous. The likelihood does depend on the type of cotton swab (Q-tip) you are using, how tightly you pack the cotton, how big your needle is (but in this case, 29g is not big) and the technique you use for drawing up the liquid. But it does happen and it's way safer to get a micron filter or at least a cotton filter meant for injection use.

 

[J.D.]

Oh, I was picturing an entire cotton ball being sucked up.....couldn't figure out how that could be! Yeah, fortunately I've never suffered the effects of that. And yeah....I know a micron would be much better. I hear the cotton fever can be a nasty thing!

 

[Fire&Water]

Oh, I was picturing an entire cotton ball being sucked up.....couldn't figure out how that could be! Yeah, fortunately I've never suffered the effects of that. And yeah....I know a micron would be much better. I hear the cotton fever can be a nasty thing![/QUOTE

Now that would be some F'ing nasty ass cotton fever....