Heroin Injecting Dope...whats the problem!?!?!

[JDilla]

OKAY...i've been wanted to make this thread for a while now. so heres the deal...
I just got some new syringes and was all excited for my first fix of the day.
so all the prep work is done, i located a vein, go in, no problems
but then im trying to register and some blood is just barely going into my syringe...
...it was not enough to convince me i was in a vein good.
so after a while (1 or 2 min) of poking around, i figure im clogged and sure enough i am.
and these are the syringes without the switchable tips so i have to pull out the plunger...
...and dump it out the back so i cant reload a new rig. as i suspected, there was a blood clot..
for a lack of a better term...one of those jello-like blood clump that look like a little worm.

so i guess my question is, why does this keep happening!?!?! its so annoying and i dont get it
i find it hard to understand how a clump of blood can get into my syringe when its too big to come out..
this also happens sometimes when im flushing my syringe (after im done injecting the dope...
i take in blood, then push it right back into my vein). i originally suspected that once the warm blood
entered the syringe and mixed with the colder solution in the rig, it had a reaction that forms the blood clot.
however, this would not make sense when im flushing because it's just blood in my rig, therefore there's
no liquid to cool it.

so is this happening because i'm somehow pulling in the whole clot through the needle
and into the syringe??? and then it just cant get out??? wtf man?!?? whats the deal?!?!

 

[Bob Loblaw]

(after im done injecting the dope...
i take in blood, then push it right back into my vein)

Please quit doing that. Your veins will thank you.

 

[Rybee]

i find it hard to understand how a clump of blood can get into my syringe when its too big to come out..

Maybe I've misunderstood your post, but is it not because you're pulling blood into the syringe which is in turn clotting in the syringe, and hence cannot get out of the syringe?

Why do you you take blood in to the syringe, then push it back into your vein, after injecting?

 

[missmeyet?]

OP, everyones blood starts to clot immediately after being pulled into syringe but some peoples do it way faster than others, mine included. I frequently have the same thing happen to me. There is really nothing you can do about it but work quicker. It has to do with your clotting factors that each individuals body makes. When a lab draws your blood and you see that little bit of stuff in the bottom of some of the tubes that is anti clotting factors so that doesn't happen to the blood they take for a sample. The only other that might help a little bit is toofrewuently shake your syringe in between each hit until you are able to get one...I do this a lot when it is taking me awhile to register a hitand it does prevent it from happening as often.

 

[Rybee]

OP, everyones blood starts to clot immediately after being pulled into syringe but some peoples do it way faster than others, mine included. I frequently have the same thing happen to me. There is really nothing you can do about it but work quicker. It has to do with your clotting factors that each individuals body makes. When a lab draws your blood and you see that little bit of stuff in the bottom of some of the tubes that is anti clotting factors so that doesn't happen to the blood they take for a sample. The only other that might help a little bit is toofrewuently shake your syringe in between each hit until you are able to get one...I do this a lot when it is taking me awhile to register a hitand it does prevent it from happening as often.

Just a question in theory, but if OP wanted to carry on doing it the way he's doing it - would something like Aspirin help prevent the blood from clotting, since Aspirin thins the blood?

Not saying it's a good idea or anything, just wondering whether it may be useful in theory/reality?

 

[Cuhpcakes]

[What happens when we get shot? Blood squirts out the wound. Why would self-stabbing not follow the same mechanic?

Blood is constantly moving in the same direction..

Since you're purposely injecting the needle into a vein of course blood is going to shoot up, it's in the blood's course.

This is a major reason why it's smarter to use disposable needles, reinjecting contaminated blood isn't too bright(cleaning the tip won't suffice).

 

[Bob Loblaw]

lolwut

 

[missmeyet?]

[What happens when we get shot? Blood squirts out the wound. Why would self-stabbing not follow the same mechanic?

Blood is constantly moving in the same direction..

Since you're purposely injecting the needle into a vein of course blood is going to shoot up, it's in the blood's course.

This is a major reason why it's smarter to use disposable needles, reinjecting contaminated blood isn't too bright(cleaning the tip won't suffice).

Not trying to be mean, but what in the world are you talking about? You must have misunderstood the whole thread as your post has nothing to do with what we were discussin!

Rybee...yes, in theory taking aspirin regularly would definitely help...but I would not suggest doing it for somethinng like this that is mostly just an annoyance. I personally as a nurse for 20 years, never take aspirin for pain or headaches or anything because there are so many negative outcomes that are possible. I would recommend to only take aspirin (any more than just every great once in a while) if advised to by a doctor. It can cause a lot of other problems. But yes, it would definitely make a difference with quick clotting (but slow clotting can cause a lot of problems too, some fatal).