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Harm Reduction Injection Complications FAQ and Mega Thread

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i cant i have no health insurance....

the swelling its going down, and there is no pain.

like i said i cant afford to go to the ER otherwise i would have already been there...

im more or less trying to find out if anyone knows or can explain what happened . and just talk to someone who has had a similar experience. and what happen/what the results where.
 
if youre still alive and functioning chances are youre alright. i would still recommend for the future go to the ER!

how long ago did you shoot up?
 
i cant i have no health insurance....

the swelling its going down, and there is no pain.

like i said i cant afford to go to the ER otherwise i would have already been there...

im more or less trying to find out if anyone knows or can explain what happened . and just talk to someone who has had a similar experience. and what happen/what the results where.

you injected it into an artery... GO TO THE ER its not worth losing your fucking arm. go to the ER they cant refuse you emergency treatment, just pay it when you have money.
 
YOU DON'T NEED HEALTH INSURANCE to go to the ER. Yes fees maybe be high, but if you fall into certain earning brackets you might pay hardly anything or nothing at all. Monetary debt is nothing compared to living without an arm, infections and or death...

GO TO THE ER IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT. None of us are doctors and can't asses this directly, the best bet in your situation is to go to the ER. Don't take a chance!
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also it might be worth noting that if you just dont pay there is not much they can do.
 
Yes, this lines up with an artery shot. Not going to the ER for this could resort in becoming a new contestant in the Case Studies thread. So, please do seek medical assistance.

You said it doesn't hurt but is still swollen and red. You are also high. You were probably in a vein, and then some how hit an artery while injecting. This is more likely if you're injecting in an area where the artery is closer to the vein (for example, the wrists, the hands, the feet, the ankles, femoral vein/artery, etc).

When you give us an update I'll merge this into the IV Complications Mega Thread but we'll make sure you get back to us before doing that.

Hope you are OK.
 
ok i did a shot into the righ arm just now in th e big fat fave vein :)
went perfectly.
registered, kept the needle perfectly still, injected slowly, felt incredibly huge rush. (and i mean incredible. thats why im pstychologically hooked on the stuff already)

but STILL a tiny TINY little "bump" appeared on the injection site. its like, smaller than a BB, and is a teensy bit sore. this happens EVERY time i inject "correctly"< and usually with other ppl too even nurses. although, very seldomly, the same shot will be replicated but without the lump. so these lumps dont seem indicative of missed shots - ive had those too , missed shots many times, and they are usually worse- i.e. worse pain, bigger lumps, bruise marks or some such, and a crappier rush if any at all.

so what are these "bull's eye bumps" ??????

* applying hot compress to the site several times just now, has reduced the "bumpy booboo" to almost nil, or even nothing (can't tell atm). it is a tiny bit sore tho.

i guess this is normal.

i am actually hitting myself better than some nurses do. also, all the "mature" junkies i know say they miss shots all the time because hitting yourself is hard especially if it's your first fo the day

but getting a "register" and the rush afterward to me, is not a mised shot, unless its followed by serious pain and the obvious bump. if there is no or maybe 0.00000000001 mm bump afterward, and a huge rush after the beautiful dark red "register", then that's a HIT. i dont care if the mods do better lol. if u think ur so special come live with me and be my personal live-in injector-slave.
Depends on what you're shooting. Sometimes shooting pills can cause a bump, IVing Ketamine tends to cause the same bump. Brand name dilaudid does tend to give one a "bump", but I'm also not sure if micron filtering would remove this (in other words, whether it's an effect of the hydromorphone or an inactive ingredient in the pill itself).

Sometimes if you pull out the needle quickly after injecting, some of the solution/blood leaks out.

It could also occur from puncturing through the other side of the vein, which can also be a slightly larger lump than what you're talking about, but it can also be pretty small.

Hope this helped.
 
so far its been about 2hrs or so since this happened. my hand/arm feels like its back to normal. no pain, the swelling is all but gone, and so is redness.

i understand about the ER and my health is very very important to me, but i dont wanna go there, have them help me and then stick me with a super high bill. i can barely afford to pay my car and rent and all that other stuff. lol i got lucky enough to get the money to get the dope that i had. if i got stuck with a high medical bill from the hospital I'd be screwed. i wouldn't be bale to pay for it and then id i have to deal with that.

i had taken some amoxicillin after this had happened, then a little later took some acetaminophen so im assuming this helped.

im going to monitor this heavily, the next day and days following. if i am still having any symptoms or pain tomorrow then i will seriously consider going to the ER, but i would need to seriously find out if i would be able to receive charity care, because like i said, i wont be able to afford it.

ill keep updating...

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE RESPONSES AND CONCERNS, ITS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
 
Vein dammage always looks more permanent at first but it turns out not to be, at least not 100%. A vein never returns to its primeavel state but most of the time it becomes functional again, even when you think you've lost it for good. I've read that injecting again into those reborn veins is tricky because they're much thinner and fragile than the original vein. What I've read too and I think is correct is that the best you can do for your veins in the long term is body building. It makes sense since veins irrigate muscles. The more muscles to irrigate, the more and bigger veins the body will produce.
 
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so what are these "bull's eye bumps" ??????

you've msot likely had some of the solution leak out of your vein which has resulted in some of it absorbing IM - i told you this already. it's more than likely just a tiny excuse of a raised bump of skin from where the needle has been inserted, it's common. but it being sore makes me think some has leaked out of the vein and into the muscle

CD said:
* applying hot compress to the site several times just now, has reduced the "bumpy booboo" to almost nil, or even nothing (can't tell atm). it is a tiny bit sore tho.

i guess this is normal.

it's as normal as it's going to get until it fully heals. a missed shot doesn't heal itself in a matter of a few hot compresses here and there. it'll take a few days to maybe a couple of weeks, depending on the severity, for it to heal.

CD said:
i am actually hitting myself better than some nurses do. also, all the "mature" junkies i know say they miss shots all the time because hitting yourself is hard especially if it's your first fo the day

that's a complete fallacy. my first shot is always the easiest. i guess i'm a "mature junkie" and i don't miss shots all the time and neither do any of the other people i know who IV. i almost never miss. if i have missed it's normally because i've shot up 4-5 times already, carelessly decide i don't need to register and my vein has sunk lower than usual. sometimes i'll be overly anxious and slip out of the vein.

i dont see how i was being pompous is my other post either. you came here looking for advice which you were given but you decided to ignored it all - you didn't even acknowledge any of it. so when i see a person who's come looking for advice like this only to ignore it of course i'm going to tell you to put down the needle for the day and if you must get high then use another method, a safer way.
 
^Absolutely. You have the right to emergency medical treatment.

That is definitely NOT true. If you go to the ER, they will not deny you life-saving measures, but that doesn't mean you have a "right to ER treatment". ER docs and the hospital have the same expectation of payment for services as any other business. If a person enters an ER in dire straits, the staff will do all they can for you.
 
well id say im prerty good w/ needls by now.i poked myself like a dozen times last night (I know - stupid) AND the night before (like 110 mg of dilly in two days :( bad i know im weakening mentally), the worst i EVER get is a tiny bit of soreness.ok i also got one bump-bruise. minor phlebitis as the doctor called it when i went there with the same thing once. just a slight bruise from where the fluid leaked out. but that's only happened once lately.

other than that little bump and the (very very mildly] sore arm, all i have is smooth, painless little notches where the needle hit the vein(s). beautiful rush. scariest thing, besides reading horror stories on BL and in holloywood movies about losing arms n such, is wondering how i forgot myself shooting 3 pills and having 4 extra used syringes i dont rmember using :p

kind of expensive habit lol

now...how am i gonna pay back the banks tht 400 bux :\

or explain to my parents my apparent decline to demonhood? :p
 
i have a lump it is not sore or anything its just a lump from missing in the past ... but what do i do about it . i dont want a lump on my arm . it doesnt hurt its not red its just a lump - anyone can help me?
 
Hmm, I IV in my wrist/top of hand so I am very worried about hitting an artery.

I remember back when I was 17 or 18 and didn't know much I was did a shot in my wrist or hand, my hand felt like I stuck it into a bathtub full of super hot water (that kind of electric feel), I remember my hand became swollen. I assume I hit an artery?

However, I notice that if I miss even a little bit of a dope shot, I get a bunch of swelling and weird bumps on my hand, histamine reaction i take it?

Also I read the thing about light, frothy blood, I remember recently I got a burst of blood that seemed a bit lighter than normal, but it could have been because it wasn't thick, I thin stream shot up almost all the way to the top of the syringe, very thin and ribon-like, weird.


be safe, everyone.
 
i have a lump it is not sore or anything its just a lump from missing in the past ... but what do i do about it . i dont want a lump on my arm . it doesnt hurt its not red its just a lump - anyone can help me?

could you give us a little more info on the lump, like how long you've had it and how big it is and how long it's been around?

Hmm, I IV in my wrist/top of hand so I am very worried about hitting an artery.

I remember back when I was 17 or 18 and didn't know much I was did a shot in my wrist or hand, my hand felt like I stuck it into a bathtub full of super hot water (that kind of electric feel), I remember my hand became swollen. I assume I hit an artery?

it could have been a nerve you struck from the electric shock feeling you got. did you actually inject into the hand? the swelling could be a result from missing the shot, hitting a nerve or possibly hitting an artery. it's probable that something has missed and formed the swelling. it's a bit late and hard to tell now though.

avoid injecting around the hands regions at all costs, there's too much room for error in my opnion. try the veins running along your forearm, crook of your elbow and up the bicep. to get a better idea of what veins are available and where, check out one of the injecting guides and blood maps.

However, I notice that if I miss even a little bit of a dope shot, I get a bunch of swelling and weird bumps on my hand, histamine reaction i take it?

more than likely, yes, it's histamine release. it might be your body fighting off some impurities from the heroin as well.

Also I read the thing about light, frothy blood, I remember recently I got a burst of blood that seemed a bit lighter than normal, but it could have been because it wasn't thick, I thin stream shot up almost all the way to the top of the syringe, very thin and ribon-like, weird.


be safe, everyone.

i don;t find this too strange, probably nothing to worry about. i've had spurts of blood shoot up through the barrel, similar to what you described and there was nothing unusual about my injection.

control denied said:
other than that little bump and the (very very mildly] sore arm, all i have is smooth, painless little notches where the needle hit the vein(s). beautiful rush. scariest thing, besides reading horror stories on BL and in holloywood movies about losing arms n such, is wondering how i forgot myself shooting 3 pills and having 4 extra used syringes i dont rmember using

like i said before, use some neosporin or vitamin e cream on those spots to help them recover. they'll do your arms a world of good and heal healthier. please be careful, CD.
 
After seeing the pic of the dudes hand after the ms contin injection I'll never do that shit again. Did it twice without reading up on it, thank god nothing went wrong (just a yellow bruise the second time I did it). A friend who's been injecting MS Contin 100's for the past two years with no problem convinced me to let him boot me with it twice. Not only did the really weird rush make me feel like my body was gonna explode, but that fucking pic just did it for me. Never ever again.
 
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