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Injection problem

negrogesic

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Last night i was trying to inject a large amount of tar heroin (about $80 worth). I usually have difficulty finding veins, largely a product of my heavy usage of IV pills approx. 1 year ago. Now that im on methadone, I shoot heroin maybe 1x a week at most. But it is always a terrific chore to find a vein, but last night, well, it was the worst ive ever experienced. One would think that most of the veins that i destroyed one year ago would be somewhat regenerating, but for the most part, despite heavy weight lifting, i have a hard time finding a vein. The weight lifting seems likes its only working towards my detriment, the muscles are big, but the veins have retreated back towards the bone.

Last night i gave up, after more than TWO fucking hours of poking myself. I tried my arms, my wrists, my hands, my feet (which i have used before effectively), and i even starting trying the veins on my thighs, something that i never do. I was using a 27g 1cc rig, and i had gotten some blood in it, so i transfered it to a 5cc rig, with a detachable fresh 30g needle, and i added about .4cc of saline. I tried injecting this, but i only got more blood, the veins i were trying to get were the kind where you stick it in and some blood comes out, but when you try to push in the dope, it balloons up. I got so pissed off after 2 and a half hours that i gave up and went to bed. I still have it in the 5cc rig, and it has coagulated somewhat, but is still a fluid. This was an $80 shot, and i want to retrieve it somehow. I know if i add like 1cc of saline it should turn back into a less thick solution, but i am wary about shooting some of my gunked up blood, plus im pretty sure it would clog the small 30g needle. If i added like 2cc of saline, it would probably lower the viscocity. Or should i put it back into a spoon, add more saline and cook it a little to make a uniform solution, than put it back into the big syringe. Or should i just dump my $80 shot. Has anyone waited a while and then shoot a loaded rig that had blood in it? Ive heard of junkies taking half a shot, and saving the rest for later. But then again, i dont think they give shit to begin with. I just dont want to inject a blood clot, and i dont know what kind of bacteria could be brewing in there. Getting heroin is a bitch, and i dont want to waste such a large shot, but $80 isnt worth getting sick over. So has anyone had this happen, or something resembling it? How can i salvage this shot? And even if i do salvage it, i still cant find a suitable vein to shoot it in. Any suggestions about some unorthodox places to shoot that i did not already mention?
 
Neck vein...? use at your own risk

I never kept a blood filled heroin mix in a needle overnight, but sometimes when my needle and water/blood/ heroin solution would get clotted up, I would just dump it into a spoon and more water and refilter. Never had any problems.
 
ah, i feel your pain. I have shot up junk i had left in a syrange with blood in it overnight before. Not the smarest idea, but i say if you

I had a VERY bad night once, spent about 2 hours trying to hit a vein while i was going though such withdrawl, that was a bitch..

my advice would mix it with more water, refilter and attempt to shoot in maybe your bicept, or something around your underarms??? you can probally find a good vein chart online if you look.

im not sure if you would want to reheat your bloody 80 buck heroin hit, but i usually reheat my leftovers because im obsessive complusive like that.

sorry if i wasnt much help, GOODLUCK! this shit can be frustrating.
 
^^^Yea, frustrating as hell. There is a hell of alot of dope in that shot, its the only way i can get high while being on methadone maintenance. Thats for the replies, they were actually quite helpfull......
 
I've done it before, one time I but 3 bags in a rig, shot half of it and saved the other half for the next day. The rig was such a bitch to use cause the blood makes it harder to see if your in first off and second off the rig gets clogged cause the blood comes out of suspension. I would suggest shooting it into a spoon, refiltering it and than shoot it. I didn't do this, but I was using really clean heroin and I still had problems shooting, or you can just use a really give gauge. My brother has also done this before, he had the same problems as me but everything went fine after it was in our veins. I know if I loaded 80 bucks wortha dope in a rig, it would take a lot for me to throw it away, a lot more than it being mixed with blood and water in a rig for 24 hours.
 
As an updated, i added saline, and tried again. I finally found a vein; it was on my arm! I must have poked myself 150 times. But, i finally got it, and i did get high......

Thanks guys.........
 
negrogesic said:
As an updated, i added saline, and tried again. I finally found a vein; it was on my arm! I must have poked myself 150 times. But, i finally got it, and i did get high......

Thanks guys.........

and who says drug users arent motivated


a true heroin sucess story
 
Yea i thought i would have to dump it. When i added saline it turned back into the nice uniform solution it had once been. And i got high using no benzos (i always take benzo's before IVing heroin). So in the end it wasnt a waste, it was just so aggravating trying to find a vein for so long. Those who have gone through it knows how much it sucks, especially if you are feeling sick, and your sweating, trying to find a vein.......
 
vicodelicous you need to specify negroGESIC when u phrase negro. ppl could confuse it with Negro Kitty/fairnymph. take care.
 
This reminds me of a time last year where i was trying to fix before going home to my straight ass sober fucking roomies.I was sitting in a backalley and just fixed up a $40 vaccy of "crack"andi was trynna hit a vein, couldnt find one andi was sitting around and i had no room to fuck about and then this guy came out from the grocery stores backdoor to the alley just as the pin hit my veins and the barrell started getting red, he grabs me and start yelling junkie scum and picks me up and pushes me over and i dropped the needle and cut my arm and i ran home bloody and i couldnt sleep that night and then the next day i didnt have enough money to buy any haz. Worst experience of my life and quite a ramble at that :S
 
I can relate, I look at the rig and I saw the crimson cloud, Look up and my brother is hunched over turning purple... I took my shot, then I ran for the Narcan. My friend slapped him and he woke up, close call needless to say but it was not fun.
 
Speaking of places to shoot up when you cant find a good vein.....I knew a stripper named Jazzy who would shoot up in her pussy.....not because she couldn;t find a vein,but because she wanted to hide her habit.
 
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