12monkeysnyc
Bluelighter
Hey,
First of all, I am new here and I am not sure which part of the forum is right for this thread, I believe I am in the right place, but if not just let me know and ill delete/ move the post.
So, I have been shooting coke for the past week or so. I use heroin everyday but the coke is every once in a while. I am usually very good at finding a vein and that whole process but two days ago, I missed twice with a shot of coke Both times in my right arm. The first time was on the side of my fore arm, where I missed very little, maybe 5 units. Then, on the inside of my elbow I missed a lot of the shot, probably 20 units! Usually if I miss a shot it goes away on it's own, but that is not the case this time. In both injection sites there are raised red bumps (the one in my elbow being a lot bigger, it feels slightly smaller than a ping pong ball and when i put my arm straight out and lock my elbow it is raised probably 1/2 inch. The one on my fore arm is not even close to as bad, but it does have a red ring the size of a tennis ball around it. They are both painful. especially my elbow. Yesterday they were both half the severity and also just painful to the touch. Now its just a throbbing pain and keeps getting worse. I think they are abscesses, but not sure. Somehow I have never had one in the 6 or so years I have been using IV drugs.
I know that I should see a doctor, and most likely will today, but I wanted to see what you guys think. I am thinking that whatever cut was in the coke is what is causing this. Has this happened to anyone else? Did it go away on it's own? I did a little research on abscesses and it seems if it is a sterile abscess it will go away on its own,, but if it is infected it can be very dangerous. I will post a pic of my arm in another post, I just need to take one. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the help!
First of all, I am new here and I am not sure which part of the forum is right for this thread, I believe I am in the right place, but if not just let me know and ill delete/ move the post.
So, I have been shooting coke for the past week or so. I use heroin everyday but the coke is every once in a while. I am usually very good at finding a vein and that whole process but two days ago, I missed twice with a shot of coke Both times in my right arm. The first time was on the side of my fore arm, where I missed very little, maybe 5 units. Then, on the inside of my elbow I missed a lot of the shot, probably 20 units! Usually if I miss a shot it goes away on it's own, but that is not the case this time. In both injection sites there are raised red bumps (the one in my elbow being a lot bigger, it feels slightly smaller than a ping pong ball and when i put my arm straight out and lock my elbow it is raised probably 1/2 inch. The one on my fore arm is not even close to as bad, but it does have a red ring the size of a tennis ball around it. They are both painful. especially my elbow. Yesterday they were both half the severity and also just painful to the touch. Now its just a throbbing pain and keeps getting worse. I think they are abscesses, but not sure. Somehow I have never had one in the 6 or so years I have been using IV drugs.
I know that I should see a doctor, and most likely will today, but I wanted to see what you guys think. I am thinking that whatever cut was in the coke is what is causing this. Has this happened to anyone else? Did it go away on it's own? I did a little research on abscesses and it seems if it is a sterile abscess it will go away on its own,, but if it is infected it can be very dangerous. I will post a pic of my arm in another post, I just need to take one. Let me know what you think. Thanks for the help!
