Heroin possssibly missed a shot of dope & now my muscle's sore/tender...what's happening?!

[lilhipster]

possssibly missed a shot of dope & now my muscle's sore/tender...what's happening?!

i've been an opiate user for the last 3-4 years, the last 1-2 using the IV method so i'm pretty good at what i do now, got my rituals down packed & everything. i almost never miss my shots, but everyone has their off days so i'd say i'd miss like 2-4% of my shots every so often...i'm usually the go-to person that my friends will hit up if they need any assistance hitting themselves. anyway, i used to use my hands a lot but the tracks got so bad that i decided to go to the usual spots, the elbow crook/ forearms. i've been using those spots on both my arms for the last 2-3 months now & haven't had any problems really. maybe 3-4 days ago, i shot myself in my left upper forearm, just underneath my elbow crook. i guess i missed a little bit so after i was rubbing/massaging the spot to sooth the soreness of it. as time passed, i noticed the soreness never went away & the pain actually got worse, as well as the condition of my arm. it's not red or anything, but it's definitely swollen...& the pain in once small section (probably a couple inches in diameter, upper forearm, right underneath elbow crook) now stretches from the middle of my forearm to a little above my elbow almost into my biceps. it's near impossible to stretch out my arm in it's entirety, probably like 130ish degrees (180 being a fully stretched arm)..i could force myself to extend my arm but it takes a while & pain endurance. the muscle is very sore, tender to the touch & feels hard. i can't even bend my wrist down (as if trying to touch my fingers to my wrist) without it hurting. i can bend my write the other way with no trouble at all though. my actual elbow feels as if there are fluids in it, esp compared to my right elbow/arm. i tried googling what was wrong with me but have had no luck, but it may be cuz i'm not entering the right key words into the search box, so anyyyyyyyy help from here would be awesome! me & my left arm thanks you all!

p.s. sorry about the essay of an explanation...it's a bad habit of mine to over-explain things haha

 

[BlueHues]

^Man, that could be an abcess from the way it sounds...

Seek medical attention, the sooner the better...It may be able to be easily managed now, but will get worse and more painful the longer you put it off...

I've never had one in years of IVing, but it's one of those things that unfortunately, you can't just wait out for it to go away.

Of course, I can't say with any certainty what's going on, I can tell you that I'd tell anyone in real life to get seen immediately to determine what's going on!

I'm sorry you have to deal with this...

Keep us updated for sure...

 

[Mr.Scagnattie]

Yeah if you miss a shot, and the typical hot compress solution and whatnot don't work, if it's still an issue in a few days or it's gotten worse at all, you have a problem and need medical attention.

 

[Snakevillon]

Sounds EXACTLY what happened to me this summer and mine ended up being cellulites that ended with a week long hospital stay on IV antibiotics go to the er now! Don't make the same mistake I made (waiting to long)

 

[lilhipster]

lol shiiiiiiiiiiet i was hoping to come to this site today with no one telling me i needed medical attention!! ugh. i'm too scared to go to the hospital, no insurance & don't want it to be on the records that i have a substance problem!!!

 

[revisionism]

lol shiiiiiiiiiiet i was hoping to come to this site today with no one telling me i needed medical attention!! ugh. i'm too scared to go to the hospital, no insurance & don't want it to be on the records that i have a substance problem!!!

Would you rather have a huge fucking hole in your arm?

 

[Snakevillon]

Go get medical attention I almost died from waiting to long the bacteria got Into my blood stream and complicated things 100fold than what it would have been if I went in right away

 

[Chinggis]

An unpaid hospital bill is much better than the possible alternative, especially if the condition has not improved at all or gets worse.

 

[Nicholai]

You could also go to urgent care, I've done that before. They didn't blink an eye, and I had to have an abscess drained one time. I told them I got bit by a spider. LOL

Honestly, you're probably worrying unnecessarily about the hospital bills. They'll probably hook you up with some sort of free insurance, that's what they did for me when I didn't have any....

 

[BlueHues]

The longer you wait, the harder it will be to treat, and the more likely you'll have to stay at the hospital for several days...If you go now, they might be able to deal with it outpatient and it won't be a huge disruption in your life...I know it's scary and not something you want to deal with, but if it wasn't something that really needed to be looked at, you wouldn't have a bunch of us telling you that!


^Yeah, there's things you can apply for to have the bill partially covered/reduced, and as long as you pay them something every month, even a few dollars...they can't fuck with you for it...