- withdrawing quickly causes some pain (like a thumping the testie with your finger) caused me to grit my teeth and bear it for few seconds (and seemed to be a little more of a mild discomfort afterwards then usual)
- withdraw with smooth, measured pace
- Needles are soft!
then "pop" it went in. upon withdrawal, there was a single drop of blood (never before had blood) and tiny speck of flesh or semiferrous tubules or something on the tip of the needle. it wasn't round like a droplet but kinda shaped like a dash or hair idk cause i looked away and it was TINY, the just about the width of the needle.unencumbered (imported) wrote: Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:26 pm i tapped the bottle's edge with syringe on refill for the other side and there was some resistance in getting it into the testie,
Hi Sara,
The needle tip can very easily get damage/bent. Be careful not to rub it or hit it against anything. Do not use the needle more than once. You might not notice any difference but you will feel it. I think this is probably what happened when you notice blood/tissue you saw.
Here is more detail on how I do it:
I fill the syringe (w/o needle on) with EA; put the needle with its protection still on; remove air till I see a tiny droplet of EA on the tip; loosen the protection of the needle a bit; hold ready the teste and identified where I will to push in the needle to avoid retries; with one hand get the syringe and pointed down; then with one finger push the protection of the needle which falls straight down w/o ever touching the tip; if there is a little EA on the needle get it sideways close to a cotton that sucks it (don't touch the tip of the needle with the cotton); once the needle touches my skin, it will go in there. My first time I reuse the needle and I realized that it made a big difference.
I have try withdrawing the needle fast, slow and very very slow. Fast actually got some drop of EA out and was painful. My best results is when I made sure that either the plunger in the syringe was totally in, or (if unable to put all the EA) pull back the plunger a little so there is not pressure that may squirt a bit of alcohol when the syringe is out of the skin and nothing blocks the tip. Then slowly slowly withdrawing the needle out.
The thinner the needle the less pain.
With Love,
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