jsfoley, My right side is numb too from gall bladder removed. I don't inject in that area because of the numbness. I was always worried it might not be as effective.
Ok I am going to throw this out here, should one maybe switch around on a weekly basis e.g. stomach to thighs, thighs back to stomach doing subq. Would this kinda like shock the body as the dose is coming from a new source to speak.
I did that some in my first two rounds but always went back to stomach because of being totally painless. :-) I don't pinch though. I just poke and feel nothing at all in the stomach. I personally didn't notice a bit of difference in hunger between thigh and stomach. Colleen
I just made my poor husband let me see if he could do a subq injection in his scrawny thighs and he totally could, he even tightened his muscle and there was enough even then LOL he's too chicken to let me stick needles in him though. Smart man.
I sometimes hate these bottom buttons. I just typed a question and hit back to discussion. URGH
Ok Grammy, My question is, you have done all 3, subq/im/subl how do you begin each round of these with knowing what dose and how many days in the beginning of the round do you give yourself to adjust dosage?
I find it interesting too, what Linda said about subq in the thigh and having less hunger than when in the belly, and that you didn't notice any difference. If Linda notices, I would think you would too. Now I am just asking cause I might try the thigh.
I had no trouble whatever with dose except on IM. Isn't that weird? I did 200 iu sq on my first two rounds. I had a full ml too. Hmm, wonder if it really IS true that the larger amount of bac water aids in absorption? With sublingual, I did the recommended dose of 166 iu 2x a day. I've put a TON of people on sublingual and that dose hardly ever has to be adjusted. The only problem I had on it was one bad batch. I was weak, shaky and hungry after 3 days on a new batch so knew it was bad. I had trouble with IM because I assumed 125 would be right with no adjustments. I was starving on day 2 and knew what I SHOULD feel like. Then I talked to Barb (ILuvKats) who is a nurse and she told me the thigh is not the best place for IM because that muscle doesn't have as good of blood flow or something. And me, sitting in my chair writing all day, have even less toned muscles there. LOL So I had to go up to 200. I was comfortable there until I went to the cancer treatment hospital with my friend and then I got hungry. I figured it out though. I was walking rather long distances and it was making me need less. I dropped back to 175 and was fine.
I could tell in one day when the dose was right or not. But I knew what I was supposed to feel like from 2 perfect rounds in the beginning. :-)
Thank You, Had 2 bad days and now 2 good days after I remixed. But while reading this I started wondering a couple things and so you know me, I always throw it out here for you all to help me with. Cause you brought out basically what I was wondering ABSORPTION/MIXING and now INJECTION SITE.
I don't know a whole lot about drugs, but attended a woman's club and one of the speakers talked about her past drug abuse and was talking about how she couldn't inject in certain areas because it wouldn't get her high. So of course while reading this, it came to mind.
I think you all now understand why I was asking. Cause honestly hcg is the only long term chemical I have ever done in my whole life. LOL