I don’t like needles either but if it has to be done then it has to be done
Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🆒🆒🆒 Sunday, 8 December, 2024
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
TW injections, mention of needle phobia
Been practicing sub q injections on an unfortunate banana with some green food dye. Ideally I’d be using a training kit but mostly see the intramuscular or phlebotomy practice pads being sold. I’m pretty decent at delivering it but man the uncapping and changing the needle over post draw up is fiddly and tough… it’s a balance of strength and fine motor movements because both are kind of stuck on stiffly, but you can’t overdo the force because you risk giving yourself a needle stick or dropping it. It’s also hard when your thumbs bend back. I did drop the needle when descending upon the unlucky fruit the first time but it’s ok as it was just practice. I recapped because I have no sharps bin yet and might just use that syringe over and over to avoid wasting them. But then repeated removals might make it easier to remove the cap, when really what I need the most practice on is carefully twisting off the stiff new plastic. Go me for doing this though. I had/have a mild needle phobia and am now working on giving them.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Yeah. I was and am terrified about it so am trying to get skilled so it’s less hard
stib@aus.social 2 weeks ago
@melbaboutown @Baku What do you do with the green banana?
Thanks for the TW BTW. I don't know if you know there's a built-in content-warning function on mastodon; if you're using the web page look in the row of buttons below the text input, there's a warning icon. If you hit that boi it will apply a content warning that will hide the body of your text and just show the warning until the user clicks in. On mobile apps it might look like an eye or an exclamation mark etc, depending on the app.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
This is a lemmy thread, we don’t have content warnings on lemmy, just spoilers (which OP used).
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s not so much the product as the process. My cat needs weekly vitamin b shots and I’m practicing to give them at home.
The banana is the test subject and the dark food dye is to show me whether or not I’ve done it correctly.
TW link to demonstration of subcutaneous injections on banana
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7wFbxDqhNnQ
No problem, I do ensure I trigger warn. I did use the spoiler function that needs to be clicked for text but maybe it isn’t showing up because you’re in another instance?