starting injections soon a little nervous

[stickersteve]

I will be starting T injections next week. I did them many years ago but had one bad experience when I hit a nerve in my thigh and had a hard time walking for a few days so I am a little nervous. I will probably try the thigh again, but I have read that they can also go in the stomach? Is that true or is it a waste of time doing the injection there?

 

[Vince]

I will be starting T injections next week. I did them many years ago but had one bad experience when I hit a nerve in my thigh and had a hard time walking for a few days so I am a little nervous. I will probably try the thigh again, but I have read that they can also go in the stomach? Is that true or is it a waste of time doing the injection there?

I use an easy touch 29g 1/2" syringe. I injected my shoulders, love handles and VG.

Post in thread 'Did I inject this ventroglutes shot right?'

Sep 11, 2021

I always inject the VG and use a 29g 1/2" syringe. It's my favorite place to inject.

I feel my hip bone and inject a few inches below that point. I even moved down three or four inches and inject there also.

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[mooseman109]

I will be starting T injections next week. I did them many years ago but had one bad experience when I hit a nerve in my thigh and had a hard time walking for a few days so I am a little nervous. I will probably try the thigh again, but I have read that they can also go in the stomach? Is that true or is it a waste of time doing the injection there?

I do sub cutaneous injection. I use a 27ga 1/2” needle. I do daily at .10 ml. I rotate from right love handle to right belly button area and onto the other side. Some guys do not seem to do well on sub Q shots. They work for me

 

[Systemlord]

I will be starting T injections next week. I did them many years ago but had one bad experience when I hit a nerve in my thigh and had a hard time walking for a few days so I am a little nervous. I will probably try the thigh again, but I have read that they can also go in the stomach? Is that true or is it a waste of time doing the injection there?

Just inject 30 gauge insulin syringes in the shoulders/deltoids. I hit too many nerves going in the thigh.

If you can get on oral Jatenzo/Kyzatrex, do it.

 

[stickersteve]

Just inject 30 gauge insulin syringes in the shoulders/deltoids. I hit too many nerves going in the thigh.

If you can get on oral Jatenzo/Kyzatrex, do it.

 

[stickersteve]

I thought kyzantrex did not work as well. I had the option but saw to many posts where guys say they always go back to injections. I tried trans scrotal cream it did nothing and have been on enclomiphene and also nothing so I figured kyzantrez was to new and might not do anything either

 

[Systemlord]

I thought kyzantrex did not work as well. I had the option but saw to many posts where guys say they always go back to injections. I tried trans scrotal cream it did nothing and have been on enclomiphene and also nothing so I figured kyzantrez was to new and might not do anything either

You thought wrong dude.

You realize this forum is mostly littered with men and their failed treatment, right?

All of those success stories you’ll never hear about because there’s no need to seek help on a forum if you’re not having problems.

 

[FunkOdyssey]

I will be starting T injections next week. I did them many years ago but had one bad experience when I hit a nerve in my thigh and had a hard time walking for a few days so I am a little nervous. I will probably try the thigh again, but I have read that they can also go in the stomach? Is that true or is it a waste of time doing the injection there?

If you want to maximally reduce the possibility that some aspect of your injection site and method interfere with your results, I would suggest IM injections into delts or ventroglutes with these specific 5/8" insulin syringes:

Easy Touch U-100 Insulin Syringe with Needle, 27G 1cc 5/8-Inch (16mm), Box of 100

Once you're dialed in, you can begin experimenting with more convenient but higher risk alternatives, like subcutaneous injections in the abdomen, smaller needles, etc.

 

[stickersteve]

If you want to maximally reduce the possibility that some aspect of your injection site and method interfere with your results, I would suggest IM injections into delts or ventroglutes with these specific 5/8" insulin syringes:

Easy Touch U-100 Insulin Syringe with Needle, 27G 1cc 5/8-Inch (16mm), Box of 100

Once you're dialed in, you can begin experimenting with more convenient but higher risk alternatives, like subcutaneous injections in the abdomen, smaller needles, etc.

Looks like I will be doing sub q cypinate and they are sending needles with my order so I aill gry it in the stomach

 

[FunkOdyssey]

Looks like I will be doing sub q cypinate and they are sending needles with my order so I aill gry it in the stomach

Good luck. This works well in maybe 60-70% of men.

 

[stickersteve]

Good luck. This works well in maybe 60-70% of men.

you mean doing it in the stomach? I can always try the outer thigh area if that is a better location. I want this to work. My T level is 224 and I am 66 years old. I am not looking for 1,000 must some improvement

 

[FunkOdyssey]

you mean doing it in the stomach? I can always try the outer thigh area if that is a better location. I want this to work. My T level is 224 and I am 66 years old. I am not looking for 1,000 must some improvement

I mean subcutaneous injections work well for 60-70% of men who try them:

Scanning the most-referenced TRT forums (ExcelMale) and the most-active Reddit communities (r/TRT and r/Testosterone) between 2023-mid-2025 suggests that roughly 60 – 70 % of men who try subcutaneous (SC) testosterone injections say they are satisfied enough to keep using the method, while the remaining ~30 – 40 % report problems (elevated E2, swelling, “feeling flat,” or erratic peaks) and eventually move back to shallow-IM or other delivery routes. These numbers are not from controlled trials—just weighted head-counts of anecdotes—so treat them as a coarse signal, not a hard statistic.

As I stated earlier, you would begin with IM if you wanted to maximize your odds of success right out of the gate.

 

[stickersteve]

I mean subcutaneous injections work well for 60-70% of men who try them:



As I stated earlier, you would begin with IM if you wanted to maximize your odds of success right out of the gate.

ok. I will try the first one in the thigh and see how it goes thanks

 

[Willyt]

Looks like I will be doing sub q cypinate and they are sending needles with my order so I aill gry it in the stomach

For intramuscular injections into delts, you want 1/2 or 5/8 as @FunkOdyssey mentioned. I use 30 gauge 1/2" ones while other use 27 or 29 gauge.

For subq in belly fat area, you want to use 31 gauge 5/16 needles. You can't even feel it. I recommend these ones:

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Thread 'Daily SUBQers: 5 stars for BD Ultra-Fine Insulin Syringe - 31G 3/10cc 5/16"'

Jan 6, 2022

Like many on here, I started with harpoon needles from my general physician and then graduated (mercifully) to 29 gauge x 1/2 fixed insulin needles for shallow IM thanks to the advice of this forum. A year ago I moved on to low dose daily SUBQ and began using 31 gauge x 5/16.

For insulin needles, I had always used the Easy Touch brand. A syringe is a syringe, right? That’s what I thought until I tried BD (Becton Dickinson) brand 31 g x 5/16 x .3cc needle. BD claims on their website that “BD Insulin Syringes with BD Ultra-FineTM needle are the #1 selling brand in the United States.”...

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[stickersteve]

For intramuscular injections into delts, you want 1/2 or 5/8 as @FunkOdyssey mentioned. I use 30 gauge 1/2" ones while other use 27 or 29 gauge.

For subq in belly fat area, you want to use 31 gauge 5/16 needles. You can't even feel it. I recommend these ones:

W

Thread 'Daily SUBQers: 5 stars for BD Ultra-Fine Insulin Syringe - 31G 3/10cc 5/16"'

Jan 6, 2022

Like many on here, I started with harpoon needles from my general physician and then graduated (mercifully) to 29 gauge x 1/2 fixed insulin needles for shallow IM thanks to the advice of this forum. A year ago I moved on to low dose daily SUBQ and began using 31 gauge x 5/16.

For insulin needles, I had always used the Easy Touch brand. A syringe is a syringe, right? That’s what I thought until I tried BD (Becton Dickinson) brand 31 g x 5/16 x .3cc needle. BD claims on their website that “BD Insulin Syringes with BD Ultra-FineTM needle are the #1 selling brand in the United States.”...

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ok. they are sending me syringes along with the T. I will see what they send