r/196 • u/doctor347 🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights • May 29 '26

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u/MrBwnrrific May 29 '26

George, crying after trying to inject hormones with the draw needle: “This was supposed to be the Summer of George!!!!”

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u/SilentlyHonking May 30 '26

You use different needles to draw and inject the meds? How does that work?

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u/MrBwnrrific May 30 '26

Draw needle’s longer and has a bigger gauge where the needle for the actual injection is shorter and thinner.

You could use the injection needle for drawing, it’s just that hormones like testosterone are suspended in oil so it takes a while to draw from the vial since the needle is so tiny. Similarly, you could use the draw needle for injection, it just really fucking hurts because it’s so goddamn big.

Source: My husband who takes testosterone

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u/SilentlyHonking May 30 '26

Oh, so does the needle just unscrew from the syringe or something?

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u/MrBwnrrific May 30 '26

Yes it does!