delt pink after pinning

[ace_]

I pinned front delt saturday around 5pm. I know now that front delt was a bad idea but I was looking around online for how to pin front delt since I wanted more than just the pictures on spotinjections to go by. I ended up in some thread on a steroid forum and literally everyone in the thread said to do front delt instead of side delt so I pinned 1.5cc Test Prop into my front delt 1" deep and it hurts like a motherfucker.

I noticed yesterday morning that it was kind of pink, in addition to being swollen. I took my temperature and had no fever, so I put some dots with a marker around it. This morning, it's expanded well past the dots I put but I still don't have a fever.

So its:
-swollen
-painful
-pinkish/red (like a sunburn)
-MIGHT feel slightly warm to the touch, but I can't really tell

**But I don't have any fever.

Would this be an infection or just something normal? I know for a fact I was 100% sterile and clean with this injection. I've been pinning the same stuff into my quads and glutes for 2 weeks now and they're fine. However I took a blood test last tuesday and my White Blood Cell count is high but that could be from anything. I don't feel sick at all.

Is it possible to have an infection without having a fever? I'd rather not stop the cycle unless I have a good reason to seeing as I don't have a lot of money and dropped a few hundred on this cycle. But ultimately health is more important so if the cycle needs to be stopped, I'll stop it, but there has to be a good reason. If it's just swollen and pink from hitting the front delt and having the needle come in and out a tiny bit then I'm going to continue. If it looks like an infection (even though there's NO Fever) then I'll stop and throw away a few hundred dollars.

What it looked like yesterday:

What it looks like today:

 

[stevesmi]

you have an infection or some allergic reaction.

more importantly how old are you? you look like you have very raw muscle in your pics. either you are very new to lifting or you are YOUNG!! you want to put on mature muscle mass before running steroids, this is probably a blessing in disguise

 

[Arabian]

It looks like you are having a reaction to the either the gear or you did not pin deep enough. If you start to have a fever, you need to go right then to the Dr and get some antibiotics to offset an infections. I feel 90% sure the oil will dissipate after 48 hours however keep a close eye on it. In the future always pin your side delts, its painless and you go in 1 inch and your golden. Its the only place I pin now and if you pin Tren their you will not get the cough. I have gotten tren cough from every injection spot going except for side delts. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

 

[ace_]

you have an infection or some allergic reaction.

more importantly how old are you? you look like you have very raw muscle in your pics. either you are very new to lifting or you are YOUNG!! you want to put on mature muscle mass before running steroids, this is probably a blessing in disguise

21 years old. I've been lifting for nearly 4 years. I'm a little over 2 weeks into my first cycle.

Here's a better pic of my physique, taken a few weeks before I started the cycle:

I don't know how I'd have an infection. I've been pinning this gear for 2 weeks in my glutes and quads. I've been getting really bad PIP and some swelling but never any redness or anything until I pinned this front delt on saturday at 5pm.

 

[Jefferyaron]

Is this the first time you've pinned delt? I know for me it took me two weeks for my delts to get used to it. Keep moving it around warm wash cloth. Gotta get that liquid moving around, once it dissipates you'll have no pain but as they said if it gets worse than you need to see a doctor. Take a pen or marker and circle all of the redness if the redness goes outside of that circle then you have issues.

 

[stevesmi]

dude come on this isn't normal for your delt to turn red like that. this isn't a PIP reaction.. obviously he has an infection or bad gear.

pin another spot and if it happens again then throw that gear away. not sure why its complicated.. i'm sorry you spent a lot of money on your juice but if you cannot afford to lose some money on this then you have no business juicing to begin with. thats just reality. at 21 you should be worried about your education right now and not using steroids anyway but thats a whole nother discussion

 

[tha_Waco_kid]

^^^ he said he has used the same gear in quads and glutes with no reaction

I would keep a close eye on it but not run to the ER at this point

Nice physique bro

 

[ace_]

^^^ he said he has used the same gear in quads and glutes with no reaction

I would keep a close eye on it but not run to the ER at this point

Nice physique bro

yeah this is the first pin site that's changed colors. I'm supposed to pin today and I haven't yet.

I got a CBC today again to check my white blood cell count, I should have results tomorrow or the next day. I got a CBC last tuesday and my white blood cell count was high, but I had no symptoms at all and it could have been from anything.

I don't know if I should pin today or wait until tomorrow or just end the cycle.

 

[stevesmi]

^^^ he said he has used the same gear in quads and glutes with no reaction

I would keep a close eye on it but not run to the ER at this point

Nice physique bro

its probably an infection then. if it gets worse than a round of anti biotics is gonna be needed. just a bad break..

 

[UA_Iron]

I get that with primo injections. Every time. Goes away.

Could be a lot of things. You know your body the best, if it gets worse see a doc and get some antibiotics.

 

[ace_]

Someone in another forum told me that it could be from injecting too much into a small muscle, especially since I've never injected there before. It was 1.5cc of Test Prop into my front delt. I could see that being too much, what do you guys think?

 

[Jefferyaron]

I inject 1cc of prop and 2ccs of mast in mine eod no issues although the first couple inj. Sucked.... My quad was fucked like your delt the first quad inject so as everyone said keep an eye on it if you have already injected glutes and quads it's possible that it's dirty gear but not likely although def keep an eye on it. I would say your delt is very sensitive to the juice. Although Steve is very knowledgeable so listen to him although that little redness on me would not be infection just that oil not being absorbed...

 

[ace_]

I inject 1cc of prop and 2ccs of mast in mine eod no issues although the first couple inj. Sucked.... My quad was fucked like your delt the first quad inject so as everyone said keep an eye on it if you have already injected glutes and quads it's possible that it's dirty gear but not likely although def keep an eye on it. I would say your delt is very sensitive to the juice. Although Steve is very knowledgeable so listen to him although that little redness on me would not be infection just that oil not being absorbed...

Fair enough, good advice.

I will say though that my white blood cell count has been elevated at least since last tuesday when I got a CBC. I got the CBC because my GI (Crohns Disease doctor) wanted to test my blood count because the medication I'm on for Crohns, Sulfasalazine, can reduce white blood cell count. They were pretty surprised to see that it was elevated and I got retested today but I won't have the results until tomorrow or the next day.

But an elevated white blood cell count could be from anything. It doesn't necessarily mean I have an infection and I haven't had any infection symptoms besides this delt injection. I've pinned 7 times before the delt injection and have never had any discoloration or warmth to the touch or anything. But I have had some nasty PIP and slight swelling in glutes and quads but it's test prop in virgin muscle so that's to be expected.

If the redness keeps expanding or doesn't reduce in the next day or two I'll go see a doctor, otherwise should I just continue with the cycle and not pin delts anymore?

I've been taking ibuprofen and hit the sauna today and just now took soaked in a hot bath. I've been massaging the delt somewhat and it feels better as far as pain, although that could be from the ibuprofen.

If I had an infection wouldn't it hurt like shit if I was massaging it?

 

[Jefferyaron]

Normally massaging my delts makes it hurt more lmao. Always feels like someone's frogging the shit out of my shoulder but to each their own. To my knowledge test would increase your WBC count someone please correct me if I'm wrong... I'd pin my opposite delt and see how it goes or give up on delts altogether that would be your choice.

 

[moya]

This is fairly common for spot injections not deep enough, or even an extreme case of PIP in a virgin site... Still be safe and take an antibiotic if you want to be safe... Some muscles will get used to this... I personaly would never pin my front delts...

 

[moya]

Oh and yes ibuprophen, sauna and massage will help...

 

[Jefferyaron]

800mg Motrin does wonders for me lol

 

[ace_]

So I still don't have a fever, going on 78hrs or so since injection. The redness spread more over the course of monday. Tuesday (today) I woke up and I don't think the redness spread, but IF it did, it wasn't much (i'm tan so it's hard to see exactly where the red stops, even when I put a line or dots with a marker I don't know if I'm getting the exact edge of the redness or not).

The color is less noticeable, it either is fading or is getting darker and blending in with my tan more. Probably the former.

The pain is not as bad and I'm pretty sure the swelling has gone down some. It's still swollen but I'm pretty sure it's not AS swollen.

I don't know if it's warm to the touch or not. It may be a little warm to the touch but I can't really tell.

Again, still no fever. I feel fine. I actually feel pretty good from the test prop kicking in.


I worked out arms today and the workout went fine. I had a tiny bit of discomfort on certain exercises where my front delt was stabilizing or on some curl exercises where I would kind of use my front delt a tiny bit.

I then proceeded to do some DB front raises at the end of my workout with 5s, 10s, and 15s. Hurt a little but not really bad or anything.

If I wake up tomorrow and if think it may have spread more I'll go to the doctor. If I do go, should I tell them I'm taking test or just say it's a b12 injection or what? Is it possible to say something like "Okay, this is NOT going on file or on the record but I'm injecting test and think I may have an infection" ?



also I injected quad today, about 10 hours ago. Don't even have any pip yet at all.

 

[Jefferyaron]

What you tell the doc is confidential you don't have to lie to them about aas. Although you lifted and moved your delt today so I think tomorrow you'll find that it feels much better. And if it was an infection the redness would be much worse you'd most definitely know that it had spread. Take ibuprofen and sit in either a hot tub or hot bath and you should be good to go