apparently I've been freaking out about syringes for no reason, you can just order them off amazon and probably find them on the shelf at the drug store? 90s war on drugs stuff made me think it's difficult to legally obtain clean needles but i guess they finally realized a lot of drugs need them? - ThreadSky

jenyetagain.bsky.social • 127 days ago

apparently I've been freaking out about syringes for no reason, you can just order them off amazon and probably find them on the shelf at the drug store?

90s war on drugs stuff made me think it's difficult to legally obtain clean needles but i guess they finally realized a lot of drugs need them?

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eddeemn.bsky.social•127 days ago

Some states apparently restrict them or allow pharmacists to refuse to sell them for any reason

jenyetagain.bsky.social•127 days ago

it costs about $14 for 100 syringes, the same for 100 needles in the two gages used for hormones, and that's like a two year supply so i might get arrested for transing before i can use them all

hypercubexl.bsky.social•127 days ago

yeah when I was doing insulin that way before they switched me to pens it was super easy, they even sell the little needle bins at the store too, I'm just more concerned with getting what goes in them, or my pills etc.

jenyetagain.bsky.social•127 days ago

yeeeeah.

doc said getting my gender marker changed might help, but to me that also feels like "registering as trans with the state" which is its own whole problem now

hypercubexl.bsky.social•127 days ago

there's def a lot of friends various places who allow an X that are reconsidering too.. I really want to move forward but even here I worry about that, it's so fucked

jenyetagain.bsky.social•127 days ago

having a really supportive workplace, family, and friends has kind of put the kibosh on a lot of my desire to worry about legal change stuff because it all feels like a hassle that people who care about me don't need. who cares about seeing my dead name on my checking account.

hypercubexl.bsky.social•127 days ago

I feel like having a unisex name was serendipity, and as much as I feel like burning it all down, the path of least resistance feels okay for that right now

estrusflask.bsky.social•126 days ago

I actually just buy prepackaged syringes with the needles on and I don't bother switching needles after drawing. Though it does take a while to draw into a 23g needle. And I'm told I should be using 27g.

jenyetagain.bsky.social•126 days ago

i have trouble with the injection with a 23g some weeks, i feel like a smaller gauge would be a bigger pain

estrusflask.bsky.social•126 days ago

Yeah, it's hard to get the thick oil out.

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