Is it just me, or does pinning somedays seem like a chore

[PAPoots]

And today was a light day. BPC, TB, and TESA/IPA blend. I don't know how the peeps pinning 2-3x that daily along with a stack of supplements stay motivated to do it.

 

[FartfulCodger]

It's monotonous. I feel like there are too many steps in the process. And there's a danger in monotony. You lose focus and next thing you know, you're injecting 50 units of peptide A and 10 units of peptide B when it was supposed to be the opposite.

I look forward to my robotic Injectomatic assistant.

 

[ThatNextGril]

Not just you. Funny enough I skipped my pins yesterday and did none kinda for that reason. By late afternoon I'd realized I hadn't done my GHK, KPV and TA1 for the day and then just went, eh, one day skipping might be a good breather.

I've bought 2 more pens as it for sure is easier and less time consuming to just swap out needles on a pen and use a cart than prepping syringes.

 

[Florus2026]

And today was a light day. BPC, TB, and TESA/IPA blend. I don't know how the peeps pinning 2-3x that daily along with a stack of supplements stay motivated to do it.

I don't mind the quick ones that much but have gone over to collecting more than one in a syringe where reasonable. Ipa/CJC seem predestined for that, but sometimes I just ad all in one to make it go faster....

Also: I I find it hard to have a good rotation for my Copper injection (KLOW) as my skin/fat stays tender for a couple of days at least...

 

[cjdilan]

When you add supplements on top its even worse.

 

[Dos-Dox]

I actually feel a little bored if it’s just a 1-pin day. But I also keep it to only 2-3/day normally and try to stay disciplined not to over-stack by running too many things at once. I also take breaks for a week or 2 at a time where I only do a once/week GLP. That seems to help any pin fatigue that creeps in.

 

[CreepyZebra]

A day that I can manage to remember my pins AND my supps/meds is a good day. More often than not it gets to late afternoon when I realize I haven't taken my oral am pills. The chore of pinning has also gotten to me so as someone that likes new shiny things I got some pens so it'll make it exciting again for a bit.

 

[miss-sanne]

Oh man, I hear you, I'm so bored ! I'm soooo over reconstitution, filtering, injecting...

I'm constantly 1 day behind my schedule, because it's so incredibly boring.

I am at my almost goal weight, so that makes me less interested in pinning.

So 'glad' I have 7-8 years worth of peps.

 

[RubbaDubba1]

I will mix a few peptides in 1 syringe, to reduce pins at the time of injection, other than GLP-1's. I mix some of my Syringes up ahead of time 2-4 weeks, that may have a couple different peps in them, as long as they play nice together. I know it's not popular on here, but I do telehealth a couple times a year with a Functional medicine Dr. He does this himself to reduce the # of injections and I get a couple things from him, I can't get Grey market.

It's risk tolerance on your part, but I do use this occasionally to double check mixing things together. https://thepeptidelist.com/interaction-checker

 

[DrPEPr]

Pinning peps is nothing... tiny needles.

when going <25G it really becomes a pain (sometimes literally).

But yeah... we're not pincushions.

 

[Jack Paulie]

Its boring when you are up at 8 pins a day, and add in the supplement regime. But it helps alot when I switched to those pens, instead of the insulin syringes…

 

[cheaperseeker]

Another vote for injection pens.

 

[laansasa]

You are not alone. I take a lot of supplements morning and night but adding the needle phobia doesn't help make it easier, either. The results are great, so that's what keeps me going...

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

Honestly, I'd rather pin than swallow one more supplement or vitamin...ugh.

I had bariatric surgery back in 2021 (wish Tirz was on the menu back then) which was extreme and left me with a permanent malabsorption component, so daily vitamin and supplements are a must if I want to stay out of the hospital.

 

[CharlieBrown]

Oh man, I hear you, I'm so bored ! I'm soooo over reconstitution, filtering, injecting...

I'm constantly 1 day behind my schedule, because it's so incredibly boring.

I am at my almost goal weight, so that makes me less interested in pinning.

So 'glad' I have 7-8 years worth of peps.

I couldn't agree anymore. I gave up on GHK after 2 months of pinning every morning

I guess I'll have to do without looking "Pretty"

 

[RubbaDubba1]

Honestly, I'd rather pin than swallow one more supplement or vitamin...ugh.

I had bariatric surgery back in 2021 (wish Tirz was on the menu back then) which was extreme and left me with a permanent malabsorption component, so daily vitamin and supplements are a must if I want to stay out of the hospital.

RNY or DS? I had VSG 17 years ago.

 

[RascalRaccoon]

Another vote for injection pens.

And another vote here. Besides making it easy, it hurts less without the needle being blunted from the vial (I am a big baby).

 

[yrrdead]

Its why I actually made the move to pens. I was also hoping that I would respond poorly to GHK-Cu so that I could just say eff it.

Unfortunately I'm one of the extremely lucky ones, literally nothing, no burn, no lump, not even a tiny ISR.

But yeah the 3 daily pins are getting to be a pain. No pun intended.

Tthe worst part is the stuff that actually does heavy lifting (Reta) is down to only 1/6 days.

 

[Rtrain]

Today was one of them days. Somehow jabbed my finger with my syringe when I pulled it out of the vial.

 

[FarmgirlRebel]

RNY or DS? I had VSG 17 years ago.

Biliopancreatic Duodenal Swith/DS and it almost killed me when we found out regular multi vitamins and supplements weren't enough, I wasn't absorbing Thiamine, regardless of protein intake. Developed Wernicke's Encephalopathy and wound up in ICU for several days.

Thankfully, I was still coherent enough in the ER to whisper Duodenal Switch and I had a curious nurse, who ended up saving my life by getting me on a Thiamine push as they were treating me for a TIA.