Abcesses?

[MT]

Okay. Who here has had an abcess from gear? Was it from UG (if so, which lab?) or from homebrew?
If your abcess was from homebrew, where do you think you went wrong with the brew?
Answers please!

 

[littlemack]

I'm not sure how you keep everything sterile if homebrewing at home. Some of the UG labs may be just as bad though I imagine. I read a story about a lab that tested some gear and found contaminants like Lead, trimethylsilyl arsenous acid (arsenic), tin, traces of benzyl chloride(which can cause pulmonary edema), and even something called diethylstilbestrol which was once used as a growth promoter in cattle and was banned by the FDA b/c it causes cancer. What's the saying? Caveat Emptor?
Sure scared the hell out of me! Its good to have references on this stuff I guess, and it sounds like some of the suppliers like Alin are lab testing their products. I'm by far not an expert on this stuff as I'm still learning and collecting research. Maybe some of the more experienced users and mods can chime in. OTH and I have just had a good chat about this in another thread.
Its a very real concern.

 

[SpankyDXM]

I got mine from from vet gear Test suspension to be exact ..I threw that shit away and I will never use it again...got big like a softball and a head formed and I waited till the puss came to the top but never did so I looked and squeezed and I could see it deep inside so I took a 18 gauge pin and stuck it in till I hit it and pulled the pin out and squeezed like a m/fker and this big green thing shot out of there and hit the wall ...looked like a big wet booger and this came out my glute....made me sick...bleed like a horror show for about 3 minutes then it closed up...it did however leave an indention on my butt...thats my new gauge to know where to place my injections ...been years since I had one....it wasnt a nonsterile technique either..it was the gear itself...I do sterile techniques now just to make sure....make sure to take a bath before just to make sure

 

[bigains]

I had some from homebrew. It was filtered with a .2 micron filter so I know it was sterile. The problem was that it was dosed to high and was crystalising in the injetion site or it was just to irritating. Diluting the gear took care of the problem.

 

[MT]

Bumping this back to the top. Come on guys, lets have some more replies. This really is an important topic, as repper has highlighted in his recent post. Is he still alive?
Please post if you have had abcess from UG and the name of the lab. I do not beleive it to be speaking out against that lab. Hell, it happens. I remember way back Big A saying that the only abcess he ever had was from human pharmaceutical grade Organon Sustanon. Thats life!
Speak up people!

 

[LEX]

I just got an abcess, it was in a spot I hit with suspension then first time it got a little inflammed then about a week later I hit close to that spot again and it didnt like it at all.... I drained about 5 cc's out but it was a sterile abcess.. I am pretty sure the suspension makes mini abcess ever time and if I hit that spot again before it is comletely gone then I am in for a larger abcess.

This isnt a sterility problem but concentration of solutes/cell sensitivity problem in my peticular case.