First thread post so please let me know if this post belongs somewhere else. This is my first cycle, 300mg test e per week e3.5d 0.5ml subq and 25-50mg var daily depending on if I use it as a pwo. Subq in my abdomen with a 27g 0.5 inch needle because I'm a big baby bitch about needles. Next cycle I'll probably do IM but I gotta get used to self injection first. My second/third shots have gone well, some swelling but it subsides in a couple days, but my first one is still a big lump that is sore and somewhat hurts to touch. I think it's because I wiggled the needle around too much/wasn't the full 0.5 inches deep, but I had to take it out/set down the needle on my counter for a minute half way through the injection (bitched out) and I saw that setting the needle down for any amount of time could cause infections. The needle itself didn't touch anything, just the syringe, is it possible that still gave me an infection? I alcohol wiped myself and the vial top excessively.