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Those of you who inject penicillin...

I always use green needles.

I'm surprised at your getting more flinching from penicillin than from engemycin, its usually the other way round, the engemycin isn't the nicest stuff. But maybe depocillin stings more than Ultrapen.

Ultrapen doesn't need to be refrigerated, I've only ever had trouble drawing it up in the winter.
 
:wave: I'm really getting to grips with these now and Santa isn't flinching at all :) They gave me their 'thinnest' penicillin suspension which is a depocillin one and I am finding it straightforward to inject using a blue needle.

10 days in now and no improvement at all yet :cry: Given that it's such a long-standing chronic infection, am I just being impatient?!

On the plus side, she has regained her appetite and put on a little weight - not sure if that's the penicillin or the teeth that have got back up to a 'normal' length now...but either way it's good news :)
 
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