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hello everybody it is me Chaseypoo and today I'm having a really exciting video
whatever this is my friend
Kai: heyyyy
Chase: Kai, he's been videos before
Kai: yes I have, reaapearance
Chase: the runs
Kai: the runs over yeah those years ago Chase: that was when my knee wasn't so anyways
today I'm really excited because there's this new way of doing your injections
for the hormones that I didn't know about and that he showed me so we're
gonna talk to you about it today because you want to spread this
Kai: oh my gosh it's
so important that people know about the different options that are available
because it's terrifying
Chase: it is it is so I have been on hormones for nine years I
do androgel because I can not handle needles and how long have you been on t?
Kai: seven years six years I dont know, whose counting
Chase: whose counting at this point and have you always done
injections
Kai: for the most part but I've toggled between different options to
explore and to figure out how to manage the pain because I was just terrified of
taking shots so sometimes i took cream sometimes i did and or gel and now I'm
back to the shots
Chase: tell me why are we making this video like what are we even
talking about self injection what is that?
Kai: it is a wonderful new world of this
product which I'm sure you can't see but it's this basically it's this
contraption that you get to put your regular injection needle set into and
you lock it load and then it does the shot for you essentially which takes
care of some of the fear factor the mental block that I experienced and so
that's you know what this is all about it's called the auto-injector
I think that's just the title of it which is kind of weird
Chase: I know right
Kai: they didn't come up with something snazzy but you know it's European so they're just like
right to the point
Chase: so how did you find out about this and did your doctor tell
you about this and where did you get it how
was it all that info
Kai: so bless the doctors for they do not know about all
these wonderful things and a lot of it like a lot of trans care we've kind of
have to figure out on our own which is sad right and so I saw this on a post on
Facebook and I've sadly can't remember who it was per se but we shared
knowledge amongst ourselves and I saw this and I know I was just I was having
such a hard time with shots you know what it's like I mean for whatever
reason as the years go on it gets worse I thought it would get better be like oh
yeah I get over my fear whatever it was easier at the beginning and then as scar
tissue builds up it becomes more painful or you know I just have more
mental blocks
Chase: yeah up here
Kai: it's a total mental game yeah and so it would take it would
take in the past before the auto-injector would take me half hour to
almost 45 minutes to do my shot where I'd load it all up and then I'd be just
hovering over my I'm gonna show you my leg and I'm hovering over it and it
would be there for 45 minutes sweating bullets everywhere
Chase: I identify with this which is why I switch to the gel because after a year
of being on it I was like I couldn't I was like I'm gonna poke myself it's not
gonna hurt but I can't I can't do it Kai: yeah it's it's so bizarre and so I at
some point would delay my shot by two weeks right which is not a good thing
I'm post hysto like I have had a hysterectomy which I not should not be
doing
chase: you really shouldn't be missing your shots
Kai: I like me to be regular and I couldn't and I would delay it mentally block it in my mind even if I had
reminders I would just be like oh whatever
I was like okay then I went to my doctor was like yo can me like figure out a
different way to do this and he gave me I went through all the options and then
give me a spreadsheet and like figure it out for yourself
Chase: nice thanks, trans care
Kai: and so you know I looked at it all I went back on to Androgel but it just
my body wouldn't absorb it right and so my T levels were super low and I'm
dragging and able to work and be productive and then
I saw this post I was so desperate like give me swear yeah of course fuck it and
so that's where you know I made this purchase it's an investment it is it is
you know for right now hopefully the costs come down but right now this is
about 150 Canadian and that I think includes shipping and it's because we
have to get it from Europe right it's not currently available hello Canadian
and US companies come on y'all Chase: fda-regulated let's go I want to make a
little specification on that because when you told me about this I was like
oh my god $150 per shot that's so expensive because I have seen
auto-injectors where the cartridge even there's a cartridge that comes with it
that's already pre with your testosterone levels or whatever
medication you're on and then you put it and it's a one-time you throw it out
which is so wasteful but this is not like that at all this is a you buy the
applicator one time and you use your own needle so what we're actually gonna show
you so trigger warning for people who don't like needles don't like injections
don't like to see any any of that stuff we're gonna show you actual
footage you know like in the ... actual footage not clickbait hum of him preparing his shot and doing his shot
we're in a little talked a little bit about it
Kai: so the the main thing is just
business as usual really you're loading up your testosterone you're using the 18
gauge to draw up the the liquid doing a little flicker I'm out here get the
bubbles to rise yo some people use a 22 gauge to take a shot I use a 25 gauge I
I don't I like the small needle size we do not have the same dosage across the
people it depends on size it depends on history it depends on whether you've had
a hysterectomy or not so my dose is not gonna be anybody
else's dose and so I think that's a really important thing to keep in mind
and even though you're seeing my dosage on on the video that is not supposed to
be your dosage necessarily you need to you know work with it yeah professional
to figure out your dose
Chase: cuz I'm definitely sure someone's gonna pause
this video think zoom in to try to see what your dose is because I get that
question all the time what are is your dose because they think that their dose
is too low honestly everyone's body is different I'm actually on a low dose of
testosterone and and people have hysterectomies could be on a higher dose
or a lower dose it really depends on how your body takes it so
Kai: so in this case
you're extending the applicator and inserting the your regular syringe the
way you always upload it and then the dosage and it Clips right in there so
it's secure and snug and it's there's a bit of a safety that a mechanism that
doesn't allow you to and then there's a push button and you remove the cap which
is a bit awkward like once you get there that's fine and then there's a light I
don't know if you could see it it lights up once there's enough tension in the
skin there and then you know you're ready to do the shot and then you switch
hands which is really important and then you release the safety click and that
becomes green and then you take the shot by pushing the button on the other side
and you can see it goes really fast and that was painless okay that was a level
1 out of 10 pain so it was like a little blip and then of course it takes a while
because I've got 25 gauge needle which takes a little bit longer with the
viscous with a thick nature of the liquid you can see there's a bit of a
marker that I put to indicate when I know it's been until the correct level
that's the one thing that I have a little bit of feedback on this but you
can see how it's being inserted here and the light which is to tell you there's a
bit of totnes around the skin
Chase: so when you put this applicator on your skin
that's when the light turns on when there's enough pressure for you to be
able to take the safety off and press the button to go in
Kai: correct. when you're ready
when all the liquid has been inserted you can take it off very dramatic
you can see the needle there and then just for safety you you pull it out
again and then you can reapply the cap and then this is the usual of putting
your band and recapping and so forth so but you
can see little pre coal there still believe yeah and there's like an indent
around it yeah you know I kind of I probably push a little too hard cuz I'm
like good and then you put your bandaid on like usual and I did r2d2 or I don't
think it's r2d2 it's a cute little ball anyway
Chase: some macs
Kai: Star Wars. And there you go
sombodys really excited and so it's just really something to vehicle to help you insert
your shot and it's just really really cool device really for shots and you
can reuse it which I really appreciate like you said it's not an EpiPen
delivery device right it's this encasing that allows for swiftness and it has
like a guillotine I don't wanna be too gross the weight that you need to
quickly deliver the shot cuz what I was doing is I was hovering over my butt
when I was doing my own injections and then I would hesitate just as I was
inserting right and it slows it down oh yeah I'm really hurt it does and it
stings and it's like ah anyways but this one because it's so quick there's no
pain and also you kind of can't see that it's being it's happening out of sight
out of mind Chase: absolutely and when I've had injections
that are inter must your like for hormone blockers or like Gardasil or
like twinrix whatever when I was going on vacation they do it in the
muscle and it's I got nurses to do it for me so I'm like uh-uh and they really
like okay they like stab you with it but it doesn't hurt as much as if you go you
know what I'm saying so when I saw this as somebody who doesn't do injections
anymore I will tell you if this existed and I knew about it nine years ago yeah
eight years ago I probably would have this and I would still be using it
because you don't see the needle going in I think my mental block is literally
seeing the needle penetrating my skin I don't like seeing that and like even
when I get my blood drawn for blood tests like if I look I'm gonna pass out
so this not being able to actually like I know it's there and I know that when I
press the button it's gonna go in but I don't I'm not physically doing it yet so
my my only thing that I would be scared of is am I gonna press the button but
what you do is you just press it you just go quick and you're like
Kai: don't think about it I
don't and I just Boop done and I also know now having done it maybe dozen
times that it's painless because of this mechanism so I just press it without
thinking and then it does it's magic and I you know the inserting
is not a problem it never was a problem when once I got it in and then I just
have to lower the liquid in that's not a problem but the waiting around part
Chase: and other things that I've seen just to compare it that look like this are it's
like an auto-injector without a needle needle this injector it uses some type
of pressure with which I've seen which I thought that this was that originally
and then I thought it was the cartridge one and now I understand it's nothing
like that so so the fact that this actually exists
is absolutely amazing also this absolutely 0% sponsored I
don't even know what company makes this I'll put the link though in the
description if people are interested and if anybody else has made a video about
this please let me know I'll put that in a playlist because I want people to be
able to know about this information cuz my t levels are kind of up and down
because of my my gel and because I sweat a lot and I have been considering going
back into no I don't think I'll go back on injections but it is an option now
it's not like never I'm going to detransition no I'm kidding but now it's
like it's an actual like oh yeah I would get this 150 bucks is steep however this
is 150 bucks and this will probably last you what three four years even more
yeah
Kai: it's well constructed and there are different options like this is the
cheaper option but there's another more expensive option that has a little bit
more bells and whistles
Chase: ha, has like a screen program and it's like hey take your...
Kai: I had the left leg I do need reminders about that I can't remember sometimes
even it was a week ago that memory life yo
Chase: out them on calendar people go L, R, on the calendar so they know what leg they did
Kai: see
you learned stuff every day
Chase: even from somebody who doesn't even do injections *tongue pop* haha
okay you have anything else to say about this thing
Kai: no I just wanted to provide
options for folks especially if you have a mental block especially if you're
going into you know several years of being on T I just want people to have
that quality of life and if there's one way to do it or there's many but this is
one way that I found it unfortunately doctors don't know about this I had to
teach my doctor I brought this to a session that I went to and I was like yo
this is available please tell other people like you know and he's like I had
no idea and he thought you know like if you want the the equivalent is insulin
and he thought it was similar to you that epipen thing and I was
like no you great you you just have to specify which gauge needle you use and
you know three milliliters versus well we're in Canada but yeah so you have to
specify all this to make it fit properly yeah but then it's reusable and so it's
unfortunate that we can't rely on our healthcare providers for this kind of
information so we have to help each other out in this and so that's why you
know why don't you know yeah so Chase: absolutely well thank you so much for
joining me and providing this information because when you told me
about this I was like AHH
Kai: so exciting
Chase:in that noise
Kai: yes so as as part of work that I do I work on
trans inclusion work as part of trans focus consulting and it is about some
aspect of it is about helping medical professionals including healthcare and
so this is something that I'm working on more broadly and not just this you know
specific device but you know interactions in the assessment room the
different types of equipment that people have or the healthcare
professionals need to access and just you know avoiding assumptions about the
anatomy that we have you know all that fun
Chase: doing the Lord's work
[Both laugh]
Kai: always
Chase: I'll put information about that in the description oh thank you so much for
joining me
Kai: you're very welcome
Chase: I hope this was at least a little bit informational a little bit
Kai:yes
Chase: probably a little bit
Kai: Oh hopefully a lot
ChaseL: with my b-roll like I love you have
a great day
Both: bye
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