In Brisbane, I also know the feeling of trying to find someone that could do it. Also planning to get the NExT but haven’t found anyone up here.
I did a look into the best way to self implant and eliminate the scare of that needle.
There’s an over the counter numbing cream called Emla cream. I can confirm that it does an amazing job at numbing.
I plan to use this method, and if all goes well I want to help encourage self implanting.