Humira

Well, the Dr gave me two sample shots of Humira in the autoinjector and on Wednesday I did the dreaded MTX injection and then broke out the GIANT Humira auto pen. Wow that sucker is huge!! I live so far away from my Dr that I had to take the pens out of the packaging and put them in an insulated ghetto cooler (you know, wal-mart bag with ice from Sonic in it lol!) to make the drive home. Ummm, the instructions were in the package I guess. So, I look at it, figure it is the same and the Enbrel sureclick and get started.

Nope, not the same. If you don't hold the button down on the Humira the needle pops right out of your leg and shoots medicine on your comforter. Dammit. Got my courage up and ended up with half the dose..maybe..Now Enbrel, you press, click and it takes over from there. Humira, you pinch, press, click and hold. I guess I should have looked at that YouTube video BEFORE I gave myself the shot. Oh well, better luck next time?

I did get sicker than I've ever been though. Nausea, fatigue and just yuck yuck yuck. But is it the every popular, never fun MTX or is it the Humira? I guess I'll find out this week as it is just a MTX shot. I hope and pray it's not the Humira. I don't think I can stand having to try yet another biologic and I don't want to add more pills to my already growing collection to offset these side effects.

On the plus side, it's Sunday, 4 days after the shots and I actually feel better, so maybe this will work?