Re: Re: ? about Humira shots & little update

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I don't know anything about Humira, but is it supposed to be a subcutaneous

injection? I use a very short needle for my MTX injections and don't generally

have a problem with any bleeding because the med goes in right under the skin

into soft tissue. If it's subcu, then maybe you should ask the pharmacist to

give you the shortest needle. My husband's an insulin dependent diabetic and

sometimes, the pharmacy does not pay attention to the length of the needle they

give him. The longer the needle, the deeper it goes and the more it hurts - AND

the more chance you have of hitting a vein. Just a thought.

in Texas

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

DO you mean ice it down before I do the shot? I did not inject becuz I thought

if there was blood, then you were not supposed to inject? The blood came up

around the needle and was bubbling up and around the syringe while the needle

was in me? I feel so .......incompetant? Silly? - I have been taking the humira

now well this was maybe my 18th- 25th? shot? I do not feel anymore proficient at

it than I did when I did my first one.

- In , Joy <jhoorm01@...> wrote:

>

> i think the humira needles are a little thicker than the enbrel. Have you

tried

> icing your leg down? I did that and it seemed to help. I have had bruising and

> bleeding once in awhile for shots though.

> Joy

>

> dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

> Hi. I know I am here so seldom. I am still making near weekly treks to the

univ hosp with my son for his eye and staying at Mc Houses 2 nites

of the week.

>

> I have been doing GREAT still! Rheumy has been very slowly backing down my

prednisone. So far all is OK.

>

> But, something " happened " with my Humira shot this week.

>

> I do them in my thigh.

> Usually I do OK, I find it harder to give myself a shot than it ever was to

give someone else a shot. I also never even flinched when others gave me shots,

but, I sure am slow doing myself!

> ANyway, I went thru my whole little routine and had gotten the needle in and

before I even pulled back plunger (to check I was not in a vein) , it began to

bleed, yikes. SO I had to move elsewhere. ACK! the 2nd spot did the same thing!

I was careful in chooseing the site tomake sure there were no veins noticeable

thru the skin, but.....OK by now I was frustrated, cuz so far I had not ever had

this happen at all and now it happened twice in one day.

> So I go to a 3rd site. and I cannot believe it, but it happened yet again. By

then my leg was so bruised and bleeding, and the needle must have been dulled. I

went to try a 4th time, but, I could not peirce thru the skin and gave up. By

then I was crying.

>

> I kept hoping if I gave it an hour or 2 I could try again, but- nope, I was

unable to try again. And then I decided the needle would be dull and prolly and

germy by then -not so wise to use it again anyway. So, I gave up.

>

> Has anyone else ever had similar happen? if so what did you do?

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[Guest guest]

I've always used my stomach either to the left or right of the belly button.

Pinch an inch and inject. I never got blood, just a bit of bruising (and

burning on the way in). Check with your doc to see if that is advisable

for you.

Joanne

[ ] Re: ? about Humira shots & little update

>

>

> DO you mean ice it down before I do the shot? I did not inject becuz I

> thought if there was blood, then you were not supposed to inject? The

> blood came up around the needle and was bubbling up and around the syringe

> while the needle was in me? I feel so .......incompetant? Silly? - I

> have been taking the humira now well this was maybe my 18th- 25th? shot?

> I do not feel anymore proficient at it than I did when I did my first one.

>

>

> - In , Joy <jhoorm01@...> wrote:

>>

>> i think the humira needles are a little thicker than the enbrel. Have you

>> tried

>> icing your leg down? I did that and it seemed to help. I have had

>> bruising and

>> bleeding once in awhile for shots though.

>> Joy

>>

>> dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

>> Hi. I know I am here so seldom. I am still making near weekly

>> treks to the univ hosp with my son for his eye and staying at

>> Mc Houses 2 nites of the week.

>>

>> I have been doing GREAT still! Rheumy has been very slowly backing down

>> my prednisone. So far all is OK.

>>

>> But, something " happened " with my Humira shot this week.

>>

>> I do them in my thigh.

>> Usually I do OK, I find it harder to give myself a shot than it ever was

>> to give someone else a shot. I also never even flinched when others gave

>> me shots, but, I sure am slow doing myself!

>> ANyway, I went thru my whole little routine and had gotten the needle in

>> and before I even pulled back plunger (to check I was not in a vein) , it

>> began to bleed, yikes. SO I had to move elsewhere. ACK! the 2nd spot did

>> the same thing! I was careful in chooseing the site tomake sure there

>> were no veins noticeable thru the skin, but.....OK by now I was

>> frustrated, cuz so far I had not ever had this happen at all and now it

>> happened twice in one day.

>> So I go to a 3rd site. and I cannot believe it, but it happened yet

>> again. By then my leg was so bruised and bleeding, and the needle must

>> have been dulled. I went to try a 4th time, but, I could not peirce thru

>> the skin and gave up. By then I was crying.

>>

>> I kept hoping if I gave it an hour or 2 I could try again, but- nope, I

>> was unable to try again. And then I decided the needle would be dull and

>> prolly and germy by then -not so wise to use it again anyway. So, I gave

>> up.

>>

>> Has anyone else ever had similar happen? if so what did you do?

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> Joy

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> Visit Joy's Homepage and Reading Room!

>> http://jhoormann-ivil.tripod.com

>> Come see My Dog Salsa!

>> http://www.geocities.com/jhoorm01/Salsa.html

>>

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[Guest guest]

I have about a million of those myself! My first baby was 7 lb

something, the second was 8 lb something, and the third was 9 lb 7 oz.

My tummy never did recover from that third one. I have lots of loose

skin from its being stretched so much, so I don't even have to pinch up

any to inject. There's plenty of room left to inject in between all of

the stretch marks.

Sue

On Friday, January 19, 2007, at 07:33 PM, Randall wrote:

> The trouble with your belly is you have to avoid stretch marks.

> After having had two 9 lb babies, I've got a lot of those.<g>

>

[Guest guest]

Don't keep beating yourself up over it. I would check your supplier and see if

they can provide what you need with a shorter needle on it. Okay, if this

helps, I use a 5/16 " (8mm) length needle - it's 31 gauge, 1/2 cc (cause that's

the amount of MTX I take right now - 1/2 cc). It can be awkward pinching your

skin with one hand and then trying to push in the plunger while keeping the

needle steady with your other hand. Usually, I don't have that much trouble,

but if I was flaring bad at the time, it could be very hard for me to hold onto

everything. Do you have a loved one that would be willing to give you the

injection? I do that for my husband just to give his body a break. He takes

four shots of insulin a day and just doing that in your belly or legs gets old

real fast, so I give him shots sometimes in the arm or other places where he

could not give it to himself.

in Texas

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

hey thats a thought! I know these are 27 guage- and 1/2 inch long. They are

preloaded. I use military meds by mail......I do not know if there is even a

phone number I can call. Yes, they are sub q.

I saw rheumy earlier in week, and he asked if I got syringes or pens..I said

syringes, - he asked if I had problems, well, at that time, no, I had not yet

had problems---he asked if I wanted pens.I said sure I could try those- but then

he decided not to write a RX after all? I wonder if I might do better with a

pen.

Even when things go well - I know I am SO SO slow depressing the plunger- I make

it take SO long, and I TRY to make it go in a little faster.....I am not sure if

it is fear of pain for me or if I have difficulty manipulating the syringe and

depressing the plunger.

I am going to admit, altho I HATE to admit------I wound up throwing that syringe

away......

I did not trust that the contents could still be um...safe enough to be worth

the risk-----after all my horseing around. And then I kept crying all day and

into the nite for tossing such an extremely expensive med. YIKES----that one

dose coulda made my monthly house payment!

- In , Pou <jenncrew@...> wrote:

>

> I don't know anything about Humira, but is it supposed to be a subcutaneous

injection? I use a very short needle for my MTX injections and don't generally

have a problem with any bleeding because the med goes in right under the skin

into soft tissue. If it's subcu, then maybe you should ask the pharmacist to

give you the shortest needle. My husband's an insulin dependent diabetic and

sometimes, the pharmacy does not pay attention to the length of the needle they

give him. The longer the needle, the deeper it goes and the more it hurts - AND

the more chance you have of hitting a vein. Just a thought.

>

> in Texas

>

> dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

>

>

> DO you mean ice it down before I do the shot? I did not inject becuz I thought

if there was blood, then you were not supposed to inject? The blood came up

around the needle and was bubbling up and around the syringe while the needle

was in me? I feel so .......incompetant? Silly? - I have been taking the humira

now well this was maybe my 18th- 25th? shot? I do not feel anymore proficient at

it than I did when I did my first one.

>

> - In , Joy <jhoorm01@> wrote:

> >

> > i think the humira needles are a little thicker than the enbrel. Have you

tried

> > icing your leg down? I did that and it seemed to help. I have had bruising

and

> > bleeding once in awhile for shots though.

> > Joy

> >

> > dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@> wrote:

> > Hi. I know I am here so seldom. I am still making near weekly treks to the

univ hosp with my son for his eye and staying at Mc Houses 2 nites

of the week.

> >

> > I have been doing GREAT still! Rheumy has been very slowly backing down my

prednisone. So far all is OK.

> >

> > But, something " happened " with my Humira shot this week.

> >

> > I do them in my thigh.

> > Usually I do OK, I find it harder to give myself a shot than it ever was to

give someone else a shot. I also never even flinched when others gave me shots,

but, I sure am slow doing myself!

> > ANyway, I went thru my whole little routine and had gotten the needle in and

before I even pulled back plunger (to check I was not in a vein) , it began to

bleed, yikes. SO I had to move elsewhere. ACK! the 2nd spot did the same thing!

I was careful in chooseing the site tomake sure there were no veins noticeable

thru the skin, but.....OK by now I was frustrated, cuz so far I had not ever had

this happen at all and now it happened twice in one day.

> > So I go to a 3rd site. and I cannot believe it, but it happened yet again.

By then my leg was so bruised and bleeding, and the needle must have been

dulled. I went to try a 4th time, but, I could not peirce thru the skin and gave

up. By then I was crying.

> >

> > I kept hoping if I gave it an hour or 2 I could try again, but- nope, I was

unable to try again. And then I decided the needle would be dull and prolly and

germy by then -not so wise to use it again anyway. So, I gave up.

> >

> > Has anyone else ever had similar happen? if so what did you do?

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Joy

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > Visit Joy's Homepage and Reading Room!

> > http://jhoormann-ivil.tripod.com

> > Come see My Dog Salsa!

> > http://www.geocities.com/jhoorm01/Salsa.html

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