Flu Shot, Humira Shots & Headaches

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To Clora & others,

Yesterday you mentioned delaying your humira injection; felt like you're

getting a sinus

infection. I've done the same a couple times and even though I missed a couple

injections, since January, the drug is still helping me immensely.

I want to comment on a couple things. One is, when I was at the

rheumatologist in

September, he smiled and said " don't even bother taking a flu shot this year "

because of

my being on Humira. He said that I can no longer make the antibodies to

counteract the

flu and told me to stay away from " sick " people and stay well. No fluhot!

You mentioned getting a shot. Was that okay with your doctor? If so, does

he think

that we can still get some protection from it?

The other comment I wanted to mention concerns your migraines. I'm very

sorry that

you have to suffer through those. I hope that they didn't " begin " at the same

time you

started Humira. I've been on this drug 9 months and for 8 of those 9, I notice

that I feel

" headachy " for about 12 hours. I am a person who honestly has never had a

headache in

her life. In fact, I was hugely healthy until 15 years ago when RA hit me (I'm

62). I also

take 17.5 mg MTX, one day a week, which I also inject (to bypass my stomach).

Oral

MTX made me vomit and injected MTX gives me nausea for half a day. So I have 1

day

each week with nausea, 1 day every other week with a headache. It's all a small

price to

pay for otherwise feeling well.

I read everyone's comments here and sympathize so with the pain everyone

deals with.

I had truly met my " limit " as far as pain tolerance before starting on Humira.

I couldn't

sleep, experienced a lot of pain when I'd turn over in bed at night, and was an

aching

mess during the day. Joint pain is horrible, awful and its no wonder we go to

any

lengths to get rid of it. 2 babies and a gallbladder operation many years ago

do not

compare with the unrelenting, steadiness of constant pain. I worry so that it's

just a

question of time before one of the bigtime side effects of Humira hits me. In

the

meantime, I'm doing my best to live a normal life.

Joy

Yesterday was my humira injection day. I didn't get the injection cause I

think I am

getting a sinus infection and/or a cold. I just got a flue shot Thursday, I

wonder if that

is the problem.

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> Sorry I been rambling, that's me once I get started I can't stop.

haaaaaaaaaaa.

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> God bless everyone. And have a pain free day.

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> gentle hugs

> Clora

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