Re: Enbrel Injection Question

[Guest guest]

Hi PJ, I can't answer your injection questions because I am a Giant Wuss and

have never done my own shot. You gave yourself your second shot?! You are

AMAZING! Enliven services (www.Enbrel.com) can answer what to do in the

situations you're describing. And for what it's worth, I like the prefilled

better than the autoinject. You can go at your own speed of injection w the

prefilled and the autoinjector seemed to have a " pumping " action that unnerved

me. I did ok with it, but the syringe is so easy to use and doesn't fill up the

sharps box as fast. Kate F

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On Jan 11, 2011, at 3:00 PM, " Patti Yuswak " <WhtBC10@...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I just gave myself my second injection, did it with the nurse last week so

> this was the first time on my own. I was supposed to get the autoinject but

> the pharmacy only had the pre-filled syringes so that's what I am using, I

> can go to the autoinject when this runs out (2 more shots) if I want to but

> so far this isn't bad. Although my hands are kind of shaky so I may need to

> go to autoinject.

>

> My question is on pulling back the plunger to make sure I didn't go into a

> vein. When I try to pull back on the plunger it feels like it doesn't even

> move. When I did it last week at the nurses office she said it moved and

> was fine so go ahead and give the shot. When I did it just now it seemed

> like the plunger was just stuck in place but maybe I just wasn't pulling

> hard enough? My husband said if I was in a vein that the plunger would have

> pulled back easier and blood would have come into the needle, is this right?

> How do those of you who use the manual syringe handle this? And what

> happens if you do inject Enbrel into a vein?

>

> Thank you in advance,

>

> PJ

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kate,

I didn't even think of Enbrel support, sometimes I wonder where my brain is.

:-) The nurse also showed me how to autoinject in case I switch over. She told

me that when it clicks the medication has all been instantly injected, made me

wonder how that felt. I do like going slow with the self inject, just hope my

shaking hands don't mess me up.

Thanks!! I'm going to the Enbrel site now.

PJ

PS - thank you so much for saying I'm AMAZING. Seriously, I can't tell you how

good that made me feel!! :-) This whole group has been so wonderful, there's

just nobody else that understands all about this disease.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf

Of Kate Fair

Subject: Re: [ ] Enbrel Injection Question

Hi PJ, I can't answer your injection questions because I am a Giant Wuss and

have never done my own shot. You gave yourself your second shot?! You are

AMAZING! Enliven services (www.Enbrel.com) can answer what to do in the

situations you're describing. And for what it's worth, I like the prefilled

better than the autoinject. You can go at your own speed of injection w the

prefilled and the autoinjector seemed to have a " pumping " action that unnerved

me. I did ok with it, but the syringe is so easy to use and doesn't fill up the

sharps box as fast. Kate F