Switch to Humira?

You did the smart thing by having someone show you how to do it. My GI Clinic, said I could go to nurse treatment clinic or call a Humira rep. The day I picked it up, the line was a mile long to just check in to nurse treatment area. I just took it home and figured I'd call the Humira people. I called and they said they could send a nurse or I could watch their instructional video. I chose the latter, just to get it over with ASAP It was a bit unnerving but it went OK. Now it's no big deal, jab the pen in, go about rest of my day.

My psoriasis, which wasn't completely terrible, cleared up practically over night, same with all of my signifigant joint pain. I started noticing a difference in my UC after my second two loading doses. A couple of bumps in the road here and there, a couple of fevers and c-diff, that thankfully didn't cause a bigger problem but it's worked well since.

I would make sure to carry extra stuff like a change of clothes and wipes in your car, just in case.

Np, it's good to hear other people's experiences, though everyone is different. This friend in my knit/book club is always giving dire warnings about Humira. Blah, blah, blah, goes in one ear, out the other. If she had UC, she'd be singing a different tune.

People who have cancer, they never get their meds questioned or get second guessed on how better to treat their disease. IBD? Yeah, then it's "oh if you just eat this way" or "take these vitamins" you'd be cured". 😐

The gut is a popular topic these days, so lots of "advice" is available. And I use the term advice loosely. I was watching a live FB video of Giada DeLautentis, she was making detox soup. She was throwing all this stuff in Kale, beans, the healthy stuff. As she's cooking, she says "more and more people are being diagnosed with inflammatory digestive diseases like IBS " what? That's not right, so if course I posted comment " IBS is not bowel disease, it's a syndrome" and them I put "detox soup is not a cure for inflammatory bowel disease, you need medications from a doctor". Jeeeeeezuz, the hate replies I got were astounding. Most people have no clue what bowel disease is, so most comments I got were pretty ignorant. I did get some responses from peeps with UC and Crohn's to say thanks for clarifying.😌

The FiveThirtyEight.com had gut week awhile back, did a series of articles about the gut. The biggest reason people visit a GI? Constipation. And surprisingly, what people consider constipation as opposed to what a GI doc would be concerned about is very different. After I radiated my thyroid, I had a lot of constipation, this was before I had UC. It never occurred to me to visit a GI for it.

Here is link to articles they had, some interesting stuff.

fivethirtyeight.com/features/gut-week-introduction/

Yes, my body also knows when it's Humira time as well.

I know, not being able to eat the way you want sucks sometimes. There is nothing I love more than to go to a good movie on a rainy day, which can be frequently up here in Oregon. I haven't been to movie in ages cuz movies are no fun without a big tub of movie popcorn with that fake butter stuff on it. I generally eat pretty well and it's not unreasonable to want some popcorn once in awhile. I haven't had corn in the cob in ages either. 😕

My doctor nixed me switching to Lialda, said if I was OK on Balsalazide then he saw no reason to switch. i didn't push the issue, guess if it ain't broke don't fix it.

I'm originally from the Bay Area of Ca. Lol, the basic ranch style tract hone I grew up in just sold for a million dollars. Lol, I thought my parents got a lot for it when they sold it back in the 80's. Portland is getting expensive but I love it up here,Oregon is definitely worth a visit, Alaska too.

I know, celebrating formed bowel movements. Woo hoo, party time! I'm glad I went with Humira too, hope it keeps working. I have to find a new GI, ugh, don't look forward to the hassle of switching insurance. I'll miss my current GI, he's nice.

I hope nothing turns up on MS for you, keeping my fingers crossed. Keep us posted.