Going for Humira- Let I hear from positive Humira Peeps

Hey I've just had a few bad weeks, so I'm going to give it a try :)

i'm right there with ya, girl! we can start it together! i'll let you know when i get my pens.

ahh i'm so happy i have friends doing this with me. i am so nervous about it but it's nice to know i'm not alone in this right now. do you guys have to get a buttload of shots? i'm going for my TB test tomorrow but the doc said i need a flu shot and pneumonia shot.

I just got my TB shot done, no problem and in 48 I will have it checked. Once this is in to my doc they order my pens. I want to do this now, I'm sick of pooing my pants, fear of a place that only has one bathroom, I want fricken remission for the first time in 7 years. I'm praying for all of us and I too, am so glad we doing it all around the same time to share stories!

Did you do the scratch tb test? I have one every year but it is done via blood work. However this time I'm in a methotrexate study. I had to have a chest x ray to triple confirm no TB.

Hope you guys get to feeling better soon! I sure hope I do too. I'm going to talk to my GI soon about giving cimzia a try. Not getting any relief from the mtx.

faith, the shots are nerveracking for me. my aunt comes over every week to give me my b-12. i am hoping they are easier and not syringes. the syringes i keep getting from the pharmacy are SOO dull and i can feel the whole shot (my aunt is very slow at administering which doesn't help haha).

how long do you stay at the office the first time? do you just get 4 shots in your leg and then leave or do they monitor you?

Faithmac, please keep telling us how you are doing? I had my TB test done yesterday, it gets read tomorrow by the nurse then I'll be all set for Humira. So you're in remission right? Formed poops, no urgency and Humira was you're turning point right?

Hi Joanna,
I'm fricken with you, no surgery! I hate when we don't have positive and motivating GI's! Hey don't be afraid of the shots, to me they sounds so easy. I YOUTUBE and there's a girl who shows you how she does it. I was giving myself my own vit b 12 shots, nothing to it! Grab so fat and punch that sucker in! LOL

You can't even tell I had my TB test!! It's flat and has a red mark, that's it. The nurse said it will be absorb if you are dehydrated and yesterday about a hour after I got the shot the bump was gone. Not a good sign I guess. So I'm drinking a ton of water and had a little vitalyte this morning. I'm going to drink my iron now, in just water, I don't have juice here at work.

it is such a hassle to get a darn TB test in my town. last year, my mom called the doctor's office close to my house to ask if they could give me the test before starting remicade. they said sure and to come on down. we show up and they said they are out of TB tests and don't know why someone would tell us differently. so we go to a different office and wait about 2 hrs but end up getting one done.

well, my stepdad was taking me today and i said "you know, i'm positive that when we show up at the office for the TB test, they will not have one." he said "your mother just called them 30 minutes ago and they said they did." i said "i know she did, but that doesn't matter. i bet we'll have to go someplace else."

i show up at the doctors office and ask for a TB test. the nurse says "we're all out." i said "well, of course you are, but why does this always happen? do your nurses purposely lie on the phone? i am sick and don't have the energy to be driving around to all these offices looking for a darn TB test."

i ended up going to the bathroom because the office we would have to drive to is 45 minutes away. my stepdad had a word with them (b*tched them out) and when i get out of the bathroom, my stepdad says "they magically found one last TB test." i went back in the office and had it done and the nurse looked all pissed off.

i'm wondering why this office keeps doing this. do they not know how to give TB tests or just hate administering them? it's very odd and i sure won't be going back there for my next one.

It took me seemed for ever to get everything done!

I hope Humira works well for you! It would be great to see you flare free.

Hopefully it will be. Did your GI put in a request for your script yet? My GI's office is not to quick to do things. I dont know if it's a Florida thing. Much faster in New York. Move like snails down here!!! I had to be up there a ss to get them moving on it.

bananagirl, I never needed to get any shots. Just the TB. My reg doc is not too keen on the flu shot. GI never suggested it. Everyone around me is getting colds. Knock on wood, I've been good. Was thinking of getting a mask. My massage clients wouldn't be too cool with it. I told the front desk don't book me with anyone that coughs or sneezes! They looked at me like I was nuts! Lol