humira dose 2

just finished my second dose of humira (2 shots). yeeeeeeeeeeeeeowch! not sure what i did wrong this time, but man, it huuuuurt. i actually have two tiny bruises now, where when i did the first 4, i left no marks. oh well, i'll get more practice in 2 weeks, with only 1 pen. yay!

but wow, remicade suuuuucks in comparison to humira. i can't wait until it gets the indication for UC and no one has to go through 3 hr remi iv infusions anymore. hopefully it's as effective, even if it takes a little longer to get going. but talk about easy -- i take the pens out of the fridge, wait a half hour, prep the site and push the button on the pen. count to 10 aaaaand we're done! too bad i had to fail on remi first. good thing i have awesome (and expensive) insurance that approved Humira.

i'm feeling really positive about this. i'm down to 20 mg pred and so far no symptoms have returned. i feel normal! i ate raw baby spinach and raw tomato on tuesday. I had sushi on monday! i ate a pear today! friday is the last day at 20, then i drop to 10. i had my last procrit shot yesterday. i had bloodwork done saturday for the anemia workup, and that should show improvement, finally! awesome, just a few weeks ago, i was afraid of losing my job and my colon. thank you, prednisone and humira!