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Could you give yourself injections?

AreaCode707

AreaCode707

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Just found out they may switch or supplement my metholtrexate with Enbrel or Remicade. Going from pills to a weekly or twice-weekly self-injection doesn't sound like a big party to me, but doing remicade (going in every 8 weeks for a 2 hour IV) doesn't really appeal to me a lot more.

Anybody have to self-inject, for diabetes or anything? How long did it take you to get used to doing it?

[edit] To clarify, I have rheumatoid arthritis and they want to move me from a DMARD to a biologic treatment.
 
I have already injected myself with things, though not what you are probably thinking.

I was given mad props for it not bothering me...lol
 
I give myself intramuscular injections. It took me a few times not to get nervous.

I havent given myself one for quite a while now so I am sure I will get nervous again.
 
Never Never Never...I just about freaked out during that needle pit scene in Saw II. I think I'd die if I got some kind of diabetes that required self injections.
 
I think some people have a certain phobia with regard to needles. I don't really understand it. While obviously getting stuck isn't exactly my idea of a good time, I don't get all hyper-tense about it.

My father is one of the toughest, burliest men I know, but he literally squirms like a little girl at the sight of a needle injection in a movie or (even worse) getting his blood drawn.

I've witnessed him getting his blood drawn a few times, and every time it makes me laugh and he gets really pissed at me. 🙂
 
Getting the needle is nothing. I recently had a tetanus shot and double mantoux test, the syringes now are so sharp and small in diamater you don't feel them. Just make sure to properly sterilize the injection site.
 
I remember my mom giving herself fertility shots - she used to cry before she did it. I imagine it's much harder to do to yourself than it is to receive from a doctor.
 
yes, i have...and can...

you can do it...it is not so bad...there are much worse things...

like...a broken heart

 
I had to inject myself with a blood thinner for several weeks.

The needle is so sharp you don't even feel it going in.

I had no problem with it although originally I thought I wouldn't be able to do it.
 
i think it would trip me the F out at first... probably b/c i'm needlephobic, but if it's something i have to do, i'd get used to it eventually.

for a reference point as to how bad i am with putting things in my body outside from food/drinks... i have a hard time putting eyedrops in my eye, and if my optometrist recommends contacts when i go in next time... i could have some issues getting them in the first couple of weeks, hehe
 
I can't look at a needle going in. I feel a little whoozy when it's in a movie. And I automatically look elsewhere when getting a shot IRL. I just can't - can't - look at it. But that's because when I was 14-15, this really sharp knife pierced through my wrist.

The pain and the strange numbness that took me over (before I dropped to the ground) still haunts me. I thought I was dead or something.
 
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