First MTX Injection is Done! | Arthritis Information

 

OK, I did it and the part I thought would be hardest, the sticking the needle in part, was not bad at all.  Where I had difficulty was getting the MTX into the syringe.  I bent the first needle and had to start again.  I found it very awkward holding the bottle and the needle properly at the same time.  Fortunately, I had my neighbor, who's a nurse, guiding me that first time.  I hate to admit it because others here seemed to find it so easy, but I don't think I could have done it without her to guide me. The nurse at the RD's office just went through the motions because I wasn't due for a shot and, nearly a week later, the instructions weren't very fresh in my mind and the notes only help so much.   It's much better to have someone with you while you actually do it, at least for me.   I'm probably just a wuse.  Good for you!! I have not been there done that yet. I would probably be a wuse also. I have never given myself or anyone a shot before. I would know nothing about it. I never even look at needels at docs or hospital i always turn my head and look the other way. So i would be going blind to try this.Jesse88,

No Jesse.  I waited till my sister came over to do my first one.  And I'm still not very smooth getting it out of the bottle. I even bent a needle once too.  I thught that was just me though.  I'm not exactly known for my spatial skills.Good job Jesse!  I might have to go the Humira route and I'm even scared about the pen!That's what I thought was going to be a problem for me, the part about putting in the needle.  I'm not afraid of needles, but I always looked away when given a shot, so I thought it was going to be very hard to have to look at the needle going in, but no.  That was pretty easy.  Jesse882008-03-09 13:23:17OOPS!!!   I forgot to say congratulations on a job well done.  I knew you could do it. :)You're braver than I, I'm going the Iv route and hope I can handle that!!did you stick you tummy or leg? congrats!Good Girl! That's a big deal giving yourself the injections. I was on Humira for two years and my husband did them all but one. Even that wasn't that easy for me either. We were lucky also that Humira comes pre-filled. B12 isn't though and we do those now. Just becomes a way of life; right?