I've taken encouragement from you and just committed to doing the injections
myself. I've just got to wait for them to tell me when the three weekly
appointments at the hospital will be (starting in the next couple of weeks)
for the rheumatologists to do the first one and supervise me doing the
Hi Jean
I'm sure you will manage it OK. Lots of other people do.
One thing I have found from experience (of professionally inserted needles) is
that if the swabbed area is still damp when the needle goes in it stings a lot
more than if a couple of seconds have been left to allow the skin to
I've used pre-filled syringes too when injecting the cat, and it was really
difficult to get those caps off the syringe. There must be a trick to getting
them off, but I didn't discover it!
Thankfully I had to fill my own syringes and those needle covers were much
easier to remove.
Sue
Good point, Brenda.
I think you will also find your own preference for speed of inserting the
needle, and speed of delivering the liquid. They both made a difference to me
- and over time I discovered slow for both was most comfortable. But then, I'm
a pull the band-aid / plaster off slowly
Thanks for the all the information, suggestions and encouragement. The first
one under supervision is booked for Monday after next, the 23rd. With two
more supervised a week apart after that. I'll forget about it until then.
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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I need help/advice/reassurance.
It's been decided that I should have methotrexate by injection once a week
rather than orally as I have been taking because it's more effective. They
would prefer that I self-inject, but I'm nervous about it. If I really don't
want to do it, I can go to my GPs
I had to self-inject for a year as my treatment for cancer - nightly for two
weeks, then two weeks to recover and then repeat. Thankfully I didn't have to
inject into a vein or anything complicated like that. I doubt that anyone
WANTS to do it, and I expect everyone feels nervous to start off
