Thu-08-01-2015, 21:28 PM
(Thu-08-01-2015, 21:12 PM)tanlou Wrote: Sorry I haven't posted for a while - but with Christmas and my son being home and the dog - things have been pretty hectic. Well the HUMIRA is still working wonders - no outbreaks - no new scales - nothing!!! Have been enjoying wearing tee shirts again and have even braved a dress - made a few heads turn I have to admit - BUT only because most people I know haven't seen me in one for years LOL. The only down side kind of things I have found is ---- when you self inject you sometimes do it in the wrong place - I have hit a vein today ( I think it was a vein) and it seemed to take a while to stop the bleeding - was probably only 30 seconds but as it was the first time to happen it seemed longer. Im sure as I get better at self injecting I will find the perfect fatty place - whats that saying - OH YES - Practice makes perfect LOL
Hello Tanlou thank you for updating, good to hear it's working for you and you can now wear the cloths you want to wear.
Re hitting a vein: You haven't hit an important vein as the needle isn't long enough to do that, but you have probably struck a blood vessel under the skin. It's no big deal and if you just hold a swab firmly on it for a while it will be fine, what you want to do is try and pinch a bit more of your skin between your thumb and fingers.
Think of "Pinch an inch" if you can achieve that it should miss the vessels, but yes practise makes perfect. (Or having more than an inch to pinch)