I’m taking a bit of a photojournalistic approach for this post. Tom documented the process for my first Humira injection, so I figured I would share it. You can read about my switch from Enbrel to Humira to treat my rheumatoid arthritis here.
![Pouty face - getting ready to inject Humira for the first time](https://i0.wp.com/4.bp.blogspot.com/-m5XKACnwzEU/TuGRCYTSB5I/AAAAAAAAArE/kyV124W69LE/s1600/humira_pouty.jpg) |
Pouty face – time to inject myself with a new medicine |
![Happy face - Hoping Humira works](https://i0.wp.com/3.bp.blogspot.com/-4RzEyPH_iiA/TuGRBm4J1pI/AAAAAAAAAq0/qLnwbfA02Vw/s1600/humira_happy.jpg) |
Happy Face – here’s to hoping this works! |
![prepping injection site for Humira prepping injection site for Humira](https://i0.wp.com/2.bp.blogspot.com/-vNGsHR9W2fk/TuGRCgEWXpI/AAAAAAAAArM/wDY3ZOJyw9k/s1600/humira_prep.jpg) |
Prepping the injection site |
![reading instructions for Humira injection reading instructions for Humira injection](https://i0.wp.com/4.bp.blogspot.com/-LPwpcFTuuiQ/TuGRBHSzjLI/AAAAAAAAAqk/3nkwKGH6qo8/s1600/humira_directions.jpg) |
Reading the instructions over – have to get this right! |
![Getting ready to inject my first Humira shot Getting ready to inject my first Humira shot](https://i0.wp.com/4.bp.blogspot.com/-jKB9_IsKlus/TuGRBVAcuiI/AAAAAAAAAqs/clrL3OnQ_lA/s1600/humira_getset.jpg) |
Squeeze the skin…get ready….get set… |
![GO! My first Humira injection. Giving myself a shot - my first Humira injection for Rheumatoid Arthritis.](https://i0.wp.com/1.bp.blogspot.com/--87qVNdmf3g/TuGRB2syoDI/AAAAAAAAAq8/iRlHVKdsr2U/s1600/humira_injection.jpg) |
GO! My first Humira injection. |
There’s not much to say about Humira yet – it will take some time to tell what it does for me. All I can say so far is that the Enbrel “Sure Click” auto-injector was much friendlier — less painful and easier to administer. This pen was weird; I could really feel it pushing the liquid underneath my skin, and others were right: it burns. Good news: I’m only on every other week injections for now.
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