Hello Everyone!
Thank you for checking out my third post for the series "A day in the life of a Crohn's Chick" you've all been so amazing and supportive with all my projects and posts on here so far! Here's a meme to kick off this post about Humira injections!
Like seriously, how many bloody jabs do I really need in my life?! A lot apparently haha.
The newest and fantastical medication I am on is called Humira, and for those who didn't see my last post on Tuesday about Humira, It's classified as a biologic medication as it is created from the stem cells of mice... freaky right?!
Well, that is my new medication, just one in the long line of dozens of medications I have been on to treat my chronic illnesses. And to think I used to be super scared of needles haha!
After hundreds of blood tests, infusions and drips in and out of hospital you tend to not be so squeamish about it aha!
Funny story time! (ps some people will not find this funny but I certainly did)
Last year in one of my 4 admissions to have a colonoscopy and endoscopy, my cannula (the big needle that they put in your arm/hand etc to give you drips and meds through) had started sliding out and all the meds started going into my muscles rather than my bloodstream... (This isn't the funny part, read on!)
So, in walks, the junior doctor (aaannnddd you can see where this is going already!) and he removes the cannula to put a new one in my other arm. At this point, I am pretty doped up on pain killers so I'm pretty out of it but the poor guy just couldn't find the vein so he's rooting around until he finally gets one... and hits it at the wrong angle so blood starts going everywhere! It went on me, on him, on the bed and just as it happens one of the nurses walks in!
The nurse then proceeds to tease him about my treatment and helps clean me up. Still makes me laugh cause she was this lovely little Arabic woman scolding and teasing a young male doctor twice her size with "What are you doing to my patient?!" and all that haha.
Anyway, it was funny to me but to some people I have told the story too, they didn't quite agree! Let me know in the comments what you think :)
To finish this post I am leaving a link to today's video on my YouTube channel 'That Crohn's Chick' which will run through everything you need to know about Humira and will also show a demonstration on how to administer the medication. And no you do not see the needle haha. Check it out and as always #loveyourguts and I'll see you tomorrow!