Guess who is starting Humira on Tuesday!

[afidz]

If you guessed me, YOU ARE RIGHT!
my GI found this pharmacy called TNH pharmacy, they moved so quickly to get my insurance to approve. They did everything including jumping through BCBS of Illinois' hoops and ordering through their pharmacy. I am beyond excited. Words can not express. I've been off of it for 4 years now and I am tired of feeling like shit all the time, and I feel like it will help me solve my weight/hernia problems indirectly. Anyways, I'm traveling this weekend and have crap service I was just excited and wanted to share

 

[theOcean]

AHHH Afidz I'm so thrilled for you!! :hug:

 

[FrozenGirl]

Woohoo! Congrats.

 

[afidz]

I got it in the mail today! However, I am a little apprehensive about starting it. 2 weeks today we are going on a mini-vacation. I am not sure I want to travel with it. On top of that, since it is the second loading dose, I am worried about having a bad reaction and being away from my doctor. I might wait until Monday to start so I don't have to worry about it at all, thoughts?

 

[FrozenGirl]

I can understand your nervousness about being away from your doc, I mean it is a very low chance of reaction but do you want to chance it, for me I might just wait. (Unless your symptoms are severe enough that you need to start for some relief on vacation)

 

[theOcean]

Are you using it every two weeks? If you are, even if you do travel with it, it's fine for 14 days out of the fridge once you've removed it, so even if you go on your mini-trip and you're unsure about refrigeration for a bit you should be fine.

As far as reactions go, that depends on your comfort level. I know I'd be more concerned with trying to get your Crohn's under control as soon as possible, and my GI's even said that you're more likely to just have it not work rather than get a side-effect. Maybe take antihistamines with it just in case?