Hi everyone!
Long post here - wondering if anyone has ever had a similar experience.
This week has been a weird and scary one for me. On Thursday, I noticed a few lumps between my legs and torso - swollen lymph nodes. Because they hurt, I called the 1-800 Humira number to check with the nurse. She basically told me that it was nothing. Okay. I can deal with that.
Then, but midnight, I had a fever of about 101 degrees. So, I called my brother, who is a P.A., for advise. He told me to call my doctor. I did, and got a call back from the on-call doctor who told me to get examined the next day from my GI.
When I woke up, the lumps were worse, and my ENTIRE left butt cheek was red. (Sorry if you are eating while reading.) I called the office and the Medical Assistant made me his first patient that day.
My GI told me that it is most likely a bacterial infection and prescribed me a heavy dose of 2 antibiotics. He told me that it is unlikely lymphoma or any of the other really scary outcomes because the symptoms were acute. But, he did give me his cell number so I could call him if things got worse or if I haven't improved by Sunday. I'm guessing that he did that because infection spreads fast with Humira??
Anyway, I'm bummed out. I had to miss work (I'm an orchestra musician). So, I'm catching up on movies and such.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar while on Humira?
Joey
Long post here - wondering if anyone has ever had a similar experience.
This week has been a weird and scary one for me. On Thursday, I noticed a few lumps between my legs and torso - swollen lymph nodes. Because they hurt, I called the 1-800 Humira number to check with the nurse. She basically told me that it was nothing. Okay. I can deal with that.
Then, but midnight, I had a fever of about 101 degrees. So, I called my brother, who is a P.A., for advise. He told me to call my doctor. I did, and got a call back from the on-call doctor who told me to get examined the next day from my GI.
When I woke up, the lumps were worse, and my ENTIRE left butt cheek was red. (Sorry if you are eating while reading.) I called the office and the Medical Assistant made me his first patient that day.
My GI told me that it is most likely a bacterial infection and prescribed me a heavy dose of 2 antibiotics. He told me that it is unlikely lymphoma or any of the other really scary outcomes because the symptoms were acute. But, he did give me his cell number so I could call him if things got worse or if I haven't improved by Sunday. I'm guessing that he did that because infection spreads fast with Humira??
Anyway, I'm bummed out. I had to miss work (I'm an orchestra musician). So, I'm catching up on movies and such.
Has anyone ever experienced anything similar while on Humira?
Joey
