Description of the HUMIRA Shot

I thought I'd write this, mostly for friends/family who want to know why taking the shot makes me cry normally.

When you take the HUMIRA shot, it is automatic so someone clicks the button and the needle shoots into you. It stays in there for ten seconds and then pulls itself out.

Imagine that when the shot is clicked, someone hits you with a baseball bat in the stomach. The baseball bat dissolves into burning poison acid and thrusts itself into your middle. It keeps pushing into you, burning and stinging everywhere. Even that's not an accurate description... It is like a chemical burn, not a heat burn. And the stinging is like being stabbed, not like a little, "Oh, my foot fell asleep and now it tickles!"

Finally the shot yanks out of you but the pain is still there. The spot hurts without anything touching it, but it hurts really, really bad if anything comes in contact with it. For about a half hour it continues to hurt on and off. It still is tender that night.

There you go.