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Jane Ooh exciting times. Healthcare at Home are very good. Honestly it is so easy to use. Fear is the worst thing to overcome and I was as nervous as anyone. I felt rather foolish after I had injected as it was so easy. More importantly you could be one step away from your RA being in control. How good would that be  Keep us posted. Jackie xx
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 Hello Jackie Thank you for your kind words  Healthcare at home called today - the nurse is due out on Monday 13th May I shall let you all know how my experience goes! Jane Xxx
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Yayyyyy . My Nurse (the 2nd one ) was very good and had bright red hair (bottled red) and very friendly , i think you have to understand that nurses who get into private need to be a cut above the rest :) Bet you can't wait , hope my little dizziness doesn't put you off :) Have a good Bank Hol :) Rich "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
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  Thank you Rich A week today!
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Good luck Jane - it won`t be half as bad as you think! When my nurse came, I recognised her straight away, as I used to teach her PE years ago - so that broke the ice a bit! Kathleen x
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Glad you're getting sorted at last Jane. Hopefully it will work as well for you as it did Paula. Just to say I have had a couple of hiccups with HCAH delivering my drugs ie. them saying that they have not had a prescription from my hospital and are requesting it again. So I have ended up missing supplies for a couple of weeks. Now I just ring my nurse straight away when this happens and she gets in touch with pharmacy and sorts it out. Not sure where the fault lies but ringing her gets results. Good luck next week, you'll be fine Zena xx
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Marian is the nurse from healthcare at home arriving between 9-11.
She text me yesterday, I text her back asking what time I should take embrel out of the fridge. The replied 0900hrs.
My question to you all how long are the nurses there for?
So I have an idea what to expect and can have time with my hubby before he shoots off to work on evening shift.
Jane
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How did it go Jane, did they arrive on time ? Ihope they didn't come minutes after you'd taken it out of the fridge as the colder it is the more it hurts (well that was how I found it)
Hope it was good
Sheila
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Hello Sheila
Marian the nurse from hcat is arriving Monday 13th May
Do they stay long?
Jane
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Yayyy Jane , Hope it goes well on Monday :) My Nurse stayed for about 45 mins , as they have a checklist to sign off , and they have to tell you all the precautions , and show you how to inject etc . Plus she stayed longer because i went dizzy ;) hehe. But i spose all nurses work their own way :) Rich :) "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
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Good luck for Monday Jane, from what I remember the nurse stayed only about half an hour, but that was because I had to drive to Sussex and she was a couple of hours late arriving and I wanted to be done and off. She did wonder f it was a good idea driving 200 miles straight away but needs must at the time and I was fine. I think they will stay for however long you need them and they are very aware of all the signs to look out for, they really are well trained
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 WOOOO HOOOOOO I've been done! Enbrel is floating around me Lovely nurse came from Bristol covering Surrey area today as well. Went through anti tnf's (even though we know about it) - her job I can't bend my fingers so used one hand to hold down pen and other to press the button! Make you laugh....hubby was on eves so he was around and got sharpes box and of course didn't read the leaflets he closed it!! Hahahahahahahaaha nurse adv him to get a screw driver to open box - men! Having a 2nd nurse appointment next Monday to sign off paper work.  Worried if/when you start YOUR anti tnf journey? Please don't be it will be fine.  Xxxx
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let's hope it works it's magic for you soon Jane,
keep posting and let us know.
well done,
Suzanne x
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Yayyy Jane :) Hope it works for you ...no difference with my Humira yet ..but as Nurse stated ..it could take some time :) (Don't tell anyone but i did the same with the Sharps bin ) shhh lol Rich :) "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
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well done ! I felt the effects within days , been on enbrel 2 years in August and its fantastic , hope its works wonders for you Sophie x
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Glad it went well, Jane - let this be the one that works for you!! Kathleen x
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week 2 on enbrel. Took 2nd epi pen on my own with no nurse. It was fine. Shall let you know when I feel the good effects. Jane Xxx
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hi Jane
I really hope Enbrel works its magic for you. It took nearly 12 weeks before I saw any benefit but hopefully you will see some improvement very soon.
Has Enbrel been changed to an epi-pen now? My Enbrel comes in a pre-filled syringe. When I first started it in 2005 it came in a powder that you had to dissolve in saline,wait till all the mixture had dissolved then draw into a syringe and clear the bubbles, it was all very time consuming.
Best of luck Biologic Jane
Love Rebecca
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ha ha ha Rebecca biological I am! Week 3 on enbrel got to to my epi pen when everyone has had breakfast and getting changed (do it in peace and quiet) Not feeling any different yet.....BUT this is early days! Jane X
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ha ha ha Rebecca biological I am! Week 3 on enbrel got to to my epi pen when everyone has had breakfast and getting changed (do it in peace and quiet) Not feeling any different yet.....BUT this is early days! Jane X
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