Ok, I just gave myself my first shot of Enbrel.  It's one of the miracle meds
for auto-immune diseases that have come out in the past decade or so, given
by shot, generally once a week. What a joy to finally have GOOD insurance
again and to have this well covered!  Man, oh man, I hope it works.

Sticking the needle in myself was much easier than I expected.  In fact, it
initially went in fairly deep because I thought it would take more force!  
But, as I told them at my doctor's office, with a brother who's a Type 1
diabetic, I can hardly complain about a once a week shot!  And while the shot
stung a bit, it was much less than many allergy injections I've received in
the past.  Over all, I'll be happy to do this once a week if I get the kind
of results lots of you have.  Man, if this works and I can get off some of
the other meds........ if I can dump that Arava and the poops!  I'm hoping,
I'm hoping..........

Oh, and this silly, damn, prefilled syringe says to discard it and get a new
syringe if you get blood on your drawback.  Do they honestly expect people to
just toss hundreds of dollars of meds like that?  Give me a break.  Doctors
office told me just to try another spot.