I remember the first time I had to inject methotrexate into my stomach. I was so worried that it would be unbearably painful stabbing myself in the belly with a hypodermic needle. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't horrible either.

Thankfully, I quickly figured out that the needle has a particular side of the tip and a slanted angle injection path that went in quickly and with minimal pain.** So after my daughter nearly died from Crohn's while pregnant with Evelyn and had toninject Stelara, I was able to confidently teach her how to do it easily so she wasn't adding to her gut pain after having a big chunk of her ilieum removed and her large and small intestines sewn back together with a large incision.

Anyway, my point is that soon you will be an "old hand" at doing the changeover with no more apprehension beforehand.


** the tip has a blunt side and a super sharp, pointy side. You turn the hypo so that the super sharp points side enters first and angle it to just slightly above parallel to your belly button area where you must inject a biologic drug. Instead of trying to go straight in with the blunt side entering at the same time as the super sharp slanted side. You only have to go a half inch or so under the skin and want it to be spread out so you don't have to rub a big bubble of it to get it to spread out.