A day earlier or two days later?

cherrybim

My certolizumab pegol (Cimzia) "objection" is due tomorrow but on Friday I've a pre-op assessment for my first foot op. I'm to allow 3 hours for the appointment. I don't really want to do the objection the day before, nor on the day of the assessment as I usually go a bit dolally tap one way or t'other.

Question : shall I do it today or Saturday? Whaddya fink

Cherry xxx

dreamdaisy

I am not sure how much leeway you have time-wise with this stuff, I do my humira every two weeks on a Monday regardless of anything else. Perhaps you should you check with your rheumatology nurse? Good luck with the foot op assessment. DD

skezier

Hi Cherry,

I also don't know what kind of lea way you have on it flower but I think I would do it today..... best to ask someone first though I guess?

Hope your pre-op goes well thought and let us know please? Cris x

frogmorton

I tend to think i would check it out too....

Good luck with the pre-op and yes please do let us know how it goes.

Love

toni xx

cherrybim

Thanks for your replies DD, Cris and Toni

My new best friend, Julian the biologics nurse, said it could be a moveable feast up to a point and I feel a bit of a dumbo that I spoke with him yesterday about a collarbone/shoulder Xray and forgot to ask about the Cimzia injection. :oops:

I think I'll do it today as I usually take antihistamines at the same time, plus the day after and that should give the site enough time to settle down. I don't want the nurses to think I've got the plague when I strip down for the EEG

I appreciate your good wishes for the pre-op assessment and am keeping my fingers crossed that my BP will behave and my suspicions about yet another uti will be unfounded.

Cherry xxx

dreamdaisy

Please, please, please tell me that Julian has a best friend called Sandy. (I think you are of the right generation for that reference!)

If he has already told you that there is some flexibility in the time frame then yes, do it today and get it over and done with. That will leave you free to concentrate on tomorrow, will hopefully perk you up a bit for it all anyway, and hyes, let us know what happens. Take care and good luck! DD

cherrybim

Oooh DD you don't know how tempted I've been to ask him whether he's got a best friend Sandy

However, meeting up with him in the local supermarket recently and being introduced to his wife, leads me to believe that he hasn't

I've got the syringe out of Netti in readiness (We've got a fridge/freezer in what was once the outside netti, although I'm not a northener)

You're quite right, I'm happier doing it today than leaving it over.

Thank you
Cherry xxx

dreamdaisy

I suspect he would be too young to get the reference - the young miss out on so much! Good luck with the jab - I hope it goes OK. DD

dorcas

Hi cherry

I'm too late to offer you any wisdom on whether to 'object' today or Saturday

Just wanted to wish you well for your pre-op assessment on Friday. :!:
please let us know how you get on and if they give you the op date.

Iris xxx

ps... I may have missed this...sorry :oops: ... but what is the op on your foot?

salamander

hi Cherry, I can't help you but I am due to start Cimzia next month and wondered whether you could tell me how you get on with it?
Thanks.
Sal

cherrybim

Hi Iris,

I went for the objection at lunchtime

Thanks for the good wishes. The op is most glamouros To quote from the surgeon's letter to my Doc "examination reveals severe hallux valgus and a large bunion. Her right foot is slightly worse than her left so I propose operating on this foot first" So I'm having a "right Scarf Akin plus lateral release" and we all know what that is don't we :?

Hi Sal,

Very happy to tell you of my experience with Cimzia. I live in Eastbourne, East Sussex and your Health Authority may have different guidelines/methods than mine.

The biologics nurse offered me the choice of Humira.Remicade, Embrel or Cimzia. I chose Cimzia because the manufacturers claim that if it is to be effective for the patient it will do so within 12 weeks. Apparently should this not be the case then NICE won't be charged for the med. I have seen this in writing but for the life of me I can't find it at the moment :oops:

The drug supplies are delivered by a company in a refrigerated van and must be refrigerated in a domestic fridge immediately. Here a Cimzia nurse visits your home and goes through everything with you most thoroughly, showing you under her guidance how to administer the injection which I find absolutely painless.

The literature is well presented and easy to understand.

I have had one or two injection site rashes but I now take antihistamines a few days before and after and have no probs.

For me it seems to be working well and I'm most happy. I do hope the same is true for you and wish you good luck.

Cherry xxx

salamander

Hi Cherry, thanks for that. I've got a hurdle or two to get over I think but if everyone goes ok, then I will start it in a few weeks. Glad to hear it works for you. That's all I need to know!
Sal
x

dorcas

Hello again Cherry

WoW that's some name for an op :shock:

please let us know when your op is scheduled so we can be in your pocket for that one. :!:

It's good to read that the Cimzia is working for you....and some really useful info. for anyone else about to start on it. Very interesting about the 12 weeks and the no-charge agreement. :!:

Iris xxxx

dreamdaisy

Hi cherrybim, I hope your appointment went well today - have you been given a date for the op? DD

cherrybim

Hi DD

Thanks to everyone travelling with me and bringing much appreciated goodies, the appointment went fine

My BP behaved, no uti, so all being well, provided blood is ok (they only took a sample for kidney function) I should be having the op on the 15th Dec

The lady anaesthetist has an up-to-the-minute procedure to prevent post op complications. She knocks one out with a sweet little rubber hammer and then brings one round with a bucket of iced water

Cherry xxx