It’s hard to imagine a needle can be so tiny. Given that it’s Enbrel day again, I took a closer look at the syringe:
Small – not quite half an inch. I set a regular sewing needle beside it for comparison. Then I got to looking, and thought that not only is the needle short, but the diameter looks about like a strand of thread.
Sure enough, the tip of the needle on the syringe fits into the eye of my sewing needle:
You realize you just took about 95 percent of the OMG-factor out of self-injection, right? ;o)
Pushing the plunger in is still a bit intimidating.
Lol, Wren. Good to head as I’ll be starting my Enbrel injections on Wednesday. Although I think I’ll be getting the SureClick needles. Will let you know how those go.
Laurie
They really are tiny.
The old ones used to have a much bigger and more annoying syringe, though the needle itself was still small. I like the new version much better.
Okay, Socks. Now I’m really convinced that I made the right decision to go with the auto inject. The only small needle is one that’s being used on someone else! However, if I ever have to use the regular syringes, at least now I’ll know what to expect. Thanks for sharing.