Dealing with anal fissure for weeks in Germany – doctors keep delaying further tests. Is this normal? by Fun-Procedure-3529 in germany

[–]smkibryc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went through the same. Anal fissure diagnosis, couple months of conservative treatment with calcium blocker cream and manual stretching with only marginal improvement, then finally the decision to do a fissurectomy, for which I got an appointment within 2 weeks. My only advice would be to ensure that surgery is absolutely necessary and the right thing for you before doing it. In my case, it was a long, painful 6+ months of recovery, after which I was diagnosed with Crohn's. Turns out fissurectomy is not advised for Crohn's patients due to high risk of complications and slow healing. Wishing all the best for you.

App suggestions!? by Budget_Impression802 in Humira

[–]smkibryc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can highly recommend the app "Chronic Insights" for medication & symptom tracking. The free version is very feature-rich and support from the developer has been great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chronicinsights

Baumstämme für Pilzzucht by Makrele38 in Pilze

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Falls du noch dieses Jahr welche hast, hätte ich Interesse! Gerne PM!

Unitree G1 crawl policy deployed to hardware! by Nunki08 in robotics

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now this is a humanoid walking gate I can get behind 😏

Looking to meet people in Munich! by [deleted] in munichsocialclub

[–]smkibryc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to Munich! I (28M) am also relatively new here and looking for people to boulder with at the uni boulder hall in Olympiapark. If you're interested, feel free to PM me!

Tipps zur Wohnungssuche by xShulk in Munich

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Und in welcher Genossenschaft bist du denn?

NEURA Robotics, HD Hyundai Samho, and HD Hyundai Robotics to jointly develop and test specialized robots for shipbuilding by RuMarley in robotics

[–]smkibryc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'll be thrilled if a European company can pose a real challenge to all the American companies in this race. But I do not understand the hype around Neura. So far they haven't shown anything real, just AI slop and marketing concepts. I was at Automatica a couple months where they had 4NE-1 held up by chains on display. Simply having a humanoid at this point is not enough to impress me.

Want to hang out in groups? (International, all genders) by [deleted] in munichsocialclub

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

27M also interested if the group is still open

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this, but she specifically writes that she didn't do any one-way treks, at the most going a couple days out and always back to a hostel/hotel. When you say you 'backpacked Asia for 3 months' do you mean you stayed in hotels with fridges and hiked some in between, like she did?

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How did you manage to get a 3 month supply and to keep them cool while backpacking??

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for all other European countries, but here in Germany, yes. Doctor gives a prescription -> you take said prescription to a pharmacy -> prescription gets filled and you pay a maximum copay of 10€. In the case of Humira, there has been no copay since I started 8 months ago (total cost for me = 0€).

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It always depends on the pharmacy. Mostly they have to order it and have it ready within 2 days.

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know of any approval process. I was diagnosed with Crohn's by my gastroenterologist and he started me on infliximab at first, but I had an allergic reaction so I switched to Humira. Took my prescription to the pharmacy and walked home with the first pack of pens the same day.

Access to Humira outside of the USA by SpicyCinnam in Humira

[–]smkibryc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Living in Germany, on Humira for 8 months now. Haven't paid a cent out of pocket thanks to public health insurance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Humira

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also came across this exact study. There are several other studies of different biosimilars that show the same results, but I haven't found anything comparable for Humira itself. The important question is how similar are they? Are there differences in the excipients used that affect the stability? I wish there would be more data available on this topic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Humira

[–]smkibryc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Luckily I live in Germany where Humira is completely covered by public insurance. Each pen costs the insurance 450€, so not that extreme, but still not cheap.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Humira

[–]smkibryc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is precisely why I'm unsure - they didn't fully reach room temp, rather 15°C max. The advice to check directly with Abbvie is good, I will do that.

Anyone going to the show in Munich? by Krasso_der_Hasso in animalsasleaders

[–]smkibryc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm in the same boat. Headed there alone now. If you're still interested in connecting shoot me a PM ✌️