Chronicles

Ilaris & How to Self-Inject

October 12, 2020 Marcelle Longlade

It will be 4 years this coming March since I’ve been on Ilaris (canakinumab), which is a biologic drug to help calm my immune system and to reduce the intensity of the FMF symptoms (fevers, joint pain, nausea, rashes…). Although it causes me to be immuno-compromised, the fact that I feel marginally better than without it is worth the risk.

I was one of the first patients in Canada to receive the drug. It was officially approved by Health Canada in January 2017 and I got my first dose in March 2017. The price tag of Ilaris is no joke…

Land Acknowledgement

As a platform operated by a Métis woman, this acknowledgment is to lift up the sacred diversity of the original First Peoples and caretakers of this land that we live, work, and thrive on in Taranton, Toronteau, and T’karonto.

We acknowledge we operate on the traditional territory of many nations, including the Attawanderons, the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinaabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, and Haudenosaunee. All are home to the Dish With One Spoon—a treaty based on stewardship, reciprocal sharing, and sophisticated governance and healing practices, and is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island, including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

We acknowledge that we are all treaty people and accept our responsibility to honour all our relations.

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