Hospitals and Fun

Good evening all...

So, I've been off Tecfidera for a week or so now.  He is ordering another starter pack for me to try.  If I end up in the hospital again, I guess I won't be able to take it :(

I guess the other option is Avonex.  Pffft.  Don't wanna.  Don't make me!!  Well.  I guess I'll try whatever I can.  Make me feel betters please :(

I've come to find comfort in the hospital now.  How sad is that?  I had a lovely group of people helping me during my 5 hour stay.  Nurses, doctors, they were all lovely!  Then the person took me to the x-ray place, that was fun.  I like talking to people as I'm being wheeled all over the hospital.

When he brought me back, my mom pointed out how he looked just like Mike.  AAAAAH!  Interestingly enough, I did not notice.  Have I forgotten what he looks like?  Has been a while.  She was rather taken aback by the resemblance.  So, that was funny.  I had to catch a glimpse before he left, then I saw it.  His nose.  Unmistakable nose.  :D

I was super happy when I got to drink water without heaving my guts all over the place.  I like the little happy marks I make while at a hospital.  They even had this cool TV for me to watch at my leisure.  Sure made the ER visit nice.  I got a cool room with sliding glass doors.  Nom nom is quite special.

SO.  I am still tired, still sleeping roughly 12, 13 hours per night.  But!  That is down from 15, so I guess I'll take whatever I can get.

Bad part of the ER visit?  The lady that put in my IV was quite rough with my vein, and it was making me nauseas, which is bad when you are in the hospital for that very reason.  She was laughing while poking me, telling me how my vein kept wiggling all over the place.

:O

Why are you telling me this?

I mean, I can handle an IV with the best of them, I fear no needles.  But come on, at least do it quietly without explaining what my vein is doing.

Then the blood-taker came in, she was quite skilled I must say.  Nice and gentle, but it always freaks me out when a blood-taker person comes in with another person who watches them intently.

Like, does this person not know how to do this...?

Then!  I think I lost a good 10 pounds from being sick, and that was a nice starting point for a diet to begin.

So, in summary, I am no longer throwing up or being sick and almost dying.  I am hoping this was a virus and not because of my new meds.  Cross your fingers, because I want to be done with injections once and for all!

I drove my car for the first time in 2 1/2 months.  It was very scary actually, but I got used to it.  I went grocery shopping!  Felt so weird to be out during the day, seeing people and the sun!  I had to take this one route home, since I was stuck and could not turn left out of Hannaford.  So, as I realized this route brought back terrible feelings from a past relationship, I immediately got mad at my route decision.  But, as I passed where he used to live, the song Carry On, by Fun came on the radio.  It was pretty calming, and made me reflect on everything again.  It was a funny choice of song given the fact that I have not been on this road in years, mainly because of the association.

So that was funny.

Then, I decided to go to work a few hours later, and I start down the road, and the song Carry On comes on again.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRU2mEW7Qdg

Pretty funny chain of events, and remember--may your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground.

Love always,

Jaime Lee
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