May 30, 2019
I waited all day yesterday and eventually I called the doctors office. 10 minutes later one of my doctors called me back and told me that my level only went down one number, I am now at 7. So,…I needed treatment again.
Jim came home and we drove to the Emergency Room. Lots of people in the waiting room this time, but I think that because my doctor had called them beforehand I could come in quicker, we didn’t have to wait too long and came in before others. We got a room again, this time with a TV that was on. It was the news though and I don’t like to watch the news, it is so depressing, but now I didn’t really have a choice but to watch it.
An hour after just sitting there a doctor came, we gave him the info on why I was there and he said he would go call my doctor. 45 minutes later he came back and said that he had ordered the treatment 30 minutes ago and once I get it I only have to stay for 10-15 minutes and then I could go home.
They never gave me any gown to change into, no IV in my arm this time and we just had to sit in that room with the door open and we could see all the doctors, sick patients and cops walking by. On TV they kept warning about the tornadoes that was supposedly hitting New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
When we had been there for 2 hours 20 minutes, a male nurse came in with a bag of yellow warning signs on it. He apologized that we had to wait but explained that he wanted himself or another male nurse to give me the treatment instead of a woman. Apparently it’s bad for women to handle this since it can be harmful to someone who wants to get pregnant or is pregnant, which makes sense. It was a woman giving me the shots the last time though, maybe they didn’t have a guy available then…
I had to pull down my jeans and he hit me in the right thigh with the first shot. When he got it out it was bleeding quite a lot so he must have hit something. And then he jammed the second shot into my left thigh. No blood on that one. And then he left.
It was actually hurting a bit this time. Last time I didn’t really feel much but now I could feel all leg muscles hurt from my hips all the way down to my feet. It might have been because I was sitting with my legs dangling off the bed this time (last time I was fully on the bed with my legs relaxed straight) plus that he actually really hit me with the shots especially the last bit when he was gonna get it out of my thigh. I tried to massage the thighs for the 10 minutes we had to wait for a nurse to come and discharge me. We spent 3 hours at the ER in total this time.
I felt a little pain when walking after our visit and I was a little nauseous so I ate something and then relaxed on the couch when we came home. When I got up to brush my teeth and stuff to go to bed my thighs felt like balloons (but didn’t look like it) and I could feel a little bit more pain in my legs. I could not put full weight on my left leg when standing up without feeling discomfort and I woke up a few times at night when I moved around especially when rolling over to my left side. Slow walking today as well and now after sitting by my desk for a few hours I’m quite uncomfortable, I may have to lie down soon. But other than my legs being sore, I feel fine. Just tired and a little mushy. Jim is working from home today which is nice, he can help out and take Thor for walks.
It sucks that I had to do this again, it sucks that my level hasn’t gone down much and it sucks that if it continues this slow there’s a chance that I have to get treatment again, but you know what…it could be worse. That’s what I keep telling myself. It. Could. Be. Worse.
I am not dying, I have a loving husband, a snuggly puppy and people who cares for me. I am fine.