Insanity Squared

Okay, out of the blue my meds get delivered on Wednesday morning and I need to run all the way down to University of Penn to get the injections, two of which I had to give myself. They came in ‘pen’ form and I felt pretty confident I’d be able to do it. Little did I know how much it would burn!!!!!! I had tears in my eyes. The ones I gave myself weren’t that bad but the first two the nurse gave me burned like hell. She stuck them in the muscle, I used the inner thigh where it was real fatty.

After that, I went home and as the night progressed a sever headache began to pulse through my head, a common side effect of Humira. The more time went on the worse it. By 10pm it was so bad I fell asleep with an ice pack on my head and only fell asleep because I had been awake since 5am. The next morning (Thanksgiving) I woke up and the headache was still there. It took 1000mgs of Advil to finally knock it out which isn’t good for the stomach but necessary.

It was nice this Thanksgiving though, I had the car and was able to hang around at my Aunt’s house until 11pm and let my son play with his cousins he rarely gets to see. Of course, my father had to call and inquire about when I was coming home like I’m some teen girl out on a date. >:-( I fucking hate it when they do that shit. I’m a grown woman in the 30’s.

Hope everyone in America had a nice Thanksgiving and got to see family and enjoy their day. ^__^ The day always makes me thankful for my life which I almost lost twice from my Crohn’s. And I don’t know if it’s the new medicine already working or the idea that I’m back on meds, but I feel like a million bucks today! I feel like I could do anything! *hugs the world*

I saw my doctor yesterday and the polyp she removed during the colonoscopy showed pre-cancerous signs, some tissue that could may have formed into cancer at a later time. She was a little baffled because she said, “Normally we find these type of polyps in 50+ yr olds.” So, I have to have yearly screenings to check and make sure they don’t come back.

All my tests came back good and it’s a green light for the new medicine. I couldn’t be happier because I can feel my body slowly returning to its previous state of mayhem and I just don’t have time for being sick again right now. This new medicine, Humira, is very similar to the Remicade in that it blocks the immune system completely. I have to be extra careful not to be exposed to anyone who has had or has Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B or C, or any other contagious factor (or even been exposed to the above mentioned). Sounds like fun, huh? But it’ll help me feel better, so it’s excused from being so dangerous.

I’m also anemic, no surprise there. I’ll always be anemic. I’ll go get iron infusions. =) Easy enough. And I’m seriously relieved that she got the polyp before it had a chance to become something much worse. =)

I’ll add just this one thought and that will be it for the whole election stuff from now on.

I am totally against Barack Obama for only one reason and that’s for his ‘Share the Wealth’ plan. The man is very intelligent, I’m a little skeptical about his lack of experience, but sometimes you have to give someone a chance before you can judge them. I never once thought him being black would ever get in the way of him being elected. This country is not as racist as some minorities think. Not like it used to be! The younger generations have pretty much embraced the fact that this country is just one big melting pot and I find that extremely admirable. I think if someone runs for an office, it should not matter if they are Black, White, Hispanic, man or woman. And I always laugh when I say this because it’s true, just pick the lesser of two evils.

I publicly congratulate Mr. Obama on his victory and hope he can do all the things he promised. And like my friend jadeblood said a “brighter tomorrow” is definitely something to look forward to. ^_^