I was woken up by Lloyd this morning, poached eggs in hand and I couldn’t have been more appreciative of his efforts! Emeraude had offered to accompany me to my treatment last night at bedtime and so he had already fed her some breakfast as well. I worked at getting the two of us ready [Read more]
"my IV Shunt had been put in without any gloves port-a-cath (which I have under my left side, kind of below my collar bone) being worn and I was a little concerned with the possibility of yet another skin infection (I dealt with many of these before finally having my 'picc line' and then about a [Read more]
I began my treatment this morning… tonight will go smoothly having had the solumedrol early in the day. I ate a few packs of crackers during the treatment (which was over the course of about an hour) and they seemed to settle my stomach. I was thrilled when, near the end of my treatment, I [Read more]
"...a dilaudid injection (I had had a standing order that included toredol but when it was brought to my doctor's attention that I had been receiving it for more than 5 days he..." [Read more]
Sublingual Ativan is a medication used mainly for panic attacks and I also take it when I am at the hospital or in a situation where I am feeling rapid increase of pain, specifically when it’s the head pressure I occasionally deal with which is pretty scary – like if someone said [Read more]
