| At 7:00 p.m. Friday night, I fixed the bed in the guest room for comfort (and so I could watch TV while I waited to see what would happen), turned on the Heating Pad, opened a can of ginger ale to let the fizz go out, put a box of ginger snaps by the bed (both for nausea), dress cool, put on a hat to keep from losing too much heat out of my head if I got cold chills and when all was ready, had Lee give me the shot. I sat in a chair in the Living Room, he was on the couch. He was slow and methodical, reading the instructions, measuring the liquid, carefully placing it with the powder pill, and then slowly rolling the vial in his hand so it would not get air bubbles. He then gave me the injection showing no signs of being nervous. I, on the other hand, was very nervous. As he gave me the shot, I thought over and over, “I will be the exception, I won’t get sick.” The medicine entered my body without incident. Lee put me in bed and then leaned over me on the bed and offered a most beautiful prayer of supplication to the Heavenly Father asking for his assistance and reminding him that this disease was given to me not by any fault of my own, but by the human errors of others. He blessed us and the doctors with knowledge of how to treat me. It was a precious moment between us. When finished, he looked me in the eye and said, “You’ll be okay.” |
| I turned on the TV and waited. However, I only waited to go to sleep. I did not wait to get sick. I was asleep in less than an hour. Lee checked on me several times, and I was never sick. He finally had me move into our bed around 10:00 p.m. and I fell immediately back to sleep, wrapped in his arms. Occasionally, during the night, I had conscious moments and checked to see if I was sick. I was not. |
| About 4:00 a.m. I woke up with a terrible headache, took an Imitrex with the ginger ale and went back to the guest room so I wouldn’t disturb Lee. I had indigestion for about 5 minutes, but held very still and let the medication go all the way down and get into my system. Two hours later, I have a slight headache, and my body feels tired, but I am not sick and my brain has not fogged up. |
| Oh, happy day. I will take the entire treatment just like this. A positive attitude and a determination not to give in have won out so far. I know the Lord has truly blessed me this night. |
| Week 1 |
| Saturday October 12, 2002 |
| Sunday, October 13, 2002 |
| I won't be entering something every day after this week, but for now, I want to keep a record to follow of each days progress. Today, I awoke feeling perfectly fine, took my Rebetol with some cottage cheese and within 1 hour has a pounding headache. Lee and I went for a walk up in the hills, I got a little dizzy, but did pretty good. When we came back, I took a nap for about 1 1/2 hours. When I woke up my headache had subsided, but I was quite nauseated. Lee fixed me some greens and pork. I was able to do some work for the firm, getting lesson plans ready for my backup next week. While working on the computer, my headache came back with a vengance. I am now going to eat, take an Imitrex and another nap. To make it perfectly clear, I am not in excrutiating pain, except for my headache, I just feel blah. I am so happy that things are going so well. |
| Last night I couldn't sleep. Weird. My skin felt like it was crawling. I kept stretching and twisting until I finally got up, took a long shower, covered myself with body lotion, did some yoga and watched TV until 4:00 a.m. I was glad we had bought a satellite. Today, I am tired and have strange body aches. I took 2 Ibuprophin at 3:00 p.m. and began to feel better. Have not lost my appetite. |
| Monday, October 14, 2002 |
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| Week 2 |