1st shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!do sx get worse as time goes on????

[cquest]

I just took my 1st shot Fri. afternoon/Riba right after. I felt fine up until about 10pm when the chills (my teeth were chattering), fever, aches, numbness in my fingers, peeing a lot started. I took more Tylenol and went to bed. Things must have settled down later on because I got hot from all the covers. I slept fine, I woke up fairly fine, slight headache which is not unusual for me. I am still feeling ok...question is, will things build up and get worse and worse as time goes on? My husband is concerned about the mental problems...poor thing must be fearing for life as he knows it...So will I get crankier as time goes on? If this is it, I will sail through this thing but if things get progressively worse, I would like to know. Any input?
Thanks!
Cin

[Leany]

I cant help but laugh at the " feeling a bit crazed" . That hits the nail on the head.
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[Califia]

Keep in mind also that  treatment changes as the medication accumulates in your blood stream.  It takes 4-5 weeks to achieve full concentration,  so that's definitely one distinct phase that you pass through.  Another random thought:  being around urban crowds at the beginning of tx was very intense, as I remember.  I always had to wear shades to blunt the energy impact.   As for you in Manhattan for the march--the good thing is that everyone in NYC is also feeling a bit crazed.   The difference between you and the rest is that, thanks to tx, you KNOW that you are.  

I will definitley not miss the headaches and nausea and blah blah blah, but some aspects of the tx mental state were delightfully wicked .

[cquest]

About tne NYC march, I am a little nervous traveling down to the city by myself since everyone I know has to work that day... it's the wandering around looking for you guys that has me worried I think....is this what they mean about the mental sx? Normally I don't think I would bat an eye...

And so far today I am still doing ok, last night I had a fever and I noticed a rash on my hands today. I have rashes all the time anyway, allergic to Nickel.

Luckily the shots are in those pre-filled syringes so hopefully next Fri I will manage ok by myself. I might just get one of the nurses at the hospital where I work give it to me...
Cin

[friole]

To be fair to the pharmacy, I don't think they knew what was what.  I wonder if they have even filled the peg-copeg rx before. The peg-copeg rx is a prestamped thing that the doc just circles the doseage on.  My pharmacist said for the prefills, you also have to circle the words that say "prefilled."  I think that is what the nurse straightened him out on. What they gave me after that first shot was a 25ga 1/2" syringe, and that is even a little big, I think.  I will say that they are all treating me pretty nice, and they all know who I am now.  Even the clerk who gave me the 22ga who looked at me with a disgusted eye the first time seems to have softened.
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[cuteus]

ON NYC March, you should be ok, I was able to do the NYS  2003 Summer Run series and finish it, panting, the first mo I started tx.

You did read where to meet and what to wear to identify each one of us?  I found a red visor in Wal Mart and have written Friends of MH on it with my monicker.  Look for the red visors/caps by the Eagle statue. See you there.

ps I did not run the series in 2004, but did it this year again, sort of a challenge to see if my mile was back to its normal 13-14minute.  KInd of embarrassing seeing 70 yrs old doing a 7 min mile, though.

[brandnew]

My first shot will be this Thursday. Question: can I drive home from the doctors? They said i need to do the first one in the office. Thanks.