Meds Finally Here! YIKES!!!!!

[Forseegood]

LOL...yeah, be careful what you wish for huh? and i was complaining about a hold-up...the Alinia is being delivered too ...anyway, I guess I gotta squirrel some away for a rainy day right? they deliver a month's worth at a time..guess I'm going to pre-load with the alinia for about a week anyway, that way I can tell if it's going to give me any sides, etc...if they do too much, might rethink taking it...also to distinguish which sides are from what, etc...so, I have to find out how to give myself shots, is there an online place I can see a video? think there is...also maybe get a lesson...also have to figure out when I should take my shot...have bad insomnia sometimes so I'd like to take the riba earlier then later...better go do some deep breathing, HA HA HA HA!

[Andiamo1]

I just want to wish you the best of luck with the meds.

I take my shots on Mondays and usually feel pretty good by Friday and the weekend is fine. I also have insomnia and find that Lorazipam helps.

I'll be thinking of you.

Eric

[Forseegood]

whoda thunkit? I had a bit of a freak out (why else would I start a thread over something like this?) and I've gotten such noble, well thought out responses...guess you figure you need to pay special attention to the kids who are acting out vs the good kids who are sitting up in front of the class, politely raising their hands...what better send off to "Land of Nod"...a little anti-climactic though, since it's still a little while before I start...(maybe I can really milk this!!!! :) naaah...really, youre a bunch of big hearted Joe's - you are....

[Lady Lauri]

Dam, that was a book! You'd think we were in a political thread!!

LL

[Lady Lauri]

  Haven't gotten thru all of the threads here, haven't been on much past few days and now I must catch up :)  

4c......I'm brave in other, more stupid ways, lol...like if I see some guys acting like their fighting dogs, or someone looks like they might be abusing children or animals, I'll walk up and get in their face...but I'm not brave in this way......

As I figure you know :)...that is sooo me also! (up in a 300 OR SO mans face 3 weeks ago over a son, ON tx....1:30 AM!! ) but when it comes to meds, some things.....what a total woos I am!! ME shooting chemo, downing capsules was HUGE for me...but here I am..ALL DONE!! And you can to!! You'll start that 1st one, and start 'looking forward' to each to put another behind you!  I think this last one was my scariest , weird huh? I got 'rushed' into tx....got dx, bx and in tx within a couple mths! Had no time to think, as you have, or I'd have been thinking for years also!!

  And there is NOTHING 'piddly' in any of this! Whether it be 'my pee looks funny' or  'is 8.1 hgb bad' ! (thats a yes, BTW for anyone new, lol!) It is just FULL of questions, fears, uncertainties from the drugs to sides to odds and so on. You know whatever you need to say, melt down, vent is understood here. I am so happy to see you getting started as I know it is such a turmoil in your mind waiting, deciding, worrying.(for many!)
    Even getting back to work soon, back to normal-BETTER- life soon…..I’m sticking around here and will be following your tx. We want to hear from 4c OR ‘dark Lucy’, lol! (and I have to agree with Bill, I was very concerned about rage/depression... I got very little of that, wasn't a sweetie all the time tho :)
  I agree on the Riba…ended up giving me really odd hours, shampooing rugs at 4 AM, sleeping 2 hrs. at a time, etc. so the higher dose in early hours. The Peg effects varied so much, 1 week hurt that night, next week sides were 3 days later, just never knew. I know I did like someone around on shot days…well, someone helpful/comfortable, not stress people! Maybe have someone around your 1st couple shots. I switched mine to AM’s, than kept busy, seemed better for me than to do at night, than lay awake ‘waiting’.
  
   Sorry so long……just rambling and excited for you to get that 1st one done, over…all that anxiety gone!
  You’ll do great…. Many are giving me the ‘so proud of you’ speech right now that knew my drug phobia, fear of meds. And it was never the needle or ‘stick’ I feared, just the stuff in it. A stick is nothing :), the meds you can handle and if/when you think you can’t….we’re PUSHING you forward!
  Okay…set the date …. Don’t wear white tho,lol!
Ding, Ding, Ding.....the 'start fighting' bell :)

  RELAX......(yeah I know...sure!!)

LL

[scratchinghead]

Gidget goes on treatment. Sheez
Did you get the new outfit to wear while your injecting?

:)

[GoofyDad]

I remember a certain sinking of the gut when my meds arrived at the doorstep.  A certain finality, if you will. Like when you pass through the gate between the rest of the amusement park and the roller coaster cars. THe "Oh sh!t, why am I doing this....."

It will get better though.