In case anyone is interested…

Today, the Matrix arrived around ten A.M.; yep that’s the name of the nurse’s homecare company, kinda rolls off your lips with an ooze of déjà vu, a where did I hear that name before? Kidding!
Well, nothing of that went on here this morning.
Although, I must admit our RN, registered nurse for those not in the know, kept telling me how she was hyper active and had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD, but you all knew that. I said than she must be a multi tasker, and she admitted that she does get distracted easily, oh well…
She took a few minutes debating with herself on which side the IV for the 1000 MG Solumedrol infusion should go, and she kept saying since she was right handed that she felt for ease of delivery that it should be put in my right side. Only problem was and I did tell her that I too was right handed and that she was only there to install it and that I would be taking over for the next two days. And so it is now where I can do it for myself on my left side on my wrist. You see last August that was how we did it.
But this was a subcontractor nurse; mine from last summer was on vacation this week, and I did like her. Don’t get me wrong this one too was quite capable and likeable as well, and mentioned to call if I needed anything; even just questions answered.

Before we got started I took a couple of glucose levels, one was rather high at 152, but I had had oatmeal with brown sugar for breakfast, one of those prepackaged jobbies, and it was not two hours after that, and so I took it just before the infusion and it was 104, manageable and normal by many standards.
It took about an hour for the meds IV infusion to go in, and not until around four-ish did I feel anything different from my several days of weird unrelenting numbies, shockies and pain; this was a distant familiarity of warmth and fullness in my head and the side of my neck.
For the heck of it I took my glucose again and sure enough it had risen to 251, and thankfully, we did have the insulin in the frig. I was not sure of the loading process into the syringe. The other nurse did set that up for me last year and so now I would have to have Hubby read the instructions since I was insistent on doing it myself, and so I loaded it to the 4 number. You see, it was only one increment higher for the next larger dose and I felt to err on the theory that less is better since you can always go more but not take away what you already did, got that?
Any-who, I had recalled that last time the nurse waited a half an hour last year to check it again, last year is when it went all the way that time to 323, and so I waited about a half an hour for a re-check, like she did.
By four thirty it went up a bit to 252.
I got concerned but not enough to call anyone and resigned myself to wait another half hour and take it again, and that helped since by five it was going in the right direction to 181!
Hubby was out picking up dinner, since we were out of everything and we decided to hold off on the grocery shopping till perhaps tomorrow.
Now by the rules of this diabetic checking game, if I got it correct I am only a part-time participator due to steroids installation yearly so it appears, one is to wait two hour after meals to check the numbers again, correct?
To be honest I had been given a booklet when this all started two years ago in the hospital back in April of 2009.

Wow, I have been sitting here about a half an hour, could the steroids be working already?
The pain and other explained above sensations are sporadic and still come and go but with a bit longer gaps.
One can only hope that perhaps I got lucky and relief will be soon forthcoming.

Sadly while reading some literature on the Solumedrol I did find a literal source of my humungous increase in size over these last few years … my cure.
Another anomaly in the obesity wars; if you do not take it many of the deficits that are created with the exacerbation will endure, although they could anyway with it, what would you do?
Last summer I took this same cure for my optic neuritis and sadly it did not work, as many of you know I am legally blond in my right eye, oops that should be legally blind in my right eye!

As the saying goes if you laugh than you won’t cry, or is it I laughed so I wouldn’t cry or some such silly idiom or idiot?

Any-how, so far I did get that bubble out of the insulin syringe, I think…
Gosh that was nearly three hours ago, if I didn’t would I still be here?
Who knows and that is why we must all think positive thoughts and try new things like being your own advocate and doing everything for yourself to get a head in life!
Uh oh, am I babbling?
Is that a symptom of air in your line?
Nah… I always babble and so there you go!
I’m Okay; are you?

On that wild and severe trying of lightening your load and mine with silliness please dear friends be here or be square and count all those blessings and share the extra ones… And take care; be well and peace to you and all of yours too!

Just remember we can do this together!
What, you ask?
Oops, I forgot, but you know, right?

Night, night sleep tight and don’t let anything bite that is unless you want them too…ha you get the idea… nah I am fine don’t worry…or not!