Sunday, April 28, 2013

And the beat goes on...



Nice tune, but not mine…day two of IV steroid therapy.

Last night was not a joy, foolishly I forgot one of the many rules while on steroid IV therapy, i.e. 1000 MG. Solu Medrol for in my case a three day jaunt do not drink caffeine, in my case it comes in two forms, coffee or iced tea. My first lost weekend was not my fault, when I was on my experience in the April 2009 attached to a bed for three days with meals and catheter. I knew enough to order green tea when given the option on the meal choices assuming at that time that all green tea was caffeine free, but I was oh so very wrong! I had it with each meal served. PS mine at home is caffeine free.

And found myself sleepless in the hospital for the all of the days I was there, thank goodness for HDTV, which was my pal. Many bad things happened with that stay, agony during MRI’s that lasted for an hour and an half with NO breaks, even though I was screaming and she the operator kept saying that she wasn’t done and I should stop moving!

Believe me when I say I have had other MRI’s before and since and none were like that!

My catheter left me with the worst UTI ever when I got home I had a high fever of over 102 and I called the hospital and they wanted me to comeback to now put me on antibiotic IV’s, and I opted out!

I went to the doctor’s office where they did a urine analysis and blood work and determined that they could not believe all the bacterium in me and had to repeat the tests and systematically put me on a heavy duty course of Cipro.

And it was soon resolved in a week or more. I also, while in there found out about my diabetic reaction and was given insulin while in the hospital.

And so here I am in the midst of my fourth, third at home IV therapy with 1000 MG. Solu Medrol and the fun has begun as of the wee hours of the morning, night, not being able to sleep… around one forty-eight in the morning the funk had begun and so I tested my glucose and it had risen to 199, and so I checked my now handy dandy chart of what if any dose I needed, but I didn’t want to take it if I really didn’t have to and so I waited an hour to see if it would go down and at 2:48 it had only gone down to 193 and so since my chart said just a mere 2 units and that is what I did and tried to go to sleep, but no, I was till unable to until around four-ish I suspect and the next thing I noticed it was seven A.M. time to rise and shine!Note: this is the chart schedule from not June of 2011; this actually was my first at home one chart from 8-12-10!


By the time I did all my usual stuff and foolishly drank two cups of coffee just thinking I have to be awake now! Hubby was up and we had breakfast and decided we would try and go to the Home and Garden Show and it was the same as the previous and so no pictures were taken I guess even though I had my camera in the state I was in I just plain forgot, oh well. I took my glucose before we left at 11:06A.M., and it was at 177 and so 2 more units were shot into me.

After the Home and Garden Show Hubby took me to lunch at Fishville to cheer me up, I think, at the Village Fish Market where this time I ordered steamed little necks from the appetizer menu as well as a side of a mini house salad which was NOT mini at all, big enough where it had to be dumped on the plate it was perched on and that wasn’t big enough and so the server brought a larger one and Hubby cut it up for me, since I was a sight with my brace on my right and my neatly covered IV on my left. And my usual iced tea un-sweet with extra lemons… up oh tonight will probably prove to be another up all night adventure, did I mention, steroids and caffeine don’t do at all well together!

BAD, bad, bad!

Anyone going to be up tonight to chat?



And we came home and had chicken sandwiches for dinner with left over chicken, but just before and a couple of hours after my second dose of my infusion I checked my glucose again and this time at five P.M. it was 219 and so four units were administered according to the chart’s document.



You see, the steroids release slowly and it seems that tonight shall prove to be one that will be, how shall I say it, interesting or not so… since I have heard that many actual diabetics have much, much, higher glucose levels and survive, my highest was only over 300 back in 2011 the last time I was on this therapy and here I am to tell my tale again, so as the chart says, unless over the 400 and than I will call my MD, not to worry… since we all know that does absolutely no good. PS, my eye pain is still coming and going as well as my blurriness I am hoping that this time my results are just taking a bit longer not like last time when it didn’t help me at all…!



On that way too scary for me note, allow me anyway to be the first to wish all of you a very happy good night and ask you to kindly count all your blessings and share all your overages with you know who, and we will too!



And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?!

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