2nd shot went a little bit better (story continues)
#245101 - 02/08/06 03:29 PM
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Nelly
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When we left Nelly last week, she was still trying to get her fibromyalgia treatment, a shot in her leg...
So I spent the day at the free health clinic and sailed through the eligibility for treatment interview. The gave me their "earliest appointment available" -- March 21st. I have to wait until then to even be seen by a doctor. Oh well, two hours well spent.
So I had lunch with BF and Johnny, a friend who's afraid of nothing, and guess what? Our friend gave me the B12 + Glutathione + AMT shot! I baked him a chocolate cake as a thank you (actually he just pushed in the plunger.... I loaded the shot, primed it, swabbed the area and stuck it in  ).
Johnny said if he got cake every week he'd have no problem doing it again next time. He's jumping around all pumped up to do it again right now. Cake well spent.  
~nelly~ (Meanwhile, BF remains huddled in the corner, whimpering.)
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A cake a week for just pushing a plunger? That guy has it made.
Perhaps he can split it with the BF, to tempt him out of his corner?
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Glad to hear the 2nd went better! 
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Congrats.. i'm glad this worked out for you..
After I read your last post, I was cracking up hours later picturing you walking into a clinic with a shot of "heroine" telling them to SHOOT YOU UP!
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i'm just shuddering thinking about it atill, and am NOT afraid of needles! Heroine!!(oh, that was too close to the word needles, which makes me think Heroin. Definitely also very very bad.)
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Keep on keepin' on...
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Sorry to hear that BF ego is not doing so well...
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Kiwi
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Re: LOL!!!!
#245234 - 02/09/06 09:02 AM
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michele
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A man that can be bribed with cake is alright in my book!! Glad to hear it went a little better. I'm sure once you've had it a few more times, you'll be able to do it yourself but its great that you've found someone to help! Phewy on the drs at the clinic! 
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Taking it one day at a time.....
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March 21st?!  Well, good thing you have such a brave friend with a taste for chocolate cake. Excellent deal!
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~Hoping and Praying for Sleep!~
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It's so weird poking yourself, isn't it?
I find it's easiest first thing in the a.m. and when you don't HOLD YOUR BREATH.
However, truly, the B12 really does make you feel better, especially when you have less than an infant!
Good bribe, though, Nelly. I'm crossing my fingers for you!
Lol, the eyes of needles! I get blood work done every other week and honestly, it's worst in the winter. The cold makes it harder for the nurse to find a vein.
Kate.
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Nelly, I love you *hugs* Thank you for making me laugh today!
I'm SO GLAD that G-d (or life however you look at it) is finally bringing you some answers and relief!!!!! HURRAY!!!!
  
Love you mucho!
Ruchie
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LOL Ashley!
#245321 - 02/09/06 03:26 PM
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Nelly
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I was laughing, thinking about it too!! And for added effect you have to picture that my left arm is totally black and green from the nurse last week blowing out the vein on my arm...! Yep, it's just me with my vials and needles under my track-filled arm at the free clinic!! Hey baby wanna date?!
~nelly~ (Good thing I look good in black and green)
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Re: LOL!!!!
#245322 - 02/09/06 03:27 PM
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Nelly
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We need more men who can be bribed with cake!!!!!
~nelly~
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I thought I was nuts about the cold being a factor!! You're so right it makes needle stabbing so much worse!
I limped around for about 40 minutes like I'd pulled a muscle, and then all of a sudden the pain was all gone. My body is such a weird place!
~nelly~ 
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Yes Ruchie!
#245326 - 02/09/06 03:31 PM
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Nelly
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I will take the good where I can get it!!!!!!!
~nelly~ (Have cake, will pay)
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As of press time, BF is still yelling loudly that he DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT ANY NEEDLES OR SHOTS SO GET THEM AWAY FROM ME. Big manly men are so cute.
~nelly~
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This is so embarrassing!
I went for my biweekly tegretol levels, etc. (it was one of those 6-tubes of blood deals @ the lab, a.k.a "vampire's")
I passed out. Just keeled right over & suddenly "blackness."
It was freezing outside. I kept my mittens on while the nurse poked me. After lots of prodding in the first arm without a squirt, she moved to the other arm. I got that belly warm feeling & then a hot flash of nausea...
Needless to say, I forget everything else after that. Let me tell you, that ICE cold water felt so good.
Weird, huh? That's only ever happened to me twice before & once was when I donated blood.
Needles! I just cannot stop staring at the eyes of those needles and thinking of sewing machines & knitting & cross stitch.
Have you passed out yet, Nelly?
It's so hard for them to get a juicy one on cold days.
I hope the shots perk you up. After about 6 weeks or so, I felt the difference in the B12. I'm not sure if this makes sense, but the best way to describe how I felt after a month or so of B12 shots was less "vulnerable" and more "cohesive" or "together." Seriously, I felt so "tender." And my head just wasn't on straight. B12 deficiency (macrocytic anemia) really makes you feel mentally warped or like something melted in the back seat of a car on a warm day. I hope it helps with your fibro.
I felt like a rag doll, today, though...one minute staring at the eye of a needle and the mittens on my hands and the next...
Kate.
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Passing out!
#245667 - 02/11/06 07:54 PM
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Nelly
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I've totally passed out from needles before, which is scary because I get a seizure while I'm out (eyes roll back, hands cup, back arches and spasms wildly)!
I remember nothing, and when I wake up hyperventallating, everybody around me is in a panic. All tests are normal tho, so oh well.
The last time it happened was about 6 years ago. I've come close to passing out since then, but I haven't. I found out that by putting on a little weight, I do it less. When I was ultra-skinny it used to happen all the time. I'm healthy-weight now. On this one chart in my gyn's office I should be 2 inches shorter, but on all the others I exist actually ON the chart now and not off on the left in the blank white space somewhere.
~nelly~
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