Quick Update

Well, I was supposed to give my second unit of blood yesterday. I got all pscyhed up for it, had a good breakfast, even loaded up my IPod shuffle thinking some music might help me relax. We got through all the paperwork, then started on the physical screening. Everything went fine until she did the [...]

3rd Dose and Other Stuff

Last night was the third dose of Methotrexate. I took it on an empty stomach about 6:00, ate dinner about 8:00,  and took the rest of my nighttime  meds and supplements around 9:30. I never did get the creepy crawlies, but did get a raging heading about 1/2 hour after I took the MTX. It [...]

Ouch – First Blood

Just when I think I won’t have anything to update for a while, new stuff happens.
I “deposited” my first unit of blood yesterday morning. I have a very strong vasovagal reflex when getting poked with a needle. In addition to the light-headed, fainting issues, my veins basically clamp down. The last time I had surgery, [...]

Methotrexate – Round Two

I took the second dose of methotrexate last night. I took it around 9:30 and was sound asleep soon after 10. I was wide awake with the creepy crawlies again about 11:15. Four hours and two really bad science fiction movies later, I fell back asleep at around 3:00. So now I’ve got a week [...]

Test Results / Surgery Schedule

First of all, for my medically curious friends, I have the test reports back from Dr. Cheatum, my rheumatologist. I’ve posted them on this site and you can just click the link at the top of the page called “test results”. I didn’t want to take up room in the main blog or bore the [...]

First dose of MTX

Last night was the first does of methotrexate. We had tickets for the Summer Musicals (High School Musical) last night, so it was about 11:00 pm when I took it.  I took it with my regular evening medications plus 1/2 a pain pill. I was really uncomfortable last night and actually took my cane with [...]

07.11.08 The Start of the Journey

Dear friends:
First of all thanks for your interest. I’m not sure if this blog is to keep all of you up with what’s going on as much as it is for me to document the journey I’m about to undertake, hopefully to better health.
As you probably know, after some time of dealing with weird symptoms [...]