Avonex... wow... well that was fun! I just had my first appointment at the hospital yesterday for them to teach me how to take my first shot of Avonex...
Now something I have to explain about myself is that I have an irrational fear of needles... so much so that when I first met my husband who happens to be diabetic, I would almost faint at the sound of him dialing up his units. Yeah THAT bad! I usually climb the walls when I have had to take bloods or take any form of injection.
With the years it has become better. 2 pregnancies helped. Also this last spout at the hospital when diagnosed with MS was a real needle fest!
Though it is a whole different thing to have someone take your blood than you yourself putting that needle to your thigh and firing it off... oooo.... getting woozy at the thought. BUT I did it! I DID IT!!!! It took a lot of psyching and a lot of tears and a lot of shaking (my whole body was going nuts).. but I DID IT!!! Anyone who knows me will know what a big deal this is. It's HUGE! And it wasn't too bad either... (don't tell anyone I said so).. The nurse thought it was because I had been holding it to my thigh for so long the area was numb before the needle actually went in.
After a few hours of running on the high of a huge accomplishment I soon realized that this wasn't going to be fun... and it wasn't. It started with the ache in my muscles, then the headache... and last but certainly not least the fever.... Ugh... I was shivering like nobody's business and nothing could warm me up... well of course i was plenty warm according to my husband (smoking in fact) but that's not how I experienced it.
And that was with Ibuprofen in my system...
So yeah... until next week eh?!
Ugh...
Let's hope that the side effects only last the first 6 months...
-Josefine
WOW. I had no idea. That is so intense! What happens if you don't take the shot?
SvaraRaderaYou're a brave woman!
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It is a bit, isn't it (intense)... ;-)! If I take the shot there is 30-35% less chance I will have an episode. An episode can hit anywhere with almost any symptom(numbness, loss of eyesight or hearing, extreme muscle weakness, cognitive capacity, you name it) and depending how severe the episode the symptoms can last for a long time. So everything I am doing is a preventative measure. The less episodes I have in my lifetime the better chance I have of living a relatively normal life. So even though the shot only helps 30-35% it's still helping :-). Then with the diet and exercises as well as the extra sleep... Basically taking care of myself for once ;-D... I hope to be ok.
RaderaI'm trying to be brave... but to be honest I think it's more that I'm so scared of having an episode that I'm willing to do anything, even take those pesky shots ;-D! Thanks hun!!!
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