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Skirmishing with MS Day Three – Last Egg On The Line

May 192011

Updated: 8:04, 9:22

Well here we are at last, third day, third egg.

Last night was weird – the energy boost from day one was absent for day two. In fact, I was crashing before I managed to catch up on all my Law and Order: SVU episodes taped on the DVR, an unheard of event!

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Posted by Moonwolf on May 19, 2011 Disability, Musings Diabetes mellitus, Disability, Health, Insulin, Ken St Andre, Metformin, Multiple sclerosis, Solumedrol, Tunnels & Trolls 12 Responses »

Skirmishing with MS Day Two – Advancing In A Different Direction

May 182011

Updated: 11:40, 2:16, 5:47, 10:38

Well it’s been an interesting morning so far.

First thing was discovering my fasting blood sugar is 190. Not so good, considering the insulin and Metformin aren’t nearly as effective due to the Solumedrol.

Then we discover the IV line is blocked somewhere – can’t even get the initial saline flush into it. Put in a call to Home Solutions, who’ll send a nurse to resite the line.

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Posted by Moonwolf on May 18, 2011 Disability, Musings Diabetes mellitus, Disability, Health, Insulin, Metformin, Multiple sclerosis, Solumedrol 10 Responses »

Skirmishing with MS Day One – Meeting The Enemy

May 172011

Please note: To avoid confusion with spanned posts, I’ll add updates that relate to today to this post at the bottom, rather than open a new blog post for them. I’ll do the same with a new post tomorrow.

Updated: 10:24, 11:48, 7:53, 10:45, 11:42

So a huge box of supplies arrived last night – a silvered bag full of ice blocks and the meds to go in the fridge, and a frightening array of equipment I’m going to need over the next few days.

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