Well, no I did not feel miraculously energetic and so much better as they other ladies who were there also getting an IV claimed to be. Don’t know what is wrong with me but I obviously do not fit the picture. I was excited about the prospect of feeling better and was looking forward to this IV business.
The IV took 4 hours, I arrived at 9:00 and after taking my vitals, (which is always funny) they got the IV started after a few tries.
it’s funny because I have a set of extra cervical ribs in my neck, they push down my arteries and nerves and often is very painful. Because the squeeze my arteries i do not have a pule on either side of my arms. Nurses always seem to think I’m joking and just go ahead looking for a pulse but have to give up sooner or later. Even in my neck it’s difficult to find.
Halfway trough the I felt a horrible nasty headache coming up but attributed that to the warm and stuffy medical rooms and the bright TL lights. I’m very light sensitive, bright lights quickly give me a headache. Dr. V. came by a couple of times to check on me to make sure I was doing fine and the IV was not going too fast. It went slowly but steady. They provide you with snacks and drinks if you want to, the women across from me ordered a full lunch and their daughter came over and delivered their salads and sandwiches. By this time I was so nauseous that the smell of their sandwiches made me vomit. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get up from a chair with an IV in your arm and hurry to the restroom?
I felt flustered and hot and my face was looking bright red, *make note to look up what exactly it is they put in these cocktails, could be something like B vitamins like Niacin because of the flustering. By now I was sweating and it felt like hot flashes in menopause! I just wanted to go home and lay down in my dark room and not move for at least 3 days! I admit it probably can be fun to chat with others about your illness and experience but the chatting and constant yapping and laughing drove me insane! Maybe I just not used to being around so many people anymore, after all I have spend almost 3 years home bound without seeing anyone.
I tried to read some but the letters were swimming on the page and a magazine is difficult to hold with one hand I discovered. W. called he was ready to pick me up but my IV was still going and I told him it would be another hour. He wasn’t happy, he had meetings scheduled and did plan for my IV to have a delay. Messed up his schedule. I felt anxious about that, it’s bad enough he needs to be my chauffeur and now I made him wait too. It’s all becoming so embarrassing and frustrating for me, not being able to do anything by myself.
Finally at 1:00 PM I was done, made a new appointment for over 2 weeks, paid my bill of $125 and shuffled after W. to the car.
I have never been so glad to see my home, usually it feels like I’m going back to prison and being locked up again but this time I was actually happy to be home ;-)
I lied down and than my joints started hurting, my eyes burned, I had muscle spasms, my head had a noise it like it had a whole marching band of trolls practicing in it. I took 2 Morphine tablets in the hope to be able to sleep some and maybe be better when I woke up.
I did sleep but didn’t wake up feeling better. In fact it was the same as the few days last week. I will have to discuss this with dr. V. I think there’s something in the IV that I react badly to. I have 2 weeks to recover before the next IV. ;-)
The IV took 4 hours, I arrived at 9:00 and after taking my vitals, (which is always funny) they got the IV started after a few tries.
it’s funny because I have a set of extra cervical ribs in my neck, they push down my arteries and nerves and often is very painful. Because the squeeze my arteries i do not have a pule on either side of my arms. Nurses always seem to think I’m joking and just go ahead looking for a pulse but have to give up sooner or later. Even in my neck it’s difficult to find.
Halfway trough the I felt a horrible nasty headache coming up but attributed that to the warm and stuffy medical rooms and the bright TL lights. I’m very light sensitive, bright lights quickly give me a headache. Dr. V. came by a couple of times to check on me to make sure I was doing fine and the IV was not going too fast. It went slowly but steady. They provide you with snacks and drinks if you want to, the women across from me ordered a full lunch and their daughter came over and delivered their salads and sandwiches. By this time I was so nauseous that the smell of their sandwiches made me vomit. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to get up from a chair with an IV in your arm and hurry to the restroom?
I felt flustered and hot and my face was looking bright red, *make note to look up what exactly it is they put in these cocktails, could be something like B vitamins like Niacin because of the flustering. By now I was sweating and it felt like hot flashes in menopause! I just wanted to go home and lay down in my dark room and not move for at least 3 days! I admit it probably can be fun to chat with others about your illness and experience but the chatting and constant yapping and laughing drove me insane! Maybe I just not used to being around so many people anymore, after all I have spend almost 3 years home bound without seeing anyone.
I tried to read some but the letters were swimming on the page and a magazine is difficult to hold with one hand I discovered. W. called he was ready to pick me up but my IV was still going and I told him it would be another hour. He wasn’t happy, he had meetings scheduled and did plan for my IV to have a delay. Messed up his schedule. I felt anxious about that, it’s bad enough he needs to be my chauffeur and now I made him wait too. It’s all becoming so embarrassing and frustrating for me, not being able to do anything by myself.
Finally at 1:00 PM I was done, made a new appointment for over 2 weeks, paid my bill of $125 and shuffled after W. to the car.
I have never been so glad to see my home, usually it feels like I’m going back to prison and being locked up again but this time I was actually happy to be home ;-)
I lied down and than my joints started hurting, my eyes burned, I had muscle spasms, my head had a noise it like it had a whole marching band of trolls practicing in it. I took 2 Morphine tablets in the hope to be able to sleep some and maybe be better when I woke up.
I did sleep but didn’t wake up feeling better. In fact it was the same as the few days last week. I will have to discuss this with dr. V. I think there’s something in the IV that I react badly to. I have 2 weeks to recover before the next IV. ;-)
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