Let the games begin

I wake up to find a big box of medical supplies on my doorstep.  Let's see what's inside...

It's a give-yourself-an-IV kit.  How fun!  I sit and stare at the contents for about an hour waiting for the nurse to get here to start the line.  I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to function for the next 3 days with this in my hand and I realize it beats being in the hospital, so I'll figure out how to deal.

This is what it looks like when I'm getting the infusion.  

 

This is what my refrigerator will look like for the weekend.  I thought the bottles of medicine looked cute next to the yogurt. 

Anyway, back to the infusion....It's quite interesting to do this yourself.  First, you have to flush the line with saline. Then you just hook up the little bottle.  The medicine is in a little balloon.  When the balloon goes flat, it's all done. 

Of course there are other clues that the Solu-Medrol is coursing through my veins.  My arm is stinging uncontrollably and my mouth has a terrible metallic taste in it.  Nothing tastes right the entire day.  Even water is whacked out.  I can't sleep.  And finally, my heart feels like it's going to jump out of my chest.

All of this would be worth it, if it took down the inflammation in my brain.  After the 1st dose, no change.