Thursdays are quickly becoming the highlight of my week.
Why? Because it is the day of my testing. The day I find out if the numbers are
going up and the prednisone will continue to go down.
Every week I learn something to make the testing a little smoother. First it was drinking a ton of water in the
morning starting as soon as I wake up. I
need to get my blood moving! 2 weeks ago my veins kept collapsing because I was
so dehydrated. It also takes much longer to draw.
The other thing I am doing differently is wearing gloves all
morning. Hopefully this will make the appointment as smooth and quick as
possible. My veins can be very tricky to
find and when they draw from my hands they have to warm them with a heating
pack. Then again maybe they will find that elusive vein near my elbow today.
Nope, she thinks the vein was scarred and she couldn’t hit
it. They took blood from my hand again! Unfortunately the gloves did not do
enough and I had to wait for them to warm up my hands with a heat pack. Thankfully that does not take too long.
Great news my number for the week is 239k, well with in
normal and the prednisone is dropping again!!
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