Category Archive: Health & Wellness

Getting Seasick on Waves of Emotion

Well, it’s unanimous, all the judges, including the notoriously tough Russian judge have gone and given my Head very high marks for persistence. True, it did lose points on the dismount but overall… Continue reading

The Swollen Brain Diet

Sorry – very late post. Having a much tougher time with the IVIG this round, tougher even than the first time. Seems I’m one of the 7% who don’t tolerate it very well.… Continue reading

Behold… My Grey Matter doth Engorge…

But not in a good way… Day 2 went less well than day 1. About 3/4’s into the procedure, I started getting extreme nausea, dizzy and feverish. So they paged my neurologist and… Continue reading

A Swollen Head…

Day one is in the books. Went in at 9AM – they were pumping me full of stuff for the first hour and a half, before the actual Immunoglobin was even out of… Continue reading

IVIG – Tool of the Spanish Inquisition?

Hi. So, ummm tomorrow – I start my 2nd session of the dreaded IVIG Transfusion. Yes, I’m nervous. Last time went somewhat less than ideally, and by that I mean slightly worse than… Continue reading

Dates.. they are a’changin’… and a side of Cult…

I finally got a call back from my Thoracic Surgeon today, I had called him last week, after learning of the Sept 3rd date during the Plex appointment. They suggested I call the… Continue reading

PLEX, IVIG & Getting Shot in the Solar Plexus

Well my goodness, didn’t I just get shot today, shot with information… It is my intention to now pass along said information BUT in a much nicer way. Before proceeding, may I just… Continue reading

Pancakes, Plasma & Pomposity

OK, today has been declared, by me – rapid fire gripe day… so here goes. I was just thinking, before I go on…. please understand, never is the litany of  my gripes an… Continue reading

Anesthesia, Wieners & Bowling Ball Babies

There really isn’t all that much to tell you about my Neurology appointment yesterday. Told her about all my symptoms and how AFTER the IVIG, I was really good for 3 weeks, almost… Continue reading

Arrested Respiration & Prison Stabbings

Well thank goodness, I’ll admit I was getting a bit nervous – it had been a couple of days without any sort of medical meltdown and we certainly can’t have that… So imagine… Continue reading