Only for the weak, for the faint of heart, those driven to their knees, those who live with scars.

all my med info

Oh well what do you know as soon as I sit here to type my back pain starts to flare up. I was never a big fan of drugs, but I've come to realize there is a time and a place for them. Through sickness and pain I became very thankful that they exist!

Hospital Day #1 April 10th 2010
So, that night they hooked me up to their machine for an I.V., to run vitals, and get their fair share of my blood. You would think for the week, but they didn't agree. And I had no choice. I know that week I broke my record on how many vials I've had taken at a time.

Hospital Day #2 April 11th 2010.
So they still needed to run some more tests to eliminate MS completely.  Which were an MRI, blood work, and a Spinal tap!!! I believe it was this morning that they had me do the MRI. Again like the cat scan they had to do it first without the contrast dye and then with it. The main reason they believed it to be MS was because Transverse Myelitis only affects six inches of your spine, and my whole spine was inflamed top to bottom. I have a challenging time
remembering everything that happened because of all the trauma I experienced (emotionally, physically, and mentally), and the drugs. I do believe though that it was on this day that they started running the junk through me; 1,000mg of steroids everyday I was in the Hospital.  As I've mentioned my feet were freezing and from my waist up I was burning up. So, I had a heating pad on my feet with my special socks and all covered up to my waist at least, where I start burning up. I had ice packs on my back, my neck, and a fan blowing right at my face. My mom say's I looked like a tomato and it tis true.

"Fall Risk…"!!!!
Those are the words written on a bracelet I had to wear for nearly a week. I had matching socks to boot. Bright yellow socks and a bright yellow wrist band.


'"only for the weak" - Avalon
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