Saturday, May 4, 2019

life doesn't get easier -- we get stronger


Life needs to come with a rule-book.  Or at least cheat codes and hints. 

Am I making the right decision now?  What about this one?  If I feel sad after making it, does that negate the rightness?

On the positive side of life, guess who is making new friends?!!?!

Strong, welcoming, smart, women friends.  I'm so excited.   It's been a while since I've had a lot of friends to casually hangout with or spontaneously meet for lunch.  If their phone numbers are in my phone, and we text sometimes, that counts, right??

Sunday, April 28, 2019

I did it!!


I did my first ever aimovig injection at home by myself.  Go me!

It wasn't nearly as bad as I'd expected.  I had done two previously at the doctor's office under nurse's supervision into my stomach.  Yuck.  I was able to do this one into my leg.  Not sure which is preferable yet.  It hurt but not as badly as the clinical trial injections.  I guess maybe they changed the formulation.

I lived on the edge and didn't use the alcohol wipes first.

I'm trying another science experiment and going back down to one dose, which I was on for a couple years at first.  It's so expensive that I'd rather try this and see if it works.  Or at the very least, maybe one injection every two weeks, so there isn't any abrupt falloff.