Treatment plan thus far- Neutropenic medications - antiviral, antifungal, antibiotic- these medications would keep me “safe” in the world while we were working on a diagnosis. And STEROIDS- to aid in whatever inflammatory process was happening. Honestly- steroids are just a "go to" drug. Health care providers give them to almost everyone because they work …
Zombie Mouth
The week wore on. They actually did let me sleep on occasion and the night sweats were epic. 3 bed changes a night- of sweat. I feel very fortunate that I was not in pain, but the sweating was ridiculous. Completely drenched head, could wring out puddles of sweat out my hair. How could I …
So what do we have here?
This began my first of several week-long stays at hospitals. I had slept very little that night in the ER. Imagine that. One strange observation that I made, if you don’t sleep, you don’t have night sweats- so one problem was fixed right off the bat. I called my husband at 3 AM, and in …
All I want for Christmas…
So when we last left our heroine she was told “I’m not worried.” That is of course, reassuring… but the next 10 days proved to be most worrisome. Nothing new was going on, but really, nothing was improving. I work in a very busy Urgentcare and of course we were in flu-season and there had …
Glittered Path 