Last week we went to the MS conference. I was really inspiring to hear how someone else was dealing with MS. It definitely made me feel better about having the disease. The woman who spoke was on the drug Tysabari which is a once a month IV.
It was great getting to see LeAndra. We had a lot of fun. On Saturday we went shopping a LeAndra got her haircut. We all went to Sushi that night, it was really fun. Sunday I wasn't feeling very well I had a really bad headache so LeAndra and I were watching TV while Heath made Lasagna. I love it when Heath cooks, all his food tastes so good. Later we rented 2 movies. LeAndra left on Monday but I will see her in November when Heath and I go back to Oregon to see my family.
The week went pretty good, I was really tired on Tuesday but overall the rest of the week wasn't to bad. I spent most of the week trying to get my medicine to me before Saturday. I spent a lot of time on the phone with various people from MedCo and Avonex. For some reason they didn't have all the paperwork in order until Thursday, it was extremely frustrating. I got everything worked out so the medicine would be delivered on Friday. Well for some reason the FedEx driver could not read the package correctly. (He was suppose to drop the package off at the leasing office if I wasn't home.) It even said on the package leave at leasing office. So I got home around 5:30pm and the package wasn't there and neither was any proof that FedEx had been there. I called Avonex and they told me FedEx would try delivering it on Monday. Well that wasn't going to work, so Heath and I went to the FedEx office to pick the package up. Needless to say the driver didn't even get back until the office was closed. The office closed at 7:00pm and the driver didn't show up until 7:30pm; we had to wait around for over an hour. I didn't have the best attitude and I got irritated at the guy at the counter and yelled at him. I apologized later but I still shouldn't have done that since it wasn't his fault.
After getting the medicine Heath and I went to dinner at Applebee's which ended up being free because we ended up waiting over and hour for our food. After that we went to the movie Saw 4. It was gory but the storyline was topnotch once again. It ended where you know there will be another one. I love those movies, they may be gory but the storyline is so twisted that you never know what's going on until the end. Very good movie.
Saturday I went to the library to study for my midterm on Thursday with a friend. We studied for awhile and then went to lunch at this great cafe. When I got home I watched the Avonex DVD. Then waited for the nurse to show up to show Heath and I how to give me the shot of Avonex. She got there about 8:15pm. She was really funny and helpful. She told me I needed to give myself the shot so she knew I could do it on my own. I procrastinated for awhile by talking about my head injury and my first idiot neurologist. Finally I just did it I gave myself the shot!Now for people who don't know me I am not afraid of needles but I do not like them. Every time I've had my blood drawn if I look at the needle or the blood I will feel faint. I am fine with other people's blood just not my own. It wasn't as bad as I thought. After you get past the needle going through the top part of the skin it didn't even really hurt. I am not sure I could do it every week, but now I know I could do it if Heath has to go out of town. Well the nurse left about 10pm. I ate dinner and fell asleep on the couch around 11pm.
Woke up today with some muscle aches and a headache but I feel pretty good. The side effects aren't too bad, its definitely worth it if I am going to start feeling better. Well I think that's enough for now.
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