Obnoxious Bitch
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Last Remicade Treatment
I had my last Remicade treatment yesterday. And “last” is the operative word there. 15 minutes or so before the end of the infusion, I started itching… and then came the hives… everywhere. The nurse stopped the IV pump and called Dr. C, who prescribed 25mg intravenous Benadryl. That helped somewhat, and at least got me through to the end of the infusion. I took another 25mg of Benadryl as soon as I left the hospital (thankfully hubby had driven me to the appointment so I could go home and scratch in peace rather than be stuck at the hospital til they felt I was ok to drive), and another 25 a couple hours later.
The hives have gone down, but I’m still more than uncomfortably itchy. I woke up at 4 AM today, and my joints are killing me. I took 500mg of Naprosyn, and am waiting to see if that’ll provide any relief.
Signing off now… it hurts too much to type… :-(
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Found you via a link from SEB. I wanted to send my sympathies about the Crohn’s. My wife suffers with it so we have an idea what you’re going through. I gave up going out to work about 4 years ago when her Crohn’s became so bad that she was no longer able to care for our Autistic daughter.
Hope you don’t mind if I blogroll you and pop back from time to time.
“Obnoxious bitch” - love it but I’m sure you’re not!All the best
StegStegbeetle on 08/05 at 06:24 AM
