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June 15, 2005

Beginnings & Endings

I are graduated. Just got my diploma in the mail today. I'm so glad that's over. Now I can go back to work.

But first I have to mow the lawn.

Just think of it as my Moment of Zen. A moment I could use this afternoon, after spending the morning restraining myself from choking my doctor.....who in spite of my blood test results, tried to make me go for additional MRI's on my neck & back instead of trying medicating my lupus flare-up first.

He appeared really surprised when I said "I don't know so much about that." (Which is hillbilly code for "Are you f*cking nuts?") I gritted my teeth and patiently explained for the umpteenth time that I DO NOT HAVE NECK AND BACK PROBLEMS IN AN AREA WHICH WOULD CAUSE THIS. And that even if I did, they certainly wouldn't be causing the numbness & tingling in my freaking face, nor the random nerve pain that I'm now having ALL OVER MY BODY.

So. He gave me a choice. Prednisone or Plaquenil.....a choice much like the one between the devil and the deep blue sea. The latter, he said, can sometimes cause a little vision problem so I'd have to have a baseline eye exam and get my eyes checked regularly while I'm taking it.

"A little vision problem" my ass. That shit can make you go blind. I think I'll have to pass on that one. Prednisone I tolerate pretty well, except for that "little irritability" side effect he mentioned. High doses of prednisone tends to turn loose that monster I normally keep caged up inside....you know, the evil, sarcastic, bitchy just downright mean monster that'll rip off your head & crap down your neck just for looking at me the wrong way. Not always, but that's what usually happens.

Relax. I'm not starting the prednisone for another week or so on the off chance that the B12 shot I got this morning somehow miraculously cures the neuropathy. Like that'll happen.

Just remember though, you were warned.

Posted by Rita at June 15, 2005 05:33 AM

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I'll go retrieve my kevlar.

Posted by: Keith [TypeKey Profile Page] at June 15, 2005 03:59 PM