Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Bartender! A Round Of Solumedrol For Everyone!..

Steroid drinks are on me!

In just a few hours, I'll be filled to the brim with IV Solumedrol in an effort to get this recent Multiple Sclerosis relapse completely snockered...this is what it's come down to.


I'm just hoping during my "steroid intoxication", I don't become a sloppy drunk, so to speak. I have a bit of *history* with steroids looping me out like a stumbling drunk in the past. You know the kind...stark-raving mad and skipping wildly down the lane! LOL Fortunately, I have an *in* with the county specialists who make those legal decisions whether someone needs to be (how shall I say this?) "put away" for a bit when stark-raving mad.


I've got my usual assortment of folks on stand-by, medications available to tranquilize a medium-sized "Dumbo", and three days off from work to entertain myself while I get juiced up at the steroid bar. Ultimately, my biggest concern is not what the steroids might do to me, but what they might NOT do, i.e., relieve this pain and numbness in my leg...I'm hoping for the best and that the Novantrone already on board will make fast friends with the Solumedrol and quickly eliminate my current condition.


I must go shower now and prepare myself for my infusion (by flexing my anticubital area of my arm repeatedly in the mirror to strengthen its ability to hold an IV catheter/Heparin lock for the next three days! LOL)...there's nothing worse than a smelly steroid drunk. Well, actually steroid BREATH can be worse, but hopefully no one will be near enough to me in the next three days to smell neither my breath nor my armpits!...


I'll keep you posted...unless, of course, psychotic. Then you'll simply hear about my adventures on steroids several days later after release from my padded room...LOL...

13 comments:

Miss Chris said...

I hope you come through the steroids with flying colors and don't go stark raving mad however...it would make for a great post! lol

Bubbie said...

Good Luck! I can see you have an excellent attitude. I recently had my very 1st 3 day cocktail, and it was no fun at all. No buzz, no drunk, no high, but BIG crash. Nothing ever reacts the same way twice I think with this disease..it's always up for grabs :) Take care.

Steve said...

I hope the steroids do what they're suppposed to and... snocker this relapse (my MIL called these "episodes").

As for your interesting reaction, part of me hopes that you do get a little loopy, provided it's harmless to you. I would very much like to read any posts to your blog during that time. Who knows what you'll write under the influence! :D

Take care.

Sara said...

Good Luck!! Yeah things over here are good - I was able to avoid getting any cold from teh flights, probably due to all the fresh, warm, sunny air I got while in NY :) Now if I could just get some warm sunny weather here in London I'd be better, xx

mdmhvonpa said...

Just say no to Roid Rage!

harkoo said...

I will be tuning in to CNN this week to see if there are any reports of a nude woman in Seattle trying to climb the Space Needle.

BRAINCHEESE said...

MISS CHRIS:

You just egg me on, don't you?!? LOL

LD

BRAINCHEESE said...

BUBBIE:

Ain't that the derned truth! Hey...nice blog you have, BTW. I've added you to my "MS blog" links...even though your blog isn't *officially* about MS...LOL

LD

BRAINCHEESE said...

STEVE:

Funny comment again...Since I don't drink and still go to parties looking/acting drunk at times, it might be hard to tell when I'm writing under the influence of "roids"! Or not...LOL

LD

BRAINCHEESE said...

SARA:

So glad to hear you arrived back "home" in good shape! I enjoyed your photos on your blog...especially the sunset pix on the lake...most "bee-a-u-ty-ous"!

LD

BRAINCHEESE said...

MDMHVONPA:

I'm calling Nancy Reagan right now for that "Just Say No" advice...wait!! She's a sinister REPUBLICAN!!!!!!

LD

BRAINCHEESE said...

HARKOO:

I'm just glad SOMEONE is watching out for me...even if it IS from 3,000 miles away!!!! Thanks...(I think?)

LD

Miss Chris said...

Hey, I'm just here to help! lol