Day 30 at the Dept of Health

Oh my my my. 

Have I said I'm a hot mess? Well just in case, I'm a total hot mess! :O

My nurse was sweet grandma for most of the visit. I had to take Maddie because I am so ADD that I can't remember that I was gonna drop her at moms. Anyway, I'll get back to that. 

First thing is being weighed. Yuck, is there a woman out there that enjoys that? Yea, I thought not. 

Well I'm 10 lbs down in a month. She was concerned to say the least. (Me, I'm jumping up & down! Score!) I pointed out that I am on Adderall & once I started the INH the appetite suppression got worse (not a negative thing IMO), I usually eat one meal a day, and snack a couple of times. And drink my liquid crack of course... The ode is still coming!! ;)

Well then I told her about my dr switching my meds because of the neuropathy & because of the fatigue. She jumped all over the fatigue. She did say that she would be telling me to do the exact same with the vitamins, so yay for consistent care!! But she is concerned with the symptoms. So she goes thru the checklist & all the questions. Chronic cough with or without blood - nope, night sweats - nope, nausea/vomiting - nada, fever - nope.... But the fatigue & wt loss aren't the best. 

I promised to see my doc immediately if I get any other symptoms. Seriously, as if I'm gonna ignore bloody sputum & go on infecting everyone I interact with... Yea, no. But I was trying to downplay it all & she was going on about how I'm at a higher risk of converting to active tb because I'm high risk , nurse, all that jazz. I told her I know, I've read all about it... Then she dropped the bomb on me. With my high risk crap I have a 20% chance on converting within the first few months of treatment... SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!! Say what? 

She only said "high risk" before, not the actual #... Here I was thinking less than 5%... Wrong! I told her I am so screwed! I am the 5% that get the p.n., of course I'll be part of the 20%. Have you not listened to my sob story? So, seeing as how my child was with me I didn't freak out. Then. 

And then she did the blood draw, here is where Maddie comes back in. She puts the tourniquet on & Maddie hops up to get a better view. Madison asked if she was going to give me a shot, and she explained that she was going to draw blood. So what does my kid do? Puts her hand on the nurses shoulder & gets up next to her for a better view. Lol

The nurse asked if she was ok watching & I laughed & said of course! So she watched the whole time leaning on the nurse. The nurse said that she was a brave girl & was a future nurse or doctor. 

Lmao, yea, that or a sadistic torturer (is that a word)! 

So there is my day... Pretty much. There was more, but that's pretty much all I've been thinking of. But you know what? No worries, it will all be ok. :) How could it not be? I have a healthy & happy family, a great job, the best friends ever & the best dog ever. Oh yes, and a pool & a new car!! Life is pretty darn good. I should drink to life... In 240 days. :)