As days go, this one earns a -2... no, make that a -8, it just got worse.
OMG!!!!
Okay, first I have to go on COBRA health insurance. What a nightmare. A.) Paying large amounts of money that I DON'T HAVE b.) figuring out which one is right plan. Is the cheapest going to do for me what I need it to do? Do I need the stuff under the more expensive plans? *hates on our country and lack of socialized medical care*.
Second, the medical study thing? BITE ME HARD! I went off my current meds for two weeks and have been in AGONY from my nose to my shoulders, 360 degrees. I was supposed to go tomorrow for the first blood draw and go on the experimental meds roughly this Thursday. To make them happy about what's in my blood and not in my blood before hand, I've been off Sudafed and on Benadryl every night for two weeks. NOW they call me and say the company sponsoring the study has changed the rules and they want me either ON Benadryl for *8* weeks or off it for 4. Either way, nothing's going to be right, you know, tomorrow. So in a completely wackadoodle schedule, I'm not ON Benadryl for the next 6 weeks (8 total), ON my eczema meds for the next four weeks, and then off them AGAIN for the last two. I can also take the little red Sudafed as needed now, which, you know, thank GOD because spring is finally starting to pretend to approach and with it, OMG POLLEN and TREES and GRASS and everything else I'm allergic to. And I can't start the freaking study for 6 more weeks. So... whatever, they're going to call me back in 4 weeks to see if I'm still on board. We'll see.
Oh, and I have a headache. I *never* get headaches. I'm thinking it's sinus, but I'm not supposed to take antihistamines for this stupid thing, so I have to hope regular Sudafed will deal with it, but I'm not holding out too much hope.
And NOW Gaia's having a sugar crisis. This is really her first since being diagnosed with insulinoma, but it sucks. She's shaking and can't really walk and... it may be my fault. I gave her her meds last night on a teaspoon of baby food, but she was out of duck soup and I was too tired to make more. I think possibly even more than the meds, the extra protein food is what's keeping her in check. So I called the vet and Dr. Byron answered the phone (he is one of the two amazing ferret vets in the office and the one with the most experience) and he said to up her to 8 units of Pred a day (from 5) and to give it to her in 2 4-unit doses with the duck soup and see how she does. She's had her first 4 and some duck soup. I can't see her from here, but I don't hear her shuddering anymore, which is what made me run in to see what was wrong in the first place. I guess the good news is, she had some pretty textbook symptoms and I had everything she needed in the house to deal with it, so I didn't have to run her to the vet.
To top things off, for everything in the world my phone can do, I can't find a notepad on the damn thing so I can make a grocery list. Of all the dumbass things to leave off...
Okay, first I have to go on COBRA health insurance. What a nightmare. A.) Paying large amounts of money that I DON'T HAVE b.) figuring out which one is right plan. Is the cheapest going to do for me what I need it to do? Do I need the stuff under the more expensive plans? *hates on our country and lack of socialized medical care*.
Second, the medical study thing? BITE ME HARD! I went off my current meds for two weeks and have been in AGONY from my nose to my shoulders, 360 degrees. I was supposed to go tomorrow for the first blood draw and go on the experimental meds roughly this Thursday. To make them happy about what's in my blood and not in my blood before hand, I've been off Sudafed and on Benadryl every night for two weeks. NOW they call me and say the company sponsoring the study has changed the rules and they want me either ON Benadryl for *8* weeks or off it for 4. Either way, nothing's going to be right, you know, tomorrow. So in a completely wackadoodle schedule, I'm not ON Benadryl for the next 6 weeks (8 total), ON my eczema meds for the next four weeks, and then off them AGAIN for the last two. I can also take the little red Sudafed as needed now, which, you know, thank GOD because spring is finally starting to pretend to approach and with it, OMG POLLEN and TREES and GRASS and everything else I'm allergic to. And I can't start the freaking study for 6 more weeks. So... whatever, they're going to call me back in 4 weeks to see if I'm still on board. We'll see.
Oh, and I have a headache. I *never* get headaches. I'm thinking it's sinus, but I'm not supposed to take antihistamines for this stupid thing, so I have to hope regular Sudafed will deal with it, but I'm not holding out too much hope.
And NOW Gaia's having a sugar crisis. This is really her first since being diagnosed with insulinoma, but it sucks. She's shaking and can't really walk and... it may be my fault. I gave her her meds last night on a teaspoon of baby food, but she was out of duck soup and I was too tired to make more. I think possibly even more than the meds, the extra protein food is what's keeping her in check. So I called the vet and Dr. Byron answered the phone (he is one of the two amazing ferret vets in the office and the one with the most experience) and he said to up her to 8 units of Pred a day (from 5) and to give it to her in 2 4-unit doses with the duck soup and see how she does. She's had her first 4 and some duck soup. I can't see her from here, but I don't hear her shuddering anymore, which is what made me run in to see what was wrong in the first place. I guess the good news is, she had some pretty textbook symptoms and I had everything she needed in the house to deal with it, so I didn't have to run her to the vet.
To top things off, for everything in the world my phone can do, I can't find a notepad on the damn thing so I can make a grocery list. Of all the dumbass things to leave off...