Wandering thoughts 14
One and a half weeks again. At least there has been some progress in the process.
After seeing the specialist nurse on 10th of this month, she said that she will talk about me in their weekly team meeting, but also that she has to leave early from the meeting on 12th so it might take another week. So it did, and she sent a text message to me on last week's Friday. The doctor will write a medical certificate for me without seeing me, so I can change my name as soon as possible. That was great news! But as they have quite much work there, I thought that it might take more than a week for the certificate to arrive. And it still hasn't, I wonder if I'm able to change my name within this month, or will it take another week for the certificate to arrive. As it has to be sent by snail mail. Even the thought that I'm finally able to change my name is feeling so good. I wish the certificate would arrive ASAP.
Last week I was hit to the face with the laser again. I didn't shave for a while on purpose as the hair isn't growing that much anymore. And I think it was good call, as I got those 2nd degree burns again, which means the treatment is doing its job. There isn't much growing anymore, fortunately. And I wish the rest of the hair would die from this treatment but it might be too much to ask. We'll see.
I went to see my neurologist as well as the migraine is so cumbersome. She tuned the inhibitors a bit again and wrote prescription for couple of triptans. One of them, Imigran, is same I used for the first years, but in different form. It didn't work anymore when I tried it last time but I think I know why. I used some copied form of the Imigran, which was much cheaper. And in tablet form. It took something like 2 hours for any kind of effect. Like it took with Imigran. But as my migraine is so cumbersome, I think I needed faster medicine. So this new form is injection, think something like epipen. And as medication for migraine isn't so time-sensitive like for anaphylactic shock is, the pen is reusable and there is two ampoules in the carrying case along with the pen. When you need it, you fasten one of them to the pen, undress a bit and hit the pen to the thigh, as it isn't meant to be administered through the clothes like epipen is, again as it isn't so time-sensitive. I actually needed it on the next day I got the prescription. Which was actually good thing as even while the medicine is same I have used before, the form of it is so different, it was good thing there was other people around me, who knew what kind of medicine I have used. And it took 2 minutes for the medicine to start working. "A bit" faster than tablets! Although, like I thought with my pain threshold, I didn't feel the needle but I did feel the medicine itself, and as one of the side-effects of the Imigran is that it chokes you, it felt a little bit of anaphylactic shock (I think, haven't had one ever, fortunately, so..) at first as the effect came so much faster but I was able to breathe somewhat normally all the time. There was also many other effects I didn't have before, like my legs became bit floppy and I felt dizzy and hot. But it did stop the migraine attack, which was good and the side effects lasted something around one hour. Very bearable compared to what my migraines have been lately, several days or even weeks!
My feeling has been on a swing again. I have tried to drown myself to music, work and yuri manga. Music is keeping me together while I try to get my work done and it gives me strength. Yuri manga is more self-torture than help, but as I don't feel like playing or watching anything, or reading just text without any pictures, and I want to do at least something, I'm reading manga. And my favourite genre happens to be yuri currently. It's amazing how complete stories some mangakas can get into very short, 6 chapter manga! Although I like the longer ones, as there is more progression and you get to know the characters better. But it makes me think CS. And miss her. Oh well.
'Till next week!
After seeing the specialist nurse on 10th of this month, she said that she will talk about me in their weekly team meeting, but also that she has to leave early from the meeting on 12th so it might take another week. So it did, and she sent a text message to me on last week's Friday. The doctor will write a medical certificate for me without seeing me, so I can change my name as soon as possible. That was great news! But as they have quite much work there, I thought that it might take more than a week for the certificate to arrive. And it still hasn't, I wonder if I'm able to change my name within this month, or will it take another week for the certificate to arrive. As it has to be sent by snail mail. Even the thought that I'm finally able to change my name is feeling so good. I wish the certificate would arrive ASAP.
Last week I was hit to the face with the laser again. I didn't shave for a while on purpose as the hair isn't growing that much anymore. And I think it was good call, as I got those 2nd degree burns again, which means the treatment is doing its job. There isn't much growing anymore, fortunately. And I wish the rest of the hair would die from this treatment but it might be too much to ask. We'll see.
I went to see my neurologist as well as the migraine is so cumbersome. She tuned the inhibitors a bit again and wrote prescription for couple of triptans. One of them, Imigran, is same I used for the first years, but in different form. It didn't work anymore when I tried it last time but I think I know why. I used some copied form of the Imigran, which was much cheaper. And in tablet form. It took something like 2 hours for any kind of effect. Like it took with Imigran. But as my migraine is so cumbersome, I think I needed faster medicine. So this new form is injection, think something like epipen. And as medication for migraine isn't so time-sensitive like for anaphylactic shock is, the pen is reusable and there is two ampoules in the carrying case along with the pen. When you need it, you fasten one of them to the pen, undress a bit and hit the pen to the thigh, as it isn't meant to be administered through the clothes like epipen is, again as it isn't so time-sensitive. I actually needed it on the next day I got the prescription. Which was actually good thing as even while the medicine is same I have used before, the form of it is so different, it was good thing there was other people around me, who knew what kind of medicine I have used. And it took 2 minutes for the medicine to start working. "A bit" faster than tablets! Although, like I thought with my pain threshold, I didn't feel the needle but I did feel the medicine itself, and as one of the side-effects of the Imigran is that it chokes you, it felt a little bit of anaphylactic shock (I think, haven't had one ever, fortunately, so..) at first as the effect came so much faster but I was able to breathe somewhat normally all the time. There was also many other effects I didn't have before, like my legs became bit floppy and I felt dizzy and hot. But it did stop the migraine attack, which was good and the side effects lasted something around one hour. Very bearable compared to what my migraines have been lately, several days or even weeks!
My feeling has been on a swing again. I have tried to drown myself to music, work and yuri manga. Music is keeping me together while I try to get my work done and it gives me strength. Yuri manga is more self-torture than help, but as I don't feel like playing or watching anything, or reading just text without any pictures, and I want to do at least something, I'm reading manga. And my favourite genre happens to be yuri currently. It's amazing how complete stories some mangakas can get into very short, 6 chapter manga! Although I like the longer ones, as there is more progression and you get to know the characters better. But it makes me think CS. And miss her. Oh well.
'Till next week!