[Erin524]

now I've got a heck of a sore throat. Did it give me some sort of thrush/yeastie beastie type of thing? I took a couple of Azo yeast pills, but I'm going to go to the doctor tomorrow to make sure it's not a seasonal allergy or a viral type of sore throat (because the steroids lower resistance...I have the sniffles too) My tongue hurts too, which is why I'm wondering if I got "thrushed".

I can see a little on my peripheral vision, everything is still whited out in the central vision, kind of looks like I'm standing in a pea soup fog. I still cant read my computer screen with that eye, but I can see where my computer is...shadowy looking in the white fog.

But the best part about the steroids so far is that it seems to have really helped with the optic nerve pain. I can still feel that a little bit, but I no longer feel like I want to curl up into the fetal position around my optic nerve every time I blink or move my eye. Hope the optic nerve doesnt get fired up again with the pain. I've had CONSTANT eye pain for an entire month! Yesterday was the first time it didnt hurt at all when I was up there getting filled up with steroid-ish goodness. The weird vision crap didnt even start up until last friday (a week ago from the friday we just had)

It wasnt the vision weirdness so much that sent me screaming to the neuro/and or my regular doctor for the IVSM. It was that pain. It was bad and not even tramadol would touch it. Cant wait to call my neuro tomorrow to tell him it seems he was right that the 'roids would do a lot of good on that pain.

Then when I go see the regular doctor I have kiss his feet for getting me into the infusion center as fast as he did. (like within an hour of me calling him!) and they also did it over the weekend!!! Best service ever! I dont even have a bruise on my right arm like the other times I'd had it done at the other infusion center! I woke up this morning, sleeping on my IV port and scaring the crap out of myself because I was all worried that I knocked it loose. It was weird that I was on top of my right arm. I sleep exclusively on my left side, so I was really surprised to find myself on top of the right arm this morning.

I have a bruise on my left arm because they had to make two attempts at sticking me tho. (knew I should have chugged a couple of bottles of water before I went up there.)