April 10, 2008

I have escaped from hospital (a day early) - woo!

The prednisolone infusions seem to have gone well and without any horrible side-effects or reactions.  I had three lots of 1000mg over three days put in through a cannula.  Despite massive amounts of steroids running through my body I slept like a baby last night.  My blood sugar got up to 10.1, but the doctor was pretty impressed that it hadn’t gotten a lot higher considering everything.  My blood pressure has been perfect to slightly low (could be down to my expert use of my Dr Andrew Weil guided imagery audiobook!) .  My blood tests were all fine.

My daily dose of pred is being reduced by 5mg per week until I’m off the stuff, so tomorrow I’m down to 35mg.

I should be getting an appointment through to see my consultant in a few weeks (he didn’t make it in to see me while I was on the ward - hmm, no comment!).

While I was in hospital Mum got phone calls for me from work.  I am a preferred candidate for the summer job … so basically, as long as my references are okay and my Disclosure Scotland thing comes through okay, I have the job - hurrah.

I’m also working more hours next week, so I hope I don’t suddenly feel awful because of the treatment!

In more fun news, I’m off to see ‘And then there were none’ at the theatre on Saturday.  I have a small ‘And then there were none’ obsession, so I’m rather excited about this.