Guest guest Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Yikes, what a summer I am having! July my port-a-cath gets kinked and has to be removed. My internist deems it too dangerous to put in another one due to my compromised immune system. I have lousy veins so my monthly remicade infusions will be long and painful without the port-a-cath. Then two weeks later I develop HSV-1 pneumonia. Nearly bought it, I can tell ya. Luckily responded to the IV cocktail they put me on but I was almost airlifted to a big city hospital because I was so sick, so fast and the results of the CT angiogram were so mysterious they had me in airborne isolation for 2 days! This is the ugly side of all the immune-suppressing they have to put us on. Truly scary. Really feel like being crushed between a rock and a hard place. Either the disease makes us sick or the medications kill us. At least I am making a good recovery. I'm home now and am finally allowed out of bed. I hope to make cookies today. My older son is coming home for a few days to visit. Hope the rest of you have had a chance for some fun this summer. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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