bbkendall@... ~ Remicade appt

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Hi There,

When do you get your 2nd treatment, and how are you doing now? As you can

see, I am a bit behind. I wasn't home for the better part of a week and have

over 200 messages to catch up on. =)

Go Remicade! Oh, have you tried Arava? I can't remember.

A " bag " of Benedryl? That's strange. Why not give you 2 pills??

Rainy Sue

> Well I had my first appt. It all went fairly well. I was given 2

> tylenols to start off. Then the nurse had a little trouble getting

> the IV in. My veins are not the greatest from numerous surgeries. She

> moved to my right arm and was successful. Next came the bag of

> benadryl and then 15mins later the remicade. My temp went up a

> bit..97.4 to 98.9 and my BP went down a bit 144/86 to 132/72. I think

> it was elevated at first cuz' I was nervous.