Sunday, January 2, 2011
Well, it certainly has been far too long since I’ve blogged and have much to share. So, I started taking the celexa 3 weeks prior to starting the interferon to help with the onset of possible depression and had no side effects from it. Now the three weeks have passed and it is the week to begin treatment. I wasn’t depressed before I took this so guess I’m really not depressed by taking the celexa.To say I was scared was putting it mildly. How will I function? Will I go to work every day? How exactly will I feel? I had the house cleaned, groceries bought and was as ready as I could be. I am blessed by wonderful friends and family who were all offering to bring meals, clean my house or meet whatever need I had. I almost felt as if they thought I was dying.
I have a clerical position in a doctor’s office and everyone was so supportive to me. I was nervous about giving myself the Friday injections and all the nurses were so willing to give it to me. That was at least one relief. Ok, now it is Friday night Feb. 5, 2010 and I take a sleeping pill in the hopes that perhaps I sleep longer and feel the effects a bit later. Sat. morning I wake up and lay there and evaluate myself. Hmmm, I don’t feel anything. I waited all day for something to come on me. Now, it is Sun. and again lying in bed evaluated myself and still nothing. Everyone at church was surprised to see there and least of all me! I’m thinking is this stuff really working on me? I had prayed that God would spare me from the dreaded and grueling side effects and thus He did. I called my NP on Monday that nothing had happened and she said you are probably very lucky. She said I could still get anemia, rash and irritability. I’m blessed by trusting the Lord with my life and looking to Him for strength. He will never leave or forsake me.
I have no side effects at all. I felt fatigued for about 6 weeks over the summer and that is it! Never got the opportunity to take advantage of the offering of meals and cleaning my house! Oh that part would have been the only good thing.
Much more to come….still standing on the still water
I have a clerical position in a doctor’s office and everyone was so supportive to me. I was nervous about giving myself the Friday injections and all the nurses were so willing to give it to me. That was at least one relief. Ok, now it is Friday night Feb. 5, 2010 and I take a sleeping pill in the hopes that perhaps I sleep longer and feel the effects a bit later. Sat. morning I wake up and lay there and evaluate myself. Hmmm, I don’t feel anything. I waited all day for something to come on me. Now, it is Sun. and again lying in bed evaluated myself and still nothing. Everyone at church was surprised to see there and least of all me! I’m thinking is this stuff really working on me? I had prayed that God would spare me from the dreaded and grueling side effects and thus He did. I called my NP on Monday that nothing had happened and she said you are probably very lucky. She said I could still get anemia, rash and irritability. I’m blessed by trusting the Lord with my life and looking to Him for strength. He will never leave or forsake me.
I have no side effects at all. I felt fatigued for about 6 weeks over the summer and that is it! Never got the opportunity to take advantage of the offering of meals and cleaning my house! Oh that part would have been the only good thing.
Much more to come….still standing on the still water
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