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…. In order to remember how to do it the right way, I`ve got a nurse friend of me to write down the prosedure from her prosedure book. I can then have the note in front of me to be sure to do everything in the right order:)! Just in case of a bad psartrifog attack:)!
OK, Aase, pick one: a) sartifrog – a bright yellow, deadly poisonous, tree frog native to Brazil b) sartrefog – a state of mind exhibited by philosophy students after pulling an ‘all nighter’ c) sratifrugge – don’t clean behind your stove for 15 years and that’s what you find living there Inquiring minds want to know! Cheers. Phil.
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suggest size 28 needle drdoc
Hi! Thanks! I am going to buy some needles tomorrow. I called the doc`s office to give my report just now, and had the nurse check their supply… Seems like they don`t use subcut. injections much at all, the needles were out of date;)… Size 28 is a lot thinner than 25 isn`t it? I don`t mind that, even if I didn`t mind 25 either:)… — Best regards, Visit my home page at: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER*****
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Hi, all! Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!! — Best regards, Visit my home page at: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER*****
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:: Hi, all! :: :: Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! :: :: Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!! :: :: — :: Best regards, Visit my home page at: :: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ :: *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER***** Aase: You won’t mind the injections at all. I’ve taken 20 mg. MTX by subcutaneous injection for a couple years. The only effect I seem to have is that I feel a little headachy up to one day afterwards. I don’t know if it’s the MTX or not. Did you ever have the wrist operation that we corresponded about? I hope that it’s okay! I had a right wrist fusion 14 months ago and have done well. Take care, Geri
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Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!!
Hope it goes as well for you as me. I’m getting so good I don’t even feel my own injection! I had nausea still the very first week, but it went away fast and I’ve never had it again. Good Luck! Amie Y. visit the I HAVE SCLERODERMA website – http://www.epix.net/~knance/
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Hi, all! Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!!
Aase, That’s great news. You know how I feel about injections vs. oral. Good luck!!!!! Carol There’s a fine line between Saturday night and Sunday morning. Jimmy Buffet
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Hi! I am glad I don`t mind injections:)! In fact, I`d rather do it myself than let others do it;) I am soooo busy with doing it the right way, I can`t feel a thing… The injection went beautifully. Last Thursday I was lying all day, nauseated like h***!!! Today I`ve been quite active, even visited my sister and her family and took over the kitchen making dinner for a bunch!!! Wonderful! I was a bit tired yesterday, didn`t want to do very much in the evening and felt like going to bed early, but that is nothing:)!!!! Today has been wonderful, nothing else to say!!! I am sooooo relieved!!! If it would have been continuing like it was, it would have been troublesome, that is for sure! I am sure that my stomach is as happy as me!!!!! PS! Since there has been some questions about what kind of needle to use… I used a 16 mm / 25 gauge needle. No problem at all!!! I gave myself the injection in the thigh, mostly because that is an easy place to put it. I discovered that I should have massaged the spot a bit better than I did, it got a bit tender. So, the next time I will inject it even a bit more slowly and do a good massage afterwards! In order to remember how to do it the right way, I`ve got a nurse friend of me to write down the prosedure from her prosedure book. I can then have the note in front of me to be sure to do everything in the right order:)! Just in case of a bad psartrifog attack:)! — Best regards, Visit my home page at: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER***** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – :: Hi, all! :: :: Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! :: :: Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!! :: :: — :: Best regards, Visit my home page at: :: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ :: *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER***** Aase: You won’t mind the injections at all. I’ve taken 20 mg. MTX by subcutaneous injection for a couple years. The only effect I seem to have is that I feel a little headachy up to one day afterwards. I don’t know if it’s the MTX or not. Did you ever have the wrist operation that we corresponded about? I hope that it’s okay! I had a right wrist fusion 14 months ago and have done well. Take care, Geri
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suggest size 28 needle drdoc
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Hi, all! Just a comment… The below posting looks like it was written on Saturday… It wasn`t. I wrote it on Thursday, but I`ve been having server problems, and didn`t get it posted until yesterday (Saturday). I have been feeling good all week since I gave myself my first injection on Wednesday!!! No problems at all! I am soooooo happy about it!!! So, if there is anybody out there on oral MTX who experience nausea or other GI problems, I would strongly suggest that you talk to your doc about using subcutaneous injections instead….. Worth a try!!! And, giving yourself the injections is no problem at all!!! Well, of course I can only speak for myself on that, but… I have had a lot of fear for needles in the past, and giving myself injections has more or less taken that fear away! I have tried giving myself immunizations (sp?) before, when I needed it because of travel… Aase Marit 
))))) (if you want to e-mail me, look at the bottom of this) :Hi! : :I am glad I don`t mind injections:)! In fact, I`d rather do it myself :than let others do it;) I am soooo busy with doing it the right way, I :can`t feel a thing… : :The injection went beautifully. Last Thursday I was lying all day, :nauseated like h***!!! Today I`ve been quite active, even visited my :sister and her family and took over the kitchen making dinner for a :bunch!!! Wonderful! I was a bit tired yesterday, didn`t want to do very :much in the evening and felt like going to bed early, but that is :nothing:)!!!! Today has been wonderful, nothing else to say!!! I am :sooooo relieved!!! If it would have been continuing like it was, it :would have been troublesome, that is for sure! : :I am sure that my stomach is as happy as me!!!!! : 
S! Since there has been some questions about what kind of needle to :use… I used a 16 mm / 25 gauge needle. No problem at all!!! I gave :myself the injection in the thigh, mostly because that is an easy place :to put it. I discovered that I should have massaged the spot a bit :better than I did, it got a bit tender. So, the next time I will inject :it even a bit more slowly and do a good massage afterwards! In order to :remember how to do it the right way, I`ve got a nurse friend of me to :write down the prosedure from her prosedure book. I can then have the :note in front of me to be sure to do everything in the right order:)! :Just in case of a bad psartrifog attack:)! : : :– :Best regards, Visit my home page at: :Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ :*****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER***** :
: : : :: Hi, all! : :: : :: Spoke to my doc just now… I am changing to injections tomorrow!!!!! : :: : :: Looking forward to nausea free MTX treatment!!!! : :: : :: — : :: Best regards, Visit my home page at: : :: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ : :: *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER***** : Aase: : You won’t mind the injections at all. I’ve taken 20 mg. MTX by : subcutaneous injection for a couple years. The only effect I seem to have : is that I feel a little headachy up to one day afterwards. I don’t know : if it’s the MTX or not. : Did you ever have the wrist operation that we corresponded about? I : hope that it’s okay! I had a right wrist fusion 14 months ago and have : done well. : Take care, : Geri : Best regards, Visit my home page at: Med vennlig hilsen, http://home.newmedia.no/flaker/ *****TO E-MAIL ME, PLEASE REMOVE ‘NOSPAM’ IN THE HEADER*****
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