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[SadieKate]

You may well be a danger to others. But I don't believe it is because of the MS...

Hmm, I missed this earlier. You want to provide further explanation, missy????

[maillotpois]

Hey, we're Team Danger - what further explanation do you need....?

[Nanci]

I just bought my first thing on WOOT. http://www.woot.com/default.aspx

We have one of those phone sets where there's a base station and then two handsets that only need electricity. Well, I've lost one of the handsets, and when I page it- nothing. Either it's completely dead, or abducted by aliens. At any rate, I waited a month for it to turn up, and it hasn't. It's a pain to keep switching the phone from computer room to living room. (The old phone is in the bedroom, and the third no-phone line handset is out in the shed). Grrr. I can't believe we can't find the stupid thing.

But the new phones get good reviews. I'll have two more phones- lose one, buy three, net two.

Bedroom on my side of the bed and computer room on my side of the room??? Our house is too small for six phones!! Maybe the very old one could retire.

I tell you what, it pays to have a phone around that isn't cordless, though, for when the electricity goes out, AND be able to locate it :-)

[Lise]

Hey, we're Team Danger - what further explanation do you need....?

Oooh, oooh, can I get in on the Team Danger action? (Even though I'm a danger only to myself... )

[chickwhorips]

danger is my middle name... bwah ha ha ha.

oh wait no its not. its klutz.

[Nanci]

Lise, you'd better look on the list! You, too, could be on Team Danger!!

Nanci

[SadieKate]

Oooh, oooh, can I get in on the Team Danger action? (Even though I'm a danger only to myself... )

Sure, we have to be nice to you. MP and I may need you to wield needles for us someday. So as long as you're only a danger to yourself . . .

Next week, Bubba advances to IM shots in my arm.

[Nanci]

Wait- Lise _is too_ dangerous! She has GALLSTONES!! Watch out! I have "thyroid disorder" but it is stable. They let me sign up.

[SadieKate]

I'm on the home computer and can see the list now. Hmm, I suspect that list is much the same for blood donation but would the list for blood donation be less restrictive (this is just guessing from a non-medical person)?

[Lise]

Gallstones. Sheesh. That's like being a superhero with a very boring power. MP and SK, I'm happy to inject you with drugs anytime. (Wait, that doesn't sound quite right...) Anyhoo, giving shots doesn't bother me, even when they're to myself. (Infertility drugs, literally a pain in the butt!) Snapdragen could probably come up with a great Team Danger logo!

[maillotpois]

Next week, Bubba advances to IM shots in my arm.

WHY?? Yuck!!

[SadieKate]

You really need to rotate injection sites. Since there are only 6 spots on my body eligible for an IM (which must be taken for the rest of my life) and Bubba can only use two, we must progress to spots other than my posterior (whether the contrasting stitching is flattering or not ). While we were in Oregon, Jenny did it in my arm and gave him a little training. I think it made him a little less worried to see how easy it is to find my deltoid (muscle-ly thing that I am).

We have an ER nurse across the street who is going to come over and give him coaching on the actual thing. Next up -- my hip (or more acurately the gigantic "muscle" on the upper side corner).

It was good to have him watch Jenny who is really fast with the needle. Sometimes he futzes too much in preparation and in trying to be careful. Meanwhile, my anxiety level goes up. The shot doesn't hurt. It's the waiting. Stab and go. That's my motto.

[maillotpois]

Yeah, I was quick with the stab, but slow with the pushing of the plunger. I found if that part was a little slower it didn't hurt as much (it is 80 cc's - well, I don't know if cc is right, but it was a big amount of liquid to go it). That and your great hand warming trick! Of course it was in fat ("No! You don't have any of that!!") so I don't imaging it hurt as much as IM.

I had a lovely little pallette of different colored bruises on my stomach, though.

Good that you have so many resources for instruction. That's a lot of pressure for someone who'd probably rater be rebuilding his derailleur, though.

Lately I have been getting my blood tests done by this big huge gorilla-y guy who uses pediatric gauge needles to draw the blood and ALWAYS asks me to tell him my date of birth so I am responding to him right as he is putting the needle in. Wow - I am not even aware that he's doing anything. I love this guy. And even though I am on the anti-coags, these tiny guage needles make no bruise at all!

[Veronica]

I had to have an IV while in NS. The nurse tried to put it in my hand. GOD! That hurt so BAD! I finally suggested that she try the big, honking vein in my left arm - you now the one you give blood from.

That worked much better.

V.

[SadieKate]

If you're ever in Bend, OR, at St. Mark's Hosp and need your blood drawn, ask for Alex. Ex-pro mtn bike racer, about 6'4 (at least), does an incredible Pee Wee Herman imitation among others, will have you on floor rolling. Don't ask him to show you how to ride some tricky piece of trail because he'll do something that will make you crack up so hard you'll fall off your bike.

I bet he pulls the same tricks when drawing blood. I've seen him do it with his children just to get them to behave. So far, Dad is still smarter than his children -- and your tech is smarter than you.

And, my shot is only 30 mcg.