My Journey with Remicade Part II
I went home, got something to eat. Went about my normal business. I tried to lay down and rest during the afternoon but my mind was just to hyped up.
Then............. wow I got tired. I mean drop dead tired about 8 PM I could not hold my eyes open. You could not have paid me to stay awak. I laid on the couch. My boyfriend stayed with me. He woke me at 11 PM to go to bed. I thought..... oh man I will never sleep now. But I did I went to bed and went back to sleep. At 3 am I woke up again. I had to go to the bathroom. I was not feeling very well at all. I ended up sitting in the bathroom with liquid spewing out both ends. It was horrible. I got finished and got cleaned up and went back to bed. I slept again. I forget what time it was I got up the next morning. I still felt very nauseated.
I sat at my computer and hunted for others to see if they had had this reaction. I was so upset to be sick. I was trying so hard to find this miracle energy others had told me about. I was so disappionted that it was not instant.
I heard from a friend that the first 24 hours can be pretty bad. So I waited and rested and it was really funny..... about 8 PM the same time that I had gotton so tired the day before I felt this rush...... almost like a warm glow coming over my body. I realized hey.... I feel alright.
I was pretty scared by then so I just waited, I went to bed that night with high hopes that the good feeling would be there the next day when I got up.... and it was.
For the first time in years I got up out of bed and I did not feel exhausted...... I did not feel like I had been in a boxing match all night long. My joints were not aching to the point of tears. I did not immediately have to reach for a pain pill to calm my screaming bones.
I was thrilled ... the feeling has stayed ever since that day. I have had a day when I don't feel so good. But generally Remicade has improved the quality of my life immensely. I
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