Spinraza third dose
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stonebenderFollowing the original schedule I should have I should have received my third loading dose of Spinraza yesterday.
I received a phone call on Friday from Connie, who has given me the last two doses of Spinraza, asking if I could reschedule my Monday appointment to Wednesday. She had just observed the doctor who was to give me my lumbar puncture doing a lumbar puncture on another patient. The doctor was new to lumbar puncture's and apparently the one she observed didn't go so well. Adding his inexperience to my complicated anatomy didn't seem like a good idea to her. I was very touched that she went out of her way to watch out for me. After all she could've legitimately just let the thing happen as it happened. However she took it upon herself to give me the chance at an easier and perhaps a better experience. So I agreed to changing my schedule. Unfortunately the worker that normally comes with me can't make the Wednesday appointment. This shouldn't be a huge problem because the staff at Stanford have been very helpful with transfers etc. I think,loracs and I can manage things.
I'm trying real hard not to get too discouraged about all this. After the first shot I thought I felt a difference in my breathing. I'm not at all sure I do anymore. There hasn't been a lot or in fact any improvement that I've noticed so far. Now they said at the beginning that I might not feel any difference until after all the loading doses have been, well loaded. So, I'm trying to keep hoping, but not hoping too much. It all seems to be about managing my expectations for now. Given the trouble I've had getting to treatments, I'm really hoping I didn't do this for nothing. So early tomorrow it's off for another lumbar puncture and another dose of Spinraza. Then I wait a month for my fourth and final loading dose. Then I believe I've got to go through another approval process for the maintenance shots that will happen every four months from now on if I get the okay from Medicare.
Keep me in your thoughts tomorrow morning and I will let you know how it goes. Thanks everybody.
I received a phone call on Friday from Connie, who has given me the last two doses of Spinraza, asking if I could reschedule my Monday appointment to Wednesday. She had just observed the doctor who was to give me my lumbar puncture doing a lumbar puncture on another patient. The doctor was new to lumbar puncture's and apparently the one she observed didn't go so well. Adding his inexperience to my complicated anatomy didn't seem like a good idea to her. I was very touched that she went out of her way to watch out for me. After all she could've legitimately just let the thing happen as it happened. However she took it upon herself to give me the chance at an easier and perhaps a better experience. So I agreed to changing my schedule. Unfortunately the worker that normally comes with me can't make the Wednesday appointment. This shouldn't be a huge problem because the staff at Stanford have been very helpful with transfers etc. I think,
loracs and I can manage things.I'm trying real hard not to get too discouraged about all this. After the first shot I thought I felt a difference in my breathing. I'm not at all sure I do anymore. There hasn't been a lot or in fact any improvement that I've noticed so far. Now they said at the beginning that I might not feel any difference until after all the loading doses have been, well loaded. So, I'm trying to keep hoping, but not hoping too much. It all seems to be about managing my expectations for now. Given the trouble I've had getting to treatments, I'm really hoping I didn't do this for nothing. So early tomorrow it's off for another lumbar puncture and another dose of Spinraza. Then I wait a month for my fourth and final loading dose. Then I believe I've got to go through another approval process for the maintenance shots that will happen every four months from now on if I get the okay from Medicare.
Keep me in your thoughts tomorrow morning and I will let you know how it goes. Thanks everybody.
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Date: 2017-08-09 12:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2017-08-09 03:40 pm (UTC)I really hope this turns out to be worth the poking and trouble.
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Date: 2017-08-09 06:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-10 05:01 am (UTC)Managing expectations is the pits.
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