Angela’s Brain Stem Injury Blog

my next stem cell injection is this thursday the 24th

May 22nd, 2007

so i’m getting my first IV now this morning. i am only getting 3 IVs since yesterday. they were giving me 4 after my first stem cell injection but dr. xi told me they have to give my body a rest before i get my next stem cell injection. if you plan on coming here to do this treatment, i do hope you have good veins. sigh. since i have such small veins and taking steroids make them even thinner, the nurses have trouble finding my veins. i have bruises all over my arms from places i’ve had my IVs. tough…
let me tell you what my IVs are suppose to help me with.

• one is to repair my nerves.
• second is to improve my blood circulation and change the microenvironment of the brain.
• the third IV is suppose to improve my blood pressure.

they added another IV for a couple of days to help my blood pressure. you see, i have very low blood pressure and i’ve passed out because of it! that’s why william always makes sure i have water right away when i get up. but it’s impressive that after they’ve added this IV for my blood pressure, my blood pressure has gone up! to like normal!! usually i was about 79-84 over around 50 or 60-something. but now that they gave me that new blood pressure IV, i have like normal blood pressure! around 100 over something. i think that’s so interesting that the IV can help improve my blood pressure!

the fourth one i was getting after my first stem cell injection which was to help the stem cells grow in my body, but they stopped that one so it gives my body a rest before my next injection tomorrow.

this is all interesting stuff, huh?

i am simultaneously excited and worried about my next injection tomorrow. i just talked with zoltan down the hall whose helper is zsuzi, his translator help. he just got his FIRST stem cell injection, also via lumbar spine injection. he didn’t feel any pain! i’m jealous because when dr. han was injecting the stem cells and the anasthesia HURT! sigh. oh well. hopefully it’ll be less painful tomorrow.

we’ll see…

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