wannabhealthier's Journal, 16 Nov 23

How'd it go? Did they get your blood work done well? I hope they hit your vein I have huge veins personally so it's not much of a problem for me most of the time unless I get a newbie. 

What I did…it worked for me…I drank 40 oz of water…2 cups of coffee…went downstairs at 630 am…lady that takes blood called to say she was running late it would be 730… I went for walk inside to get exercise and figure out how to make it work…I went back to Tom and since I had that caffeine…did over 100 counter pushups….when she took my blood..hit it first time..my veins are very hard to hit..I told her what I did..she smiles and says it must of helped…. 

Awesome glad you were able to get through it with out any issues then. 😄 I get blood work a lot these days the only bad part is I have really fair skin and I scar really easy so even though I use visual I often time will get a little mark. I'm kind of self-conscious about it and I don't want anybody thinking that I use drugs the phlebotomist tells me the marks arent really that noticeable to regular people and look nothing like drug marks. That it would look very different if I did but I'm always very concerned anyways cuz let's be honest I get my blood drawn like every 6 weeks it's going to add up after 5 or so years even with good skin care. 

My doctor keeps pushing statins..instead of figuring out the real solution…i on the other end say no..and continue my journey of living as healthy as I can… 

Sorry program did not hear me correctly not visual ~ fish oil. I use the talk to text program since I went blind in my right eye it was difficult for me to text on the phone because I have a hard time seeing the small letters. But due to my poor annunciation and my cheap phone it's sometimes does not hear me correctly most likely do to my country dialect. 

I understand your stance honestly a lot of the medicines they put me on made me feel much much worse than I ever did without them. If it wasn't for the high chance of significant permanent disability I wouldn't take them because the side effects are quite detrimental. Maybe if my medicines at any time can cause liver failure, thyroid failure, kidney failure, the declines in a number of systems, eye problems ironically, and will cause issues with my bones over time. But without them there is a very high likelihood that I'll go completely blind in a very short amount of time and will become reliant on a wheelchair. Since I do not find either outcome pleasant I have chosen to take the medication at this time. Since the field of Ms is always changing and advancing I'm hoping that with time there will be additional treatments discovered I'm always hopeful after all and the last 10 years there's been significant advances in this field. And I'm doing my best to live the healthiest lifestyle that I'm able. The irony is that the immune suppressant that I'm on I'm only allowed to be on because I'm so healthy.