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Well it's over and done with.

First..here is the view from my hotel window:

This is the University Bridge in Saskatoon. Across on the left is the hospital and the under construction Children's hospital.

IV -  I am kidnapping this nurse and taking her with me wherever I go. She did the IV on the inside of the elbow and I felt nothing. nothing! not even the little poke. She didn't do anything...no warming cloths, no numbing gel. Just skill.

Procedure. no pain or discomfort, but I was awake. I am guessing she was fairly generous with the drugs.

I was insanely sick to my stomach on the way home. After 20 min I had DH pull over and I laid down in the back seat. Being horizontal helped a great deal.

Results. Not good but not the worst.

We need to step up the drugs. The two I had spoken about...Remicade and Humira...are out. Apparently if you have MS and symptoms haven't developed yet, these drugs have been known to bring those symptoms on, fast. Since my sister has MS, she didn't want to take that risk.

She gave me the name of a new drug that is out of the clinical trial phase and was released in May for general use. I need to research it AND see if my drug plan covers it.

I need to get started ASAP so that I have the summer to 'see how it feels' after each IV infusion. I so want to be in remission.

I came home and slept and then moved to the couch and watched the Rider game slept.

Thank you so much to all those who commented with ideas and suggestions and good wishes. It really helped.

Costs:

Hotel $159
 Prep drink: $25
Juice, ginger ale, water $15
Cab: Hotel had a shuttle that went to the airport.
Fuel Costs Thurs: $48
Fuel Costs Fri: $60 (DH wanted to drive his truck, not my SUV)
Parking Costs Fri: $4.50

Total costs for this: $311.50