Karen's first injection of this cycle started out well. She slept through what is usually the worst of it, but around 7 or 8pm she started to feel bad. And after I had just been saying how well she was doing and how smoothly things were going. I think part of it is that she was asleep and didn't take her acetaminophen and ibuprofen. I was worried that if I woke her up to take her pills, she'd be awake when her symptoms were at their worst. But it seems like it's going to be one of those things that are easier to stay ahead of than to try and catch up on later.
She said it was nearly as bad as her very first injection of the trial. There wasn't any nesaea this time though. This is most likely due to the olanzapine she takes the night before. But she ended up with a migraine around 8pm and had to take something for it. Her headaches seem to be connected to the neck pain and stiffness/tightness that she gets. Along with that she was also getting aches and pains like the first time around, and had a lot of sensitivity to moving air. I am still really puzzled by that one.
The symptoms improved over time, but slowly. I don't know if she just had a delayed reaction to this injection, or if it just took longer for things to clear up compared to the first time around. She didn't even seem to be feeling very well when she went to bed the second night, but seemed back to normal this morning. Of course she's pretty exhausted and worn out from the whole ordeal, but that's been a pretty consistent reaction to these injections.
