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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Boy, it's hard to get amped up for anything when you're going through any kind of IV treatment that saps your energy or causes big hurt. This year maybe it's time to kick back and let others take up the slack and just watch as others bring home the food, already cooked and you take care of yourself. No one who loves you will force you into doing things you are too fatigued or in pain to do or enjoy; rather will want to take care of you in your time of need. I sure hope you get better soon. Go find a good Christmas movie on TV and enjoying sitting back and watching it all. |
I have common variable immunodeficiency and I'm on ivig for it, so it's a lifelong thing (I can't make my own antibodies so they give me other people's). The really yucky thing is most people feel wonderful after the treatments.
The only thing I really have left to do is baking, and the part that bothers me is taking it to excessive levels. It'll all be done pre-infusion. I don't cook dinner, I usually help but this year I can't and my family knows that.
The bigger issue will be Christmas eve dinner, my cousin does the feast of 7 fishes. I basically just have to show up and try to manage the pain, fatigue and deal with the noise level. I can leave if I have to.
I usually just sleep and watch tv the day of my infusion and the day after, if I don't I pay later.