So... let's hope today's good day carrys over into tomorrow! And if my knee swells big time after tomorrow... oh well... I ain't callin to get it drained Yeah... I am kinda thinking it could be worse.... because.... well I looked up the needle gauges on the internet... and well.... 23 gauge was mid range.... but it could have been worse and been a 3 gauge! That SUCKER is THICK and HUGE! Looks like a darn pencile lead!
ugh.... I've had drains...
not fun!!
Hope you don't need it!!
Best of luck to you.
Good Luck tom, try not to think about that needle.
Oh there will be a needle tomorrow, but not that BIG, as I am going for my Remicade infusion tomorrow. Remicade nurse talked me to not thinking the IV as being a needle because it is actually a little catheter. But I still get a little freaked because there is a needle, but I do not get to see it, just feel it when she pushes the button to insert the IV catheter.
Wishing you luck tomorrow!oh you big baby suck it up it's just a needle ha ha
just i wish you the best of luck and no swelling for tomorrow
have a nice evening
hope you have a great appointment
Thanks Darrel.
But when I read about how it is done... it always says "puncture hole". I do not know about you... but.... puncture sounds like a gapping hole to me
Good thing my mom got my ears pierced when I was a baby. But they closed up when I was 5.
i was just joking it doesnt sound like fun to me either that's to big of a needleI know you were joking.
Thanks for the reply, Erica. It is not so much the procedure, as it is the needle. I have a needle phobia. Even though pain-free for a few months and no swelling sounds good... and I know I would benefit greatly from it... my mind still puts up a red flag because of the needle. I promised my mom if my knee was swelled when I went back to RD that I would let them drain it. But I REALLY am hoping not to. Even the diagrams and reading about it makes me very lightheaded and feel flushed. It is all because of the needle. I think I might need blinders
But if there is NO mention of seeing my knee, by Remicade nurse... I am going to just be quiet and act like I did not know I was to be getting my knee looked.
I know I might regret it in a few days when I am back down to my maintance dose of 10mg of pred and my knees balloon up again, but MAN! That needle is SCARY!
Joonie, I'd be scared too. But I'm a baby that way, you can't go by what I say. If you were my kid I'd make you bring it up. Or I'd be there and bring it up for you. You'll be fine though.
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