I arrived on time for my iron infusion. This was my first experience with anything at all like this. I was told I could bring my laptop and work, magazines, my iPod with headphones, food, drinks, a blanket, etc. Am I moving in? Basically yes. This was going to be a full day event.
See at first they have to give me a sample of the iron over 30 minutes to ensure there is no reaction to it. Once that is done then I get Benadryl, some steroids, and something I can't pronounce or spell and that goes in over an hour. Then I get the iron and that takes 4 hours to infuse. Wow. Yeah, I took my laptop and worked the whole time.
Now, where they do this procedure is in the same place all the cancer patients get their chemo. Even though I was having a bad hair day, I felt super guilty because I was one of the few people in there with hair. I also felt like a step-child because my IV bag was black and everyone else had a clear IV bag.
Suffice it to say I was appreciative and grateful I was only there for iron and was not facing chemo. Hopefully I will never have to go back.
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