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so, I think i've had just one week of the HGH so far, tonight I think is the eigth injection, and still of course on the tiny starting dose of 0.2 (they may up that when I go to clinic for GH follow up no 1, on err. the 16th of January I think it is ).

OK; so last january, I.E., January 2016, just after I got back from Sweden, I had the portacath removed from my chest; the scar left behind, has never really properly heeled.... occasionally it seems to open up a bit, and give up a little bit more of the undisolved stitching, or just not settle; W says the colour has always looked 'angry', and its remained very raised.

not any more. its flatterunred out a lot, so isn't so proud off the skin, and almost entirely flat now in the middle of it, and the colour has returned, err, basically to normal pale skin colour, and to touch; it feels more like 'ordinary skin', - must be an affect of the HGH

slept really well last night, but the levothyroxin on waking made me feel so lousy, that, after taking B-12, B-complex, then coffee, then prednisolone, eye drops, and breakfast, I went back to bed, about 11 AM, and didn't wake until gone 3 PM.

still just want to sleep now - I think the increased sleep thing can be a HGH sideefect; oddly I've read its less of a thing once your on a higher dose, but that the lower starting doses can cause increased excessive sleepyness, whereas the high doses, just give really good night time sleeps

kinda supprised just how normal and second nature injecting myself seems now, true I guess its a bit of a drag, and just yet another reminder of how ill I must be etc, but the actual thing itself, the only difficulity is trying to recall where I injected the last few times, in order to find a new spot to inject.... last night was left top of abdomin, so tonight I think is middle top of abdomin, as the night before that was right top of abdomin.... guess I can think of moving more round the sides of the abdomin too, so long as its somwehre my arms can stretch too in order to inject I guess....

bangers ans mash for dinner tonight I think, I might go start preparing the spuds soon... and get them on to boil ready to mash had a fried egg and four slices of black pudding for breakfast, and a small ham sandwich, late afternoon after I woke from the nap

definately feeling colder now, last night and today; wearing a full length, to my ankles wool skirt (and its high waisted, empire waistline, plus my raindeer Christmas socks even so, I probabloy oughta have put some leggings on under the skirt

Can you assign a day for each injection site, so you can think "Oh, it's Thursday, it must be right buttock day" or whatever?

It's a problem I understand as I inject insulin 4 times a day and need to vary the sites. It doesn't help that it always hurts if I inject in my right thigh so I tend to avoid there.

It's probably doing you the world of good to get in a bit more sleep at the moment. You should probably just go with it where possible. You do seem to have scarily little sleep as the norm.

Deb

I'm unlikely to hit exactly the same spot each time anyhow, with the injections, maybe your idea is a good one, to work it out! I'll have to think about it, to come up with a plan that will work for me, easily to remember too! - th eonly place I've found so far I can really feel the needle go in at all is on my thighs at the top, although last night, I went err, sort of low down on the abdomin on the left hand side.... a bit below the belly button level, err, basically the love handle on that side I could feel that go in, which was good - I must try injecting my neck.... so I can freak people out, and randomly stab myself there with the pen when injecting in company

my sleep is weird... last nigh twent up to bed at about 2 AM, so fell asleep some time after that, then woke at 7; feeling fine, fully refreshed, no pain, no muscle weakness, no cognative problems/brain fog.
within a few minutes after taking my morning levothyroxin (thyroid drug), I felt dredful, tired/fatigue, aching weak feeling msucles, brain fog, barely able to stay awake.... - pottered online on the IPad until 10, when I thought I really must take my steroids, and so cooked bacon for breakfast (I think the smell of which woke W up) took steroids, ate bacon, and after having some coffee with w, went back to bed... until 1 PM, when the doorbell went and we had a visitor.... now its gone 4 PM, I'm ready for a second nap.... - I'm going to have words with the endo consultant January, to finally make them listen to me, about the levothyroxin; either they give me something differnt, that works and doesn't make me ill every day, or I'm simply going to stop taking it, and screw the consequences. there choice.- or of course they could investigate as to why I react so badly to it, counter way round to what its ment to do, basically, you know... like they were... science people or something Now I've reduced the steroid dose, its the levothyroxin that makes me the most ill, - the month or so I dropped it entirely, I felt so well

Also, they can do something about my testosterone, and investigate my now very odd response to the injections; my levels of testosteorne now go down when I get an injetion; huh? yep, totally the opposite way round, I've a few ideas why, so they can do some figuring out themselves, or just go with my suggestions and investigate

the visitor we had today, is a friend of W, from years back who I've known now, too, for about five years. ing heck.... he's.... a struggle..... - the peace when he leaves! he... just... talks.... mindlessly..... useually there is an easy way to make the talking stop.... but... my labido isn't high enough ATM