When I think about it I stab myself

Well, I went in yesterday and learned how to self inject.

Dhun-dan-da!!!

And it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I know! Pretty amazing. Especially for a girl that used to get all light headed at the thought of a needle. It didn't hurt any worse than say a mosquito bite when the needle was inserted (I am using the smallest insulin needle I could get my hands on) and the injection itself felt like nothing. I have had injections in the past that burn or are cold going in, but this was nothing.

As for the alleged energy boost that the B12 would provide? I've got a whole lot of nothing to report in that department. I have a nasty head and chest cold at the moment and I have even less energy than I normally have, which means that I feel slightly better than death warmed over. I have to continue injecting every day for a week, then once a week for a month, then once a month indefinitely. Hopefully after I get rid of this cold, I will notice the energy boost from the B12.

In other news, I got the call from OHSU on the clinical trial that I have been waiting for. I go in next week for my screening appointment to see if I am a good candidate. Mostly its a lot of questions about symptoms, some motor skills tests and a chest x-ray. Which considering how much I have been hacking and wheezing with this cold, could be humorous. At times I have coughed so much I am wondering if I am going to bust a rib! Hopefully I will be feeling a lot better by then and not coughing so much I feel like my spleen might get expelled with some other organs the next time I start coughing.