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114. When I Was Getting Solumedrol Infusions...

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 03:26 PM

13 hrs ago

...in the early days of my MS diagnosis, they put in on the back of my hand.
They just wrapped it after each day's infusion with that stretchy, self-sticking tape.
Of course, that was just a six day thing.
If it was a longer regime, they may have put it somewhere else.

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what seems weird about the "infusions" Takket Friday #25

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Veins there are close to the surface. Chemical Bill Yesterday #47

When you catheterise someone repeatedly Metaphorical Yesterday #52

When I Was Getting Solumedrol Infusions... ProfessorGAC 13 hrs ago #114

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