Treatment Day

It's treatment day!!!
Which means a painful needle to the gut.
So why am I excited?

It is amazing how someone can become accustomed to painful medical tasks. 15 years ago I was terrified of any needle - even bloodwork needles within the children's system.
Now look at me.
Injections into the gut three times a week plus any new medications to try.
Subcutaneous injections have become habit; routine.

This medication specifically has vastly improved the symptoms of my Hereditary Angioedema. Instead of being frightened to do anything at all around the house, should it send me to the Emergency Room, I am more free to just contentedly exist, with only huge stressors, big events, or allergic reactions, that trigger the awful throat swelling episodes. I no longer get 10-hour-long intestinal swelling episodes on a monthly basis, my clothing actually FITS because I am not swelling drastically throughout the day, and I can wear my rings without worrying about finger swelling!!
Of course, I still have minor swelling every day, and I have to be really careful about what I do and how stressed or excited I get at any given time, but now that I have the medication to counteract those swells, I am much less afraid on a daily basis.

So am I excited to give myself a needle?
No. I'm not. It hurt, it burns, I'm getting little pitted scars all over my abdomen, and I need to ensure there is always a comfortable layer of fat on my abdomen to do these injections. Jabbing a sharp metal object under my stomach skin is not exactly my idea of fun.
No. My excitement comes purely from the results that I get from this treatment. I always look forward to treatment day because this treatment has had a significantly positive effect on my daily life.

It may not be fun. It might even be downright gross or unnerving to some. It's not a fun process. But it helps. A lot.