{"id":902,"date":"2014-11-17T17:59:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T23:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/?p=902"},"modified":"2014-11-17T17:59:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T23:59:41","slug":"subcutaneous-infusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/17\/subcutaneous-infusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Subcutaneous Infusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had my first subcutaneous infusion of immunoglobulin (IGG) today at home. The doctor switched me from monthly IV infusions to weekly subcutaneous infusions in hopes that weekly doses of a smaller amount would provide a more constant level of IGG compared to a larger dose administered once a month.<\/p>\n<p>A nurse came today to help me with the first infusion and teach me how; she will probably come once more to help me, but after that, I will administer the infusion myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_20141117_111452_361.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-903\" src=\"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_20141117_111452_361-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20141117_111452_361\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_20141117_111452_361-576x1024.jpg 576w, http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_20141117_111452_361-168x300.jpg 168w, http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_20141117_111452_361.jpg 1836w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>The nurse brought enough supplies for a month (4 infusions), including the IGG, which I will store in the refrigerator. Each month a courier from the pharmacy will bring more supplies and more IGG.<\/p>\n<p>I mowed off some of my belly hair so the tape to hold the needles in place would stick onto my skin better. I rubbed a lidocaine cream on my belly to help deaden the pain. I stuck the needles in myself; they are pretty small, about 1\/4 inches long. \u00a0I felt no pain. The needles were taped to my belly to hold them in place.<\/p>\n<p>We used 2 big syringes to administer the IGG. We filled the syringes with IGG from 2 bottles\/vials each containing 40 ml (about 3 tablespoons). The syringe was connected to five\u00a0small tubes, which were connected to tiny needles. We wore gloves and wiped my belly with alcohol. The syringe was connected to a pump, which automatically dispensed the IGG. It took about 30-40 minutes for each syringe to empty. I felt almost nothing when the IGG was going in, except for a slight itching at the very start of the infusion.<\/p>\n<p>I took Tylenol and benedryl before starting the infusion, because that I what the doctor ordered when I had IV infusions at the hospital. By the time the infusion was finished, I felt pretty bad with a headache and a feverish feeling (but no fever). I felt about the same as I did following the IV infusions. This surprised me a little, because I didn&#8217;t expect the smaller dose to cause the same symptoms as the IV infusions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still hopeful that IGG infusions will eventually make me feel better. \u00a0I have not felt very good at all since the last IV infusion. \u00a0Like the doctor, I hope this type of infusion will work better for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had my first subcutaneous infusion of immunoglobulin (IGG) today at home. The doctor switched me from monthly IV infusions to weekly subcutaneous infusions in hopes that weekly doses of a smaller amount would provide a more constant level of IGG compared to a larger dose administered once a month. A nurse came today to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3qUzP-ey","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sunlightbay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}