IV Glutathione in Photos

Well it's IV Glutathione day for me. Most Lyme patients have to go into the Drs office to have this done once or twice a week, which is expensive! Lucky for me, my Dr trusts my medic skills and has allowed me to do this at home. I thought I'd give you a photo view of how it's done... Granted, I was doing this all by myself ad taking the photos by myself, so sorry for the bad shots and blurriness.

The supplies out on my bed:  

Paramedic Liana (just having a little fun)

Pulling up Glutathione in the syringe

Glut and Sterile Water mixed and ready to be infused

Tourniquet on and seeing a good AC Vein...

Butterfly needles I use (really different than what I'm used to using as a Medic)

It's a 25G (tiny) so it really just pinches)

And we are in the vein...

Infusing by myself is a juggle!

And bummer... The vein was bad (too damaged from so many sticks in the past) so I had to re-stick a second time in the wrist

Fun stuff... (Being mostly sarcastic... Though grateful for the practice of my medic skills)

This is embarrassing to a Paramedic, we pride ourselves in getting it on the first "stick"

Oh well! Such is life when your veins are shot!

Well in all, I'm really really grateful I can do this myself, it saves money, gas, time, and I don't have to go into Seattle twice a week. Another great thing... I've gone 5 days without glutathione (usually I can only go 3 or 4), so I'm praying I'm starting to turn a good corner on fighting this Lyme. Till next time!