February 24: Treatment #24

An even 2 dozen. Today was ECT treatment #24. That’s a lot. Most people, it seems, have 6 to 15. It seems inconceivable that I have been there 24 times, and that I have been doing this now for 3 months (and that its been 3 months since I have been to work.)

My Beck score today was 9, which is outstanding (considering it was once as high as 40.) I’ve lost 4 pounds, down to 236. it seems that many things which I used to crave, sweets in particular, just don’t sound good anymore. Blood pressure was good today, ranging from 135/78 to 117/74. I am extremely sore today. The chest and shoulder weight workouts from this week, in addition to the 2 hours of racquetball yesterday, did a number on me. Its hell getting old.

My seizure was 55 seconds today. The A Doc today did things in a different order than previous docs did. They use 1000mg of caffeine to enhance my seizure, but they usually give that to me after I’m asleep. Today, I got it first. It creates this horrible taste/smell in your mouth, and I’ve been enjoying it all day. Starbucks, it most certainly is not!

I was pretty talkative and social (for me) today. I thanked everyone at the hospital as I was leaving. It wasn’t until the ride home that the nausea hit me. I felt like HELL for the rest of the day. I had a marvelous headache, even with 3 percocet and a handful of ibuprofen in my system. I laid on the couch and watched movies for the entire afternoon. I’m hoping the “feeling good” comes back tomorrow.